PROGRESSIONS

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1. Find the twelfth term of , , 2 , ......
3 3

(a) 8⁄3 (b) 8 (c) 9⁄4 (d) 11⁄3

2. The thirteenth term of an A.P x  y , x , x + y , ……. is:
(a) 12x  y (b) x + 12y (c) 12x + y (d) x + 11y
5. The third term of an A.P is 14; the ninth term is 1. The first term is:
(a) 17 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) 20
6. The fifth term of an A.P is 9; the fourteenth term is 45, the tenth term of the series will be:
(a) 29 (b) 31 (c) 33 (d) 35
7. Find the sum of the first seventeen terms of 4 + 1  2 + ……..
(a) 170 (b) 240 (c) 340 (d) 240
8. Sum 7½ , 7 , 6½ ,…… to 24 terms.
(a) 1,050 (b) 1,146 (c) 948 (d) 42
9. The third term of an A.P is 2 and the sixth term is 26. Find S12.
(a) 250 (b) 360 (c) 698 (d) 720
10.  6  2 + 2 + 6 + ……… + 2002 = ?
(a) 5,05,012 (b) 5,01,994 (c) 4,99,000 (d) 4,99,998
11. 12 + 5  2  9  …….  1073 = ?
(a) 82,758 (b) 84,630 (c) 81,697 (d) 83,545
12. If 14, x, y, 9 are in A.P, then y = ?
(a) 4 (b) 52⁄3 (c) 32⁄3 (d) 26
13. Which term of the series 14, 9, 4… is 131?
(a) 28 (b) 29 (c) 30 (d) 31
14. How many terms of the series 2 + 8 + 14 +..... amount to 352?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) none
15. If 15 + 10 + 5 + …… to n terms = 75, then n = ?
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 7
n 3n  1
16. The sum of n terms of an A.P is . Which term in the series is 52⁄3?
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(a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 18 (d) 19

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20. A person borrows 4500 and promises to pay back in 30 instalments, each of value 10 more
than the last. Find the last instalment.
(a) 285 (b) 290 (c) 295 (d) 300
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21. For a G.P 2 ,1 , , .......... ,the tenth term will be:
3 9

(a) 512⁄19683 (b) 2048⁄19683 (c) 1024⁄19683 (d) 256⁄19683

22. The first three terms of a G.P are x + 10, x  2, x  10. The common ratio is:
(a) 1⁄3 (b) 2⁄3 (c) 3⁄4 (d) 4⁄3
23. The second term of a G.P is 3, and the 7th term is 32⁄81. The fifth term is:
(a) 3⁄8 (b) 5⁄3 (c) 3⁄5 (d) 8⁄9
24. Find the sum to 8 terms of 2  4 + 8  16 +………
(a) 140 (b) 150 (c) 170 (d) 160
25. How many terms of the series 3 + 6 + 12 +...... must be taken for the sum to exceed one million?
(a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 21
 k

30. Find x if 
x    
k    

(a) 32 (b) 34 (c) 36 (d) none


31. Find z if  z . n  
n 

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

32. Nouman wants to buy a car and hopes to save at least $5000 for a down payment. The table
below summarizes the amount of money he plans to save each week.

Week 1 2 3 4 5
Amount Saved ($) 2 5 12.5 31.25 ...

Based on this plan, which expression should he use to determine how much amount he has saved
in n weeks?
( . ) ( . )
(a) (b)
. .
( . ) ( . )
(c) (d)
. .

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33. Najam borrows Rs. 5,115 to be repaid in 10 monthly instalments. If each instalment is double the
value of the last, find the value of the last instalment.
(a) 2560 (b) 2500 (c) 1280 (d) 1575

34. The first four terms of the sequence with = 40 ,  are:

1 7
(a) 30, 22, 17, 13 (b) 40, 30, 22 , 16
2 8

1 7 21
(c) 40, 30, 22, 17 (d) 30, 22 , 16 , 12
2 8 33

35. Zafar arranges to pay off a loan of Rs 7200 in 20 instalments which are in A.P. After 15
payments, one-third of the debt still remains un-paid. How much will be paid in the 16th
instalment?
(a) Rs 440 (b) Rs 448 (c) Rs 450 (d) Rs 500
36. Loan of 1000 is to be repaid in monthly payments, starting with 64 for the first month, and
decreasing by 2 successively each of the following months. In what time will the loan be paid-up?
(a) 25 months (b) 26 months (c) 27 months (d) 28 months
39. For an A.P, S10 = 2400 & S8 = 1600, the first term is:
(a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 60 (d) 80
40. Find the number of integers between 300 and 400 that are exactly divisible by 7.
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15
44. In a theater with 30 rows, the number of seats in a row increases by two with each successive
row. The front row has 15 seats. Find the total seating capacity of the theater.
(a) 3120 (b) 1350 (c) 1320 (d) 73
50. In an A.P, the third term is four times the first term, and the sixth term is 17; the common
difference is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
52. The sum of n terms of 2 , 5 , 8 , ………is 950. Find n.
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35
53. The sum of 7 terms of an A.P is 49, and the sum of 17 terms of the same A.P is 289, the sum of n
terms will be:
(a) n (b) n2 (c) n3 (d) n4
57. The sum of the first 20 terms of the series −2 + 6 – 18 + 54 − ………. is:
(a) − 610 (b) − 59 (c) 1,743,392,200 (d) 2,324,522,934

