GREEN PARK INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 215

Section A
1. The sum of first n odd natural numbers is [1]

a) 2n - 1 b) 2n + 1

c) n2 d) n2 - 1

2. The sum of first n terms of an AP is (5n - n2). The nth term of the AP is [1]

a) (6 - 2n) b) (2n - 5)

c) (5 - 2n) d) (2n - 6)
3. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, ... is [1]

a) -400 b) 320

c) -320 d) 352

4. The nth term of the A.P. √2, 2√2, 3√2 ... is

– – –
[1]
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− –
a) √2n b) (n - 1)√2
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–
c) n√2 d) 2√ n

5. The 6th term from the end of the A.P. 5, 2, -1, -4, ..., -31, is [1]

a) -16 b) -22

c) -19 d) -25
6. Let Sn denote the sum of n terms of an A.P. whose first term is a. If the common difference d is given by [1]
d = Sn − k Sn−1 + Sn−2 then k =

a) 2 b) 1

c) 3 d) 4
7. In an A.P., the third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12, then its first term is [1]

a) 4 b) 2

c) 3 d) 1
8. The 4th term from the end of an AP - 11, - 8, - 5, …., 49 is [1]

a) 40 b) 37

c) 43 d) 58

9. The common difference of an AP, whose nth term is an = (3n + 7), is [1]

a) 3 b) 10

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 c) 6 d) 7
10. In an A.P., if d = – 4, n = 7 and an = 4, then ‘a’ is [1]

a) 7 b) 6

c) 28 d) 20
11. If x, 2x + 9, 4x + 3 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then the value of x is: [1]

a) 15 b) 3

c) 13 d) 10
12. If a, b, c, l, m are in A.P., then the value of a - 4b + 6c - 4l + m is [1]

a) 0 b) 2

c) 3 d) 1
13. The sum of three terms of an A.P. is 72, then its middle term is [1]

a) 24 b) 20

c) 18 d) 36
14. The sum of the first 10 terms of the A.P. z - 8, z - 2, z + 4,...., is [1]

a) 190 + 10z b) 190 - 10z

c) 10z - 190 d) 10z + 180

15. The sum of first five multiples of 3 is [1]
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a) 55 b) 65
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c) 50 d) 45

16. The production of TV in a factory increases uniformly by a fixed number every year. It produced 8000 sets in 6th [1]
year and 11300 in 9th year. Find the production in the 6 years.

a) 40500 b) 31500

c) 20500 d) 20000
17. In an AP if a = –7.2, d = 3.6, an = 7.2, then n is [1]

a) 3 b) 1

c) 5 d) 4
18. In an A.P., if a = 8 and a10 = -19, then value of d is: [1]

a) − 11

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b) 3

c) -3 d)
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19. If the sum of p terms of an A.P. is q and the sum of q terms is p, then the sum of p + q terms will be [1]

a) p- q b) 0

c) p+q d) -(p+q)

20. The sum of first n terms of an AP is (3n2 + 6n). The common difference of the AP is [1]

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 a) 15 b) 9

c) 6 d) -3
Section B
21. What is the 5th term from the end of the AP 2, 7,12,..., 47? [2]

22. If the sum of the first 14 terms of an A.P. is 1050 and the first term is 10, then find the 20th term and the nth term. [2]
23. Which term of the arithmetic progression 5,15, 25, ... will be 130 more than its 31st term? [2]

24. Find the sum of first 20 terms of the sequence whose nth term is an = An + B. [2]

25. Find the sum of the first 15 terms of sequences having nth term as xn = 6 - n. [2]

26. Write the first five terms of the sequence whose nth term is: An = n−2

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[2]

27. In an AP, if a2 = 26 and a15 = -26, then write the AP. [2]

28. Write the first five terms of the sequence whose nth term is: An =
n(n−2)
[2]
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29. Which term of the AP: 53, 48, 43,... is the first negative term? [2]

30. The nth term of an AP is given as an = 2n + 3. Find its 6th term and 20th term. [2]

Section C
31. If pth term of an A.P. is q and the qth term is p, show that its nth term is (p + q - n). [3]

32. Find the sum of first 20 terms of an A.P., in which 3rd term is 7 and 7th term is two more than thrice of its 3rd [3]

term.
33. The sum of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are S1, S2 and S3 respectively. The first term of each [3]
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A.P. is 1 and common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that S1 + S3 = 2S2
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34. The sum of 5th and 9th terms of an A.P. is 72 and the sum of 7th and 12th terms is 97 .Find the A.P. [3]

