Chapter 9
AP & GP
Maths Class 10
Part – 01 : Introduction
Part – 02 : General term of an AP
Part – 03 : Sum of first n term of an AP
Part – 04 : Geometrical Progression
Part – 05 : Sum of first n term of a GP
Part – 06 : HP
PART-1
INTRODUCTION
PART-1 AP & GP X ICSE
INTRODUCTION
PART-1 AP & GP X ICSE
01 For the following A.P.s, write the first term ‘a’
and the common difference ‘d’:
(i) 3, 1, – 1, – 3, …
(ii) – 3.2, – 3, – 2.8, – 2.6, ….
PART-1 AP & GP X ICSE
02 Write first four terms of the A.P., when the first
term a and the common difference d are given
as follows:
(i) a = 10, d = 10
(ii) a = – 2, d = 0
PART-2
GENERAL TERM OF AN AP
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
GENERAL TERM OF AN AP
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
nth TERM FROM THE END OF AN AP
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
DIFFERENCE OF ANY TWO TERMS OF AN AP
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
MIDDLE TERM(S) OF A FINITE AP IF A.P. CONSIST n TERMS
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
SELECTION OF TERMS OF AN A.P.
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
MIDDLE TERM
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
01 Find the nth term and the 12th term of the list of
numbers: 5, 2, – 1, – 4, …
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
02
Which term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, 18, … is 78?
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
03 Is 402 a term of the sequence: 8, 13, 18,
23,………….?
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
04 Find the 20th term from the last term of the
A.P. 3, 8, 13, …, 253.
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
05 Which term of the A.P. 53, 48, 43,… is the
first negative term ?
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
06 Find the 20th term of the A.P. whose 7th term is
24 less than the 11th term, first term being 12.
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
07 If 8th term of an A.P. is zero, prove that its 38th
term is triple of its 18th term.
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
08 How many two digit numbers are divisible by
3?
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
09 If the numbers n – 2, 4n – 1 and 5n + 2 are in
A.P., find the value of n.
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
10 If the pth term of an A.P. is (2p + 3); find the
A.P.
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
11 How many terms are there in the series :
4, 7, 10, 13, …………, 148?
PART-2 AP & GP X ICSE
12 If the fourth power of the common difference
of an AP with integer entries is added to the
product of any four consecutive terms of it,
then the resulting sum is
A 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟
B 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟
C 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟
D 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟
PART-3
SUM OF FIRST n TERM OF AN AP
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
SUM OF n TERMS OF AN A.P.
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NOTE :
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
01 Find the sum of the following A.P.
2, 7, 12, … to 10 terms
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
02 In an A.P. (with usual notations) :
given a = 5, d = 3, an = 50, find n and Sn
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
03
Solve for x : 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + … + x = 287.
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
04 In an A.P., the fourth and sixth terms are 8
and 14 respectively. Find the
(i) first term
(ii) common difference
(iii) sum of the first 20 terms.
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
05
In an A.P., the sum of its first n terms is
6n – n2. Find its 25th term.
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
06
Find the sum of all two digit natural numbers
which are divisible by 4.
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
07
Find the sum of all multiples of 9 lying
between 300 and 700.
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
08 The sum of three consecutive terms of an
A.P. is 21 and the sum of their squares is
165. Find these terms.
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
09
Find the arithmetic mean of:
(m + n)2 and (m – n)2
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
10 Let Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an AP.
whose first term is a. If the common difference
d is given by d = Sn – kSn − 1 + Sn − 2 , then k =
A 1
B 2
C 3
D none
PART-3 AP & GP X ICSE
11 The first and last term of an A.P. are a and l
respectively. If S is the sum of all the terms of the
𝑙2 −𝑎2
A.P. and the common difference is given by
𝑘 −(𝑙+𝑎)
then k =
A S
B 2S
C 3S
D none
PART-4
GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
GENERAL TERM OF A GP
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
nth TERM FROM THE END OF A FINITE GP
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
SELECTION OF TERMS OF A GP
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
MIDDLE TERM
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
01
Find the 10th and nth terms of the list of
numbers 5, 25, 125, …
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
02
Which term of the G.P. 2, 2√2, 4, … is 128?
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
03
Determine the 12th term of a G.P. whose 8th
term is 192 and common ratio is 2.
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
04
In a GP., the third term is 24 and 6th term is
192. Find the 10th term.
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
05
Find the value of x such that x + 9, x – 6 and
4 are three consecutive terms of a G.P.
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
06
The 5th, 8th and 11th terms of a G.P. are p, q
and s respectively. Show that q² = ps.
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
07
Find the seventh term from the end of the
series: √2, 2, 2√2, ….. , 32
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
08 If for a G.P., pth, qth and rth terms are a, b and
c respectively; prove that:
(q – r) log a + (r – p) log b + (p – q) log c = 0
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
09 If the fourth, seventh and tenth terms of a
G.P. are x, y, z respectively, prove that x, y, z
are in G.P.
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
10 In a GP of positive terms, any term is equal
to the sum of the next two terms then the
common ratio of the GP is
PART-4 AP & GP X ICSE
11 The third term of GP is 4. The product of the
first five term is
A 43
B 45
C 44
D none
PART-5
SUM OF FIRST n TERMS OF A GP
PART-5 AP & GP X ICSE
SUM OF n TERMS OF GP
PART-5 AP & GP X ICSE
01
Find the sum of:
20 terms of the series 2 + 6 + 18 + …
PART-5 AP & GP X ICSE
02
How many terms of the G.P. 3, 32, 33, … are
needed to give the sum 120?
PART-5 AP & GP X ICSE
03 Find the third term of a G.P. whose common
ratio is 3 and the sum of whose first seven
terms is 2186.
PART-5 AP & GP X ICSE
04 A geometric progression has common ratio =
3 and last term = 486. If the sum of its terms
is 728; find its first term.
PART-5 AP & GP X ICSE
05 In a G.P., the ratio between the sum of first
three terms and that of the first six terms is
125: 152.
Find its common ratio.
PART-6
HARMONIC PROGRESSION
PART-6 AP & GP X ICSE
INTRODUCTION
PART-6 AP & GP X ICSE
01 Let the positive number a, b, c, d be in AP
then abc, abd, acd, bcd are in
A None
B AP
C GP
D HP
PART-6 AP & GP X ICSE
02 Let a, b, c be in AP and 𝑎 < 1, 𝑏 < 1,
𝑐 < 1. If x = 1 + a +a2 + a3 + …∞, y = 1 +
b + b2 + b3 + …∞, z = 1 + c + c2 + c3 + …∞
then x, y, z
A None
B AP
C GP
D HP
PART-6 AP & GP X ICSE
03 1 ,
If x > 1, 𝑦 > 1, 𝑧 > 1 are in GP then
1+𝑙𝑛𝑥
1 , 1
are in
1+𝑙𝑛𝑦 1+𝑙𝑛𝑧
A None
B AP
C GP
D HP
