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CHAPTER 1: PROGRESSION
1.1 Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)
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T2 T1 T3 T2 Tn a (n 1) d

Exercise 1

1. Determine whether each of the following sequences is an arithmetic progression.

(a) 9, 13, 17, 21,
(b) 5, 1, 7, 13, .
(c) 105.2, 105.6, 106.1, 106.6, ..
(d) x 5, 2 x 6, 3 x 7, 4 x 8,
(e) k 4, 2k 6, 3k 10, 4k 16,

2. Find the value of m and of n in each of the following arithmetic progression.

(a) 117, 121, m, n, 133
(b) m, 6, 1, n, 15
(c) 3.8, m 0.1, n, 5, 5.4
3. Find the 7th and 17th terms of the following arithmetic progressions.
(a) 17, 22, 27,......
(b) 17, 14, 11,.......
1 5
, , 2,......
(c) 2 4
(d) 2, 3 a, 4 2a,......
[Ans: (a) 47, 94 (b) 4, 31 (c) 5, 12.5 (d) 8 + 6a, 18 + 16a]

4. Find the number of terms in each of the following arithmetic progressions.

(a) 1, 4, 7,......,100
(b) 6, 3, 12,......,84

(c) 50, 47, 44,......,34,37

[Ans: (a) 34 (b) 11 (c) 30]

5. How many numbers between 200 and 950 are divisible by 7?

[Ans: 107]

6. In an arithmetic progression 24, 21.5, 19,...... , calculate the value of the first term to
exceed 100.
[Ans: 51]

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7. The sequence 121, 116, 111, is an arithmetic progression. Find the first negative term
in the progression.
[Ans: 26]

8. Find the nth term of the arithmetic progression 45, 37, 29,....
[Ans: 53 8n]

9. Find the nth term of the arithmetic progression 21, 15, 9,. Hence, find the 19th term of
the arithmetic progression.
[Ans: 27 6n ; 87]

10.

2x 4 2x 2x 2
xxx

The diagram above shows three right-angled triangles with a fixed base, x, but the heights
decrease by 2 units consecutively.
(a) Show that the area of the triangles form an arithmetic progression.
(b) Given that the total area of the first two triangles is 30 cm2, find the value of area of
the first triangle.
[Ans: (b) 36 cm2]

11. The first term and the 8th term of an arithmetic progression are 7 and 35 respectively.
Find the common difference, d.
[Ans: 6]

12. The 10th term of an arithmetic progression is 33 while the 15th term is 58.
Find
(a) the first term and the common difference,
(b) the value of the 18th term.
[Ans: (a) 12, 5 (b) 73]

13. Given the first three terms of an arithmetic progression are 2y, 3y + 3 and 5y + 1. Find the
value of y.
[Ans: 5]

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14. Given that 2 x , x, 3x 10 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression where x
has a positive value. Find the value of x. [Ans: 2]

The Sum of the First nth term of an Arithmetic Progression

n
a S n n 2a n 1 d
2
2
Tn S n S n 1
Sn

Exercise 2

1. Calculate the sum of the first n terms that is indicated in the square brackets.
(a) 15,11,7,........ [15 terms]
(b) 3x, 6 x, 9 x,....... [20 terms]
(c) 23.7, 22.8, 21.9,....... [12 terms]
[Ans: (a) 195 (b) 630x (c) 225]

2. Find the sum of all the terms in the arithmetic progression below.
(a) 27, 33, 39,......,111
(b) 35, 31, 27,......,21
(c) 45.4, 44.9, 44.4,.......,30.4
[Ans: (a) 885 (b) 105 (c) 1174.9]

3. 52,48,44,...... is an arithmetic progression. Find the number of terms such that the sum
is 340.
[Ans: 17]

4. Given an arithmetic progression 2.4, 3.7, 5.0,...... . Find the number of terms where the sum
equal to 151.9.
[Ans: 14]

5. Find the number of terms necessary for the sum of the arithmetic progression 2, 5, 8, .. to
exceed 500.
[Ans: 19]

6. Given an arithmetic progression 12.3,12,11.8,...... . Find the sum of all the terms from
the 5th term to the 10th of this progression.
[Ans: 62.1]

7. Given the first term and the common difference of an arithmetic progression are 1.5 and
0.4 respectively. Find the sum of all the terms from the 10th term to the 16th term of the
progression.
[Ans: 23.1]
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8. Find the sum of all multiples of 3 for the integers from 1 to 420, both inclusive.
[Ans: 29,610]

9. An arithmetic progression has a common difference of 4. The eleventh term is 50. Find
(a) the first term,
(b) the sum of the first eight terms,
of the progression.
[Ans: (a) 10 (b) 360]

10. The sum of the first six terms of an arithmetic progression is 75 and the sum of the next
four terms is 110. Find
(a) the first term,
(b) the common difference,
of the progression.
[Ans: (a) 5 (b) 3]

11. The sixth term of an arithmetic progression is 8 and the sum of the first six terms is 3. Find
(a) the first term of the progression,
(b) the sum of the first ten terms of the progression.
[Ans: (a) 5 (b) 3]

12. The volume of water in a tank is 450 litres on the first day. Subsequently, 10 litres of water
is added to the tank every day. Calculate the volume, in litres, of water in the tank at the
end of the 7th day.
[SPM 2004, P1]

13. The 9th term of an arithmetic progression is 4 + 5p and the sum of the first four terms of the
progression is 7p 10, where p is a constant. Given that the common difference of the
progression is 5, find the value of p.
[SPM 2006, P1]

n
S n [3n 1]
2
14. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression is given by
.
Find,

(a)
(b)

the sum of first 5 terms,

the 5th term.

[SPM 2010, P1]

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15. Two companies, Delta and Omega, start to sell cars at the same time.
(a) Delta sells k cars in the first month and its sales increase constantly by m cars every
subsequent month. It sells 240 cars in the 8 th month and the total sales for the first
10 months are 1900 cars.
Find the value of k and of m.
[5 marks]
(b) Omega sells 80 cars in the first month and its sales increase constantly by 22 cars
every subsequent month. If both companies sell the same number of cars in the nth
month, find the value of n.
[2 marks]
[SPM 2006, P2]

16. Diagram shows the arrangement of cylinders having the same radius, 3 cm. The height of
the first cylinder is 4 cm and the height of each subsequent cylinder increases by 2 cm.
2
[Volume of cylinder = r h ]

6 cm

4 cm

(a)
(b)

8 cm

Calculate the volume, in cm3, of the 17th cylinder, in terms of .

[3 marks]
Given that the total volume of the first n cylinders is 1620 cm3, find the value of n.
[3 marks]

[Ans: (a) 324 (b) 12]

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