The Mathematics Department E

Stage: 2nd sec.

Algebra L
practice sheet on Arithmetic sequence S
Date: ----- / ----- / ------

Choose the correct answer:

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1) The value of the arithmetic series  (2r + 1) equals ………
r =1
a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40

2) The value of the series 4 + 9 + 14 + ……… + (5n-1) by using summation

notation equals ………
n n n 5n−1
a)  (5r − 1) b)  (5r + 1) c)  (5r − 1) d)  (3r + 1)
r =4 r =1 r =1 r =1

3) The sum of the terms of the A.S. (3,5,7, ……… , (2n+1)) starting from its
1st term equals ………
a) n(n+1) b) n(n+2) c) n(n+5) d) n(n+2) (n+3)

4) The sum of odd natural numbers more than 10 and less than 30 equals
…………

a) 100 b) 150 c) 200 d) 250

5) The sum of natural numbers divisible by 3 between 30 and 50 equals

…………

a) 81 b) 243 c) 343 d) 512

6) An A.S. consists of 27 terms and its middle term is 41, then the sum of all
terms of this sequence = ………

a) 553.5 b) 1107 c) 2214 d) 68

 7) If (Tn) is an A.S. in which Tn = 81 – 2n then S80 starting from the 1st
term = ………
a) 0 b) 81 c) -81 d) -162

8) In an arithmetic sequence, S5 – S4 = 20, S8 – S7 = 29 then T51 = ……

a) 49 b) 98 c) 155 d) 158

9) In an A.S. the 1st term = 3 and its last term = 39, the sum of its terms =
210 then the number of its terms = ………

a) 8 b)10 c)12 d) 15

10) The number of the terms necessary to be taken from the sequence
(27,24,21, .......) starting from its 1st term such that their sum equals
400 is ………

a) 15 b) 19 c) 20 d) 23

11) If the sum of the first n terms from an A.S. is identified by the rule
Sn = 2n(7 – n) then T7 = ………
a) -15 b) -12 c) 15 d) 12

12) The greatest sum of the terms of the A.S. (33 , 31 , 29 , ……) is ………

a) 250 b) 289 c) 333 d) 350

13) The least number of terms that can be taken from the sequence
(89,81,73,………) starting from the 1st term to make the -ve sum.

a) 20 b) 22 c) 24 d) 26

14) In the sequence ( Tn ) = (32,28,24,………) then the greatest number of

terms which make the sum greater than zero is ………
 a) 12 b) 14 c) 15 d) 16

15) (Tn) is an A.S. in which T2 + T3 = 12 and T10 = 21 then the sum of the first
20 terms of this sequence equals …………

a) 340 b) 400 c) 440 d) 480

16) (Tn) is an A.S. where the sixth term is 16 and the eighteenth term is -20
then the sum of its positive terms equals ………

a) 176 b) 183 c) 219 d) 254

17) An A.S. whose sum of its 3rd and 5th term is 22 and its 4th term less than
its 7th term by 9 then the sum of the first 25 terms equals ………
a) 920 b) 930 c) 940 d) 950

18) An A.S. whose sum of its 1st and last terms is 26 and the sum of its terms
is 468 then the number of its terms equals ………
a) 30 b) 33 c) 36 d) 39

19) If n arithmetic means are inserted between 1 and 31 and the ratio of the
7th mean to the last mean is 15/29 , then n = ………

a) 8 b) 14 c) 10 d) 12

20) If n arithmetic means are inserted between 1 and 31 and the ratio of the
7th mean to the last mean is 15/29 , then the sum of the sequence equals
………

a) 234 b) 245 c) 249 d) 256

21) The A.S. in which the sum of its 1 seven terms equals 245 and the sum
st

of its next seven terms equals 98 is …………

a) (22 , 21 , 20 , ……) b) (44 , 41 , 38 , ………)

c) (22 , 19 , 16 , ……) d) (44 , 43 , 42 , ………)
22) If Tn is an A.S. in which T1 + T5 + T10 + T16 = 64 then the sum of the first 15
terms = ………

a) 120 b) 180 c) 240 d) 360

23) If n arithmetic means are inserted between two numbers a and b then the
sum of these means equals …………

a+b a+b n
a) b) n   c) n (b − a) d) ( b − a)
2  2  2

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24) The value of the series  (r2 + r + 1) = …………
r =1

a) 1375 b) 3720 c) 14400 d) 2232000

25) The sum of the first 25 terms in the sequence (3 – 2n) equals ……

a) 650 b) 600 c) -575 d) - 600

26) All the following sequences are arithmetic except …………

a) (3,7,11,15,………) b) (-11,-15,-19,-23,………)
1 1 1 1   21 16 11 6 
c)  , , , ,....... d)  , , , ,........
2 4 5 6   5 5 5 5 

