List of top Mathematics Questions on Sum of First n Terms of an AP

A small terrace at a football ground comprises of 15 steps each of which is 50 m long and built of solid concrete. Each step has a rise of \(\frac 14\) m and a tread of \(\frac 12\) m. (see Fig. 5.8). Calculate the total volume of concrete required to build the terrace.

The houses of a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there is a value of x such that the sum of the numbers of the houses preceding the house numbered x is equal to the sum of the numbers of the houses following it. Find this value of x.

The sum of the third and the seventh terms of an AP is 6 and their product is 8. Find the sum of first sixteen terms of the AP.

In an AP:

1. given a = 5, d = 3, an = 50, find n and S_n
2. given a = 7, a₁₃ = 35, find d and S₁₃.
3. given a₁₂ = 37, d = 3, find a and S₁₂.
4. given a₃ = 15, S₁₀ = 125, find d and a₁₀.
5. given d = 5, S₉ = 75, find a and a₉.
6. given a = 2, d = 8, S_n = 90, find n and a_n .
7. given a = 8, a_n = 62, S_n = 210, find n and d.
8. given a_n = 4, d = 2, S_n = –14, find n and a.
9. given a = 3, n = 8, S = 192, find d.
10. given l = 28, S = 144, and there are total 9 terms. Find a.

In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are placed 3 m apart in a straight line. There are ten potatoes in the line (see Fig. 5.6).

A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest potato, runs back with it, drops it in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in, and she continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?

200 logs are stacked in the following manner: 20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in the next row, 18 in the row next to it and so on (see Fig. 5.5). In how many rows are the 200 logs placed and how many logs are in the top row?

In a school, students 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. How many trees will be planted by the students?

A sum of Rs. 700 is to be used to give seven cash prizes to students of a school for their overall academic performance. If each prize is Rs. 20 less than its preceding prize, find the value of each of the prizes.

A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay of completion beyond a certain date as follows: Rs. 200 for the first day, Rs. 250 for the second day, Rs. 300 for the third day, etc., the penalty for each succeeding day being Rs. 50 more than for the preceding day. How much money the contractor has to pay as penalty, if he has delayed the work by 30 days.

How many terms of the AP : 9, 17, 25, ..... must be taken to give a sum of 636?

Find the sum of the odd numbers between 0 and 50.

Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8.

Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6.

If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is \(4n – n^2 \), what is the first term (that is \(S_1\))? What is the sum of first two terms? What is the second term? Similarly, find the \(3^{rd}\), the \(10^{th}\) and the \(n^{th}\) terms.

Show that \(a_1, a_2, . . ., a_n, .....\) form an AP where an is defined as below:

1. \(a_n = 3 + 4n\)
2. \(a_n = 9 – 5n\)

Also find the sum of the first 15 terms in each case.

If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n terms.

Find the sum of first 51 terms of an AP whose second and third terms are 14 and 18 respectively.

Find the sum of first 22 terms of an AP in which d = 7 and 22^nd term is 149.

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 difference.

The first and the last terms of an AP are 17 and 350 respectively. If the common difference is 9, how many terms are there and what is their sum?

The value of 1.2.3 + 2.3.4 +3.4.5 + ... + n terms is

The sum of the infinite series $\sin^{-1}\frac{1}{\sqrt2}+\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt2-1}{\sqrt6}\right)+\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt3-\sqrt2}{\sqrt{12}}\right)+...+\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt n-\sqrt{n-1}}{\sqrt{n(n+1)}}\right)$ is

The sum of the numbers $436.32$, $227.2$ and $0.301$ in appropriate significant figures is

The sum of the infinite series $ 1 + (1 + a) x + (1 + a + a^2) x^2 + (1 + a + a^2 + a^3) x^3+ ............$ where $0 < a, x < 1$ is

The sum of the infinite series $\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}\right)-\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{3^{2}}+\frac{1}{4^{2}}\right)+\frac{1}{6}\left(\frac{1}{3^{3}}+\frac{1}{4^{3}}\right)-...$ is equal to