35. The sum of first n terms of an A.P is given by Sn = 3n2 - 4n. Determine the A.P. and the 12th term. [3]

36. Find the 31st term of an AP whose 11th term is 38 and the 16th term is 73. [3]

37. Which term of the AP : 121, 117, 113, …. is the first negative term? [Hint : Find n for an < 0] [3]
38. Find the number of terms of the A.P. - 12, - 9 , - 6 , .............., 21. If 1 is added to each term of this A.P., then find [3]
the sum of all the terms of the A.P. obtained.
39. In an AP, given a = 8, an = 62, Sn = 210. Find n and d. [3]

40. The sum of the first 7 terms of an AP is 63 and the sum of its next 7 terms is 161. Find the 28th term of this AP. [3]
41. The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 400. Find the number of terms and the common [3]
difference.
42. If 12th term of an AP is 213 and the sum of its four terms is 24, then find the sum of its first 10 terms. [3]
43. A man saved ₹16500 in ten years In each year after the first he saved ₹100 more than he did in the preceding [3]
year. How much did he save in the first year?
44. A sum of Rs 700 is to be used in give seven cash prizes to students of a school for their overall academic [3]
performance. If each prize is Rs 20 less than its preceding prize, find the value of each of the prizes.
45. Find the number of terms of the AP -12, -9, -6, ..., 21. If 1 is added to each term of this AP then find the sum of [3]
all terms of the AP thus obtained.
Section D
46. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Your friend Varun wants to participate in a 200m race. He can currently run that distance in 51 seconds and with

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 each day of practice it takes him 2 seconds less. He wants to do in 31 seconds.

i. Write first four terms are in AP for the given situations. (1)
ii. What is the minimum number of days he needs to practice till his goal is achieved? (1)

iii. How many second takes after 5th days? (2)

OR
Out of 41, 30, 37 and 39 which term is not in the AP of the above given situation? (2)
47. Saving money is a good habit and it should be inculcated in children from the beginning. Mrs. Pushpa brought a [4]
piggy bank for her child Akshar. He puts one five-rupee coin of his savings in the piggy bank on the first day. He
increases his savings by one five-rupee coin daily.

i. If the piggy bank can hold 190 coins of five rupees in all, find the number of days he can contribute to put
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the five-rupee coins into it
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ii. Find the total money he saved.

48. Sehaj Batra gets pocket money from his father every day. Out of pocket money, he saves money for poor people [4]
in his locality. On 1st day he saves Rs. 27.5 On each succeeding day he increases his saving by Rs. 2.5.

Find

i. the amount saved by Sehaj on 10th day,

ii. the amount saved by Sehaj on 25th day, and the total amount saved by Sehaj in 30 days.
49. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Saving money is a good habit and it should be inculcated in children right from the beginning. Rehan’s mother
brought a piggy bank for Rehan and puts one ₹ 5 coin of her savings in the piggy bank on the first day. She
increases his savings by one ₹ 5 coin daily.

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 Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

i. How many coins were added to the piggy bank on 8th day?
ii. How much money will be there in the piggy bank after 8 days?
iii. a. If the piggy bank can hold one hundred twenty ₹ 5 coins in all find the number of days she can contribute
to put ₹ 5 coins into it.
OR
b. Find the total money saved, when the piggy bank is full.
50. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
In a school garden, Dinesh was given two types of plants viz. sunflower and rose flower as shown in the
following figure.
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The distance between two plants is to be 5m, a basket filled with plants is kept at point A which is 10 m from the
first plant. Dinesh has to take one plant from the basket and then he will have to plant it in a row as shown in the
figure and then he has to return to the basket to collect another plant. He continues in the same way until all the
flower plants in the basket. Dinesh has to plant ten numbers of flower plants.
i. Write the above information in the progression and find first term and common difference. (1)
ii. Find the distance covered by Dinesh to plant the first 5 plants and return to basket. (1)
iii. Find the distance covered by Dinesh to plant all 10 plants and return to basket. (2)
OR
If the speed of Dinesh is 10 m/min and he takes 15 minutes to plant a flower plant then find the total time
taken by Dinesh to plant 10 plants. (2)
51. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Akshat's father is planning some construction work in his terrace area. He ordered 360 bricks and instructed the
supplier to keep the bricks in such as way that the bottom row has 30 bricks and next is one less than that and so
on.

The supplier stacked these 360 bricks in the following manner, 30 bricks in the bottom row, 29 bricks in the next
row, 28 bricks in the row next to it, and so on.