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58. Find the sum of all odd numbers between 0 and 90, which are multiples of 3.
(a) 315 (b) 630 (c) 675 (d) 720
62. If the sum of n terms of an A.P is 2n + 3n2, find the nth term.

(a)
6n  1
(b) 6n  1 (c)
6n  1
(d)
6n 12
2 2 2

63. Given the sequence: x, (x + y), (x + 2y), …………..; which expression can be used to determine
the common difference of this sequence?
(a) −( + ) (b) ( +2 )−( + )

(c) (d)

66. A person borrows Rs 19,682 and agrees to repay the loan in 9 installments’ each being thrice
the preceding one. When seven payments have been made, he wants to repay the balance in a
lump. How much he has to pay now?
(a) Rs 5,832 (b) Rs 10,956 (c) Rs 15,654 (d) Rs 17, 496
67. A debt of Rs 5115 is to be repaid in 10 installments; each is double the value of last. The amount
of first installment is:
(a) Rs 2 (b) Rs 3 (c) Rs 4 (d) Rs 5
68. Asif is a regular contributor to a charity, his contribution increasing every month by Rs 100. The
contribution in the 5th and 9th month was Rs 425 and Rs 825 respectively. Calculate the amount
of total contribution from 3rd to 12th month.
(a) Rs 5,750 (b) Rs 6,750 (c) Rs 8,750 (d) Rs 9,750
3 2 7
70. Sum , , , ......... to 19 terms.
4 3 12

(a) 19⁄2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 57⁄2

74. What is the sum of the first 19 terms of the sequence 3, 10, 17, 24, ……….?
(a) 1188 (b) 1197 (c) 1254 (d) 1292
78. If a sequence is defined recursively by (0) = 2 and ( + 1) = −2 ( ) + 3 for ≥ 0 ; then
(2) is equal to:
(a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 5 (d) 17
81. Find the sum of all integers from 1 to 200 that are exactly divisible by 5 and 3.
(a) 1575 (b) 1365 (c) 1470 (d) 1260

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82. Sum of n terms of a series is 3n2 + 5n. The 3rd term of this series is:
(a) 21 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 42

83. How many terms of the series 85, 87, 89, 91…… should be taken to make their sum equal to the
sum of the first eight terms of the series 4, 12, 36, 108, ………?
(a) 80 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 10

n 
85. Find 
n 

(a) 252 (b) 254 (c) 255 (d) 256

87. A drilling company contracted to drill a well at a cost of Rs 10,000 for the first feet, Rs 10,500
for the second feet, and Rs 11,000 for the third feet and so on. How deep a well can be drilled for
Rs 7,90,000?
(a) 30 feet (b) 35 feet (c) 40 feet (d) 45 feet
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92.      i  =?
i  

(a) 30 (b) 168 (c) 168 (d) 160


94. Solve  kx  
k  

(a) 1⁄100 (b) 1⁄200 (c) 3⁄100 (d) 3⁄200


95. For  ny   , find y;
n

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4


96. Find  x 
x

(a) 152 (b) 153 (c) 154 (d) 155


n 
97. Solve 
n 
x  

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

99. What is the fifteenth term of the geometric sequence −√5 , √10 , −2√5 , … … ?

√
(a) −128 √5 (b) 16384√10 (c) − (d) 128 √5

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Answers:
1. (b) 2. (d) 5. (c) 6. (a)
7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b)
15. (a) 16. (c) 20. (c) 21. (c)
22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (b)
30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (a)
34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (a) 39. (c)
40. (d) 44. (c) 50. (c) 52. (b)
53. (b) 57. (c) 58. (c) 62. (b)
63. (b) 65. (b) 66. (d) 67. (d)
68. (b) 70. (b) 74. (c) 78. (c)
80. (d) 81. (b) 82. (c) 83. (a)
84. (a) 85. (c) 86. (b) 87. (c)
88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (a) 91. (d)
92. (b) 93. (c) 94. (d) 95. (a)
96. (c) 97. (c) 98. (d) 99. (a)

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