27) Of all the following sequences the arithmetic sequence is ………

n + 1
a) ( Tn ) = 
 n 
 b) ( Tn ) = (n + 1)
2
( )
3   n3 − 1 
c) ( Tn ) =  (n + 2)  d) ( Tn ) = 2
n   n + n + 1 
 
28) If 2a+1, 5a-1 and 6a+3 are three consecutive terms of an A.S. then a =
………
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5

29) If (29 , x , ……… , 3x , 95 ) is an A.S. then x = ………

 a) 21 b) 31 c) 95 d) 124

30) The nth term of A.S. (3 , 5 , 7, ………) equals …………

a) 3n b) 2n+1 c) 5n-2 d) 2n

31) An A.S. whose 1st term is 5 and Tn+1 = Tn + 3 , then its 5th term = ………

a) 12 b) 20 c) 17 d) 19

32) If 36, a, 24 and b are consecutive terms of an A.S. then b = ………

a) 30 b) 36 c) 18 d) 24

33) If (Tn) is an A.S. then Tm+n + Tm−n = .........

a) 0 b) 2Tm c) 2Tn d) 2m

T4 2 T
34) If (Tn) is an A.S. in which = , then 6 = .......
T7 3 T8
2 4 6 3
a) b) c) d)
3 5 7 4

T45 + T51
35) In any A.S. (Tn), = .......
T48

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

36) The order of the 1st (-ve) term in the A.S. (35,31,27, ……) is ……

a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12

37) The value of the 1st (+ve) term in the A.S. (-51 , -48 , -45 , ……) is ……
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
38) The order of the last +ve term in the A.S. (28,25,22, ……) is ……

a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12

39) The value of the last -ve term in the A.S. (-39,-34,-29, ……) is……

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

40) The number of -ve terms in the A.S. (-47, -42, -37, ……) is ………

a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12

41) ( Tn ) is an A.S. in which T3 − T5 = 6 , T4 = 16 then the order of 1st -ve

term in this sequence is ……….

a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12

42) ( Tn ) is an A.S. in which T3 − T5 = 6 , T4 = 16 then the value of 1st -ve

term in this sequence is ……….
a) -1 b) -2 c) -3 d) -4

43) The A.S. in which T8 = 11 and T10 is the additive inverse of T17 is
…………
a) (25,23,21,……) b) (25,24,23, …… )
c) (25,20,15, …..) d) (25,27,29, …….)

44) The value of n in the A.S. whose 1st term = 3, Tn = 39 and T2n =79
is ………

a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12
45) In A.S. the 5th mean is the ……… term

a) fifth b) fourth c) tenth d) sixth

46) The arithmetic mean of the two numbers 8 and 12 is ………

a) 8 b) 20 c) 10 d) 12

47) If the arithmetic mean of the two numbers x and 26 is 21 then x = ………

a) 26 b) 16 c) 42 d) 21

48) If y is the arithmetic mean of x and z then x + z = …………

a) 2y b) y c) y/2 d) y2

49) If (a2, b2, c2 ) are in A.S. then b2 = …………

a2 + c2
a) a +c
2 2
b) 2(a +c )
2 2
c) d) a2 + c2
2

50) If ( Tn ) is an A.S. where Tn = 3n+2 , then the arithmetic mean between

T5 and T11 equals …………

a) 8 b) 16 c) 22 d) 26

51) If (a, b, c, d, ………) is an A.S. and b = 8 then the arithmetic mean of the
numbers a, b , c equals …….

a) 6 b) 8 c) 16 d) 24
52) If the last term of an A.S. is 10 times its 1st term and the term before
T
the last one equals the sum of its fourth and fifth term then 6 = .........
T3
a) 3d b) 2 c) 2d d) 5/2

53) The number of terms of the sequence (7, 11, 15, ……, 171 ) is ……

a) 34 b) 169 c) 67 d) 313

54) The middle term in the A.S. (-5,0,5,…….,95) is ………

a) T5 b) T15 c) T9 d) T11

55) The arithmetic mean between the two numbers a, b is 8 and the
arithmetic mean between 4a, 2b is 20 then a – b = …………

a) 8 b) 16 c) -8 d) 20