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 i. In how many rows, 360 bricks are placed? (1)
ii. How many bricks are there in the top row? (1)
iii. How many bricks are there in 10th row? (2)
OR
If which row 26 bricks are there? (2)
52. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Saving money is a good habit and it should be inculcated in children from the beginning. Mrs. Pushpa brought a
piggy bank for her child Akshar. He puts one five-rupee coin of his savings in the piggy bank on the first day. He
increases his savings by one five-rupee coin daily.

i. If the piggy bank can hold 190 coins of five rupees in all, find the number of days he can contribute to put
the five-rupee coins into it. (1)
ii. Find the total money he saved. (1)
iii. How much money Akshar saves in 10 days? (2)
OR
How many coins are there in piggy bank on 15th day? (2)
53. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
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India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of manpower and strong technical and
engineering capabilities contributing to higher quality production runs. The production of TV sets in a factory
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increases uniformly by a fixed number every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.

i. Find the production during first year. (1)

ii. Find the production during 8th year. (1)
iii. Find the production during first 3 years. (2)
OR
In which year, the production is ₹ 29,200. (2)
54. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Deepa has to buy a scooty. She can buy scooty either making cashdown payment of ₹ 25,000 or by making 15
monthly instalments as below.
Ist month - ₹ 3425, Ilnd month - ₹ 3225, Illrd month - ₹ 3025, IVth month - ₹ 2825 and so on

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 i. Find the amount of 6th instalment. (1)
ii. Total amount paid in 15 instalments. (1)
iii. Deepa paid 10th and 11th instalment together find the amount paid that month. (2)
OR
If Deepa pays ₹2625 then find the number of instalment. (2)
55. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Students of a school thought of planting trees in and around the school to reduce air pollution. It was decided
that the number of trees, that each section of each class will plant, will be the same as the class, in which they are
studying, e.g., a section of class I will plant 1 tree, a section of class II will plant 2 trees and so on till class XII.
There are three sections of each class.

i. Find total number of trees planted by primary 1 to 5 class students? (1)

ii. Find the total number of trees planted by the students of the school. (1)
iii. Find the total number of trees planted by class 10th student. (2)
OR
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Find the total no of trees planted by class 12th students. (2)
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56. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Sumant’s mother started a new shoe shop. To display the shoes, she put 3 pairs of shoes in the 1st row, 5 pairs in
the 2nd row, 7 pairs in the 3rd row and so on.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

i. How many pairs of shoes are displayed in the 6th row? (1)
ii. What is the difference of pairs of shoes in the 1st row and the 6th row? (1)
iii. a. Find the total number of pairs of shoes displayed in the first 15 rows. (2)
OR
b. If the pairs of shoes displayed in the 4th row are ‘on sale’ at price of ₹ 500 for each pair, then find the
total amount (money) earned by Sumant’s mother if all shoes displayed in the 4th row are sold out. (2)
57. The students of a school decided to beautify the school on an annual day by fixing colourful flags on the straight [4]
passage of the school. They have 27 flags to be fixed at intervals of every 2 metre. The flags are stored at the

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 position of the middlemost flag. Ruchi was given the responsibility of placing the flags. Ruchi kept her books
where the flags were stored. She could carry only one flag at a time.

i. How much distance did she cover in completing this job and returning to collect her books?
ii. What is the maximum distance she travelled carrying a flag?
58. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Suman is celebrating his birthday. He invited his friends. He bought a packet of toffees/candies which contains
360 candies. He arranges the candies such that in the first row there are 3 candies, in second there are 5 candies,
in third there are 7 candies and so on.
i. Find the total number of rows of candies. (1)
ii. How many candies are placed in last row? (1)
iii. If Aditya decides to make 15 rows, then how many total candies will be placed by him with the same
arrangement? (2)
OR
Find the number of candies in 12th row. (2)
59. Jaspal Singh is an auto driver. His autorickshaw was too old and he had to spend a lot of money on repair and [4]
maintenance every now and then. One day he got to know about the EV scheme of the Government of India
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where he can not only get a good exchange bonus but also avail heavy discounts on the purchase of an electric
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vehicle. So, he took a loan of Rs.1,18,000 from a reputed bank and purchased a new autorickshaw.

Jaspal Singh repays his total loan of 118000 rupees by paying every month starting with the first instalment of
1000 rupees.
i. If he increases the installment by 100 rupees every month, then what amount will be paid by him in the 4th
installment? (1)
ii. If he increases the installment by 100 rupees every month, then what amount will be paid by him in the 30th
installment? (1)
iii. What is the total amount paid till 30th installment?
OR
What amount of loan does he still have to pay after 30th installment? (2)
60. Deepa has to buy a scooty. She can buy scooty either making cashdown payment of Rs. 25,000 or by making 15 [4]
monthly instalments as below.
Ist month - Rs. 3425, Ilnd month - Rs. 3225, Illrd month - Rs. 3025, IVth month - Rs. 2825 and so on.

