Progression

1. The third and eighth terms of an arithmetic progression are −5 and 15 respectively. Find
a. The first term and the common difference
b. The sum of the first 10 terms.

2. Given an arithmetic progression p  9, 2 p  10, 7 p  1,..., where p is a constant. Find

a. value of p
b. the sum of the next five terms.

3. It is given that −7, h, k, 20, ..., are the first four terms of an arithmetic progression. Find
the value of h and of k.

4. 51, 58, 65, ..., 191 are the first n terms of an arithmetic progression. Find the value of n.

5. Find the number of the multiples of 8 between 100 and 300.

6. Find the sum of all the multiples of 7 between 100 and 500.

7. The sequence −11, −5, 1, ... is an arithmetic progression. State the three consecutive terms of
this arithmetic progression where the sum of these three terms is 93.

8. The sum of the first 6 terms of an arithmetic progression is 39 and the sum of the next 6 terms
is −69. Find
a. The first term and the common difference.
b. The sum of all the terms from the 15 th term to the 25th term.
n
9. The sum of n terms of an arithmetic progression is given by the formula S n  (5  3 n). Find
2
a. the first term,
b. the common difference,
c. the tenth term.

10. The forth term of a geometric progression is −20. The sum of the fourth and the fifth term is
−16. Find the first term and the common ratio of the progression.

11. The sum of the first n terms of the geometric progression 5, 15, 75, ... is 5465. Find the value
of n.

12. The first three terms of a geometric progression are 5k  6, 2k, k  2. Find
a. the positive value of k,
b. the sum from the third term to the sixth term, using the value of k obtained in (a).

13. The first three terms of sequence are 2, x, 18. Find the positive value of x so that the
sequence is
a. an arithmetic progression
b. a geometric progression
Answer:

1. [ANS: (a) a = −13, d = 4 (b) 50]

2. [Ans: (a) p = 3 (b) 160]

3. [Ans: h = 2, k = 11]
4. [Ans: n = 21]

5. [Ans: 25]

6. [Ans: 17157]

7. [Ans: 25, 31, 37]

8. [Ans: (a) a = 14, d = −3, (b) −473]

9. [Ans: (a) a = 1, (b) d = −3, (c) −26 ]

10. [Ans : a = 2500, r = -1/5 ]

11. [Ans: n = 7]

25
12. [Ans: (a) k = 6, (b) 5 ]
27
13. [Ans: (a) 8 (b) 6]