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 i. Find the amount of 6th instalment.
ii. Total amount paid in 15 instalments.
61. Elpis Technology is a TV manufacturer company. It produces smart TV sets not only for the Indian market but [4]
also exports them to many foreign countries. Their TV sets have been in demand every time but due to the
Covid-19 pandemic, they are not getting sufficient spare parts especially chips to accelerate the production. They
have to work in a limited capacity due to the lack of raw material.

They produced 600 sets in the third year and 700 sets in the seventh year. Assuming that the production
increases uniformly by a fixed number every year, find:
i. the production in the 1st year (2)
ii. the production in the 10th year (1)
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iii. the total production in first 7 years (1)
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62. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Your elder brother wants to buy a car and plans to take loan from a bank for his car. He repays his total loan of ₹
1,18,000 by paying every month starting with the first instalment of ₹ 1000. If he increases the instalment by ₹
100 every month , answer the following:

i. Find the amount paid by him in 30th installment. (1)

ii. Find the amount paid by him in 30 installments. (1)
iii. If total installments are 40 then amount paid in the last installment? (2)
OR
Find the 10th installment, if the 1st installment is of ₹ 2000. (2)
63. Elpis Technology is a laptop manufacturer. The company works for many branded laptop companies and also [4]
provides them with spare parts. Elpis Technology produced 6000 units in 3rd year and 7000 units in the 7th year.

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 Assuming that production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year, find
i. the production in the 1st year, (2)
ii. the production in the 5th year, (1)
iii. the total production in 7 years. (1)
64. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Kamla and her husband were working in a factory in Seelampur, New Delhi. During the pandemic, they were
asked to leave the job. As they have very limited resources to survive in a metro city, they decided to go back to
their hometown in Himachal Pradesh. After a few months of struggle, they thought to grow roses in their fields
and sell them to local vendors as roses have been always in demand. Their business started growing up and they
hired many workers to manage their garden and do packaging of the flowers.
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In their garden bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 are in the 2nd, 19 in 3rd row and so on. There are
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5 plants in the last row.

i. How many rows are there of rose plants? (1)
ii. Also, find the total number of rose plants in the garden. (1)
iii. How many plants are there in 6th row. (2)
OR
If total number of plants are 80 in the garden, then find number of rows? (2)
65. In a school garden, Dinesh was given two types of plants viz. sunflower and rose flower as shown in the [4]
following figure.

The distance between two plants is to be 5m, a basket filled with plants is kept at point A which is 10 m from the
first plant. Dinesh has to take one plant from the basket and then he will have to plant it in a row as shown in the
figure and then he has to return to the basket to collect another plant. He continues in the same way until all the
flower plants in the basket. Dinesh has to plant ten numbers of flower plants.
Now answer the following questions:
i. Find the distance covered by Dinesh to plant the first 5 plants and return to basket. (2)
ii. Find the distance covered by Dinesh to plant all 10 plants and return to basket. (1)

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 iii. If the speed of Dinesh is 10 m/min and he takes15 minutes to plant a flower plant then find the total time
taken by Dinesh to plant 10 plants. (1)
Section E
66. Divya deposited ₹1000 at compound interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Find the amount at the end of first [5]
year, second year, third year,..., and so on. Does this situation make an arithmetic progression. If yes, why?
67. In an AP of 50 terms, the sum of first 10 terms is 210 and the sum of its last 15 terms is 2565. Find the AP. [5]

68. The 16th term of an AP is 5 times its 3rd term. If its 10th term is 41, find the sum of its first 15 terms. [5]

69. In an A.P., the sum of first ten terms is -150 and the sum of its next ten terms is -550. Find the A.P. [5]
70. Find the sum of all integers between 84 and 719, which are multiples of 5. [5]
71. Find the sum of the integers between 100 and 200 that are not divisible by 9. [Hint : These numbers will be : [5]
Total numbers – Total numbers divisible by 9]
72. A sum of ₹700 is to be used to give seven cash prizes to students of a school for their overall academic [5]
performance. If each prize is ₹20 less than its preceding prize, find the value of each prize.
73. Find the middle term of the sequence formed by all three-digit numbers which leave a remainder 3 when divided [5]
by 4. Also, find the sum of all numbers on both sides of the middle term.
74. A man arranges to pay off a debt of Rs.3600 by 40 annual installments which form an arithmetic series. When [5]
30 of the installments are paid, he dies leaving one-third of the debt unpaid, find the value of the first
installment.
75. If the sum of the first p terms of an A.P. is q and the sum of the first q terms is p; then show that the sum of the [5]
first (p + q) terms is { -(p + q)}.
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