SEQUENCES AND SERI ES OF REAL NUMBERS

I MPORTANT FI VE MARKS:
1. Find the sum to first n terms of the series 7+77+777+.
2. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 400 and 600 which are divisible by 11.
3. Find the sum to n terms of the series 6+66+666+..
4. The sum of first 10 terms of an A.P. is 25 and the common difference is twice the first
term. Find the 10
th
term.
5. If the product of three consecutive terms G.P is 216 and sum of their products in pairs is
156, find them.
6. Find the total area of 14 squares whose sides are 11cm,12cm,.,24cm,respectively.
7. Find the sum of 20 terms of the arithmetic series in which 3
rd
term is 7 and 7
th
term is 2
more than three times its 3
rd
term.
8. The first term of geometric series is 375 and the fourth term is 192. Find the common
ratio and the sum of the first 14 terms.
9. The ratio of the sums of first m and firs n terms of an arithmetic series is m
2
: n
2
show
that the ratio of the mth and nth terms is (2m-1) : (2n-1)
10. Find the sum up to n terms of the sries 0.7+0.97+0.997+..
11. Find the sum of firs 2n terms of the series 1
2
2
2
+ S
2
4
2
+ . to 2n tcrms
12. The sum of three consecutive terms in an A.P is -6 and their product is 90. Find the three
numbers.
13. If S
1
, S
2
, S
3
be the sums of 3 arithmetic series, the first term of each being 1 and the
respective common differences 1,2,3. Prove S
1
+S
3
= 2S
2
.
14. If the sum of 3 numbers in G.P is 38 and their product is 1728. Find them
15. Find the smallest positive integer n such that t
n
of the arithmetic sequence 20, 19
1
4
,
18
1
2
, is negative?
16. In an arithmetic series the sum of first 14 terms is -203, and the sum of the next 11 terms
is -572. Find the arithmetic series.
17. The measures of the interior angles taken in order of polygon form an arithmetic
sequence. The least measurement in the sequence is 8S
0
. The greatest measurement is
21S
0
. Find the number of sides in the given polygon.
18. If a person joins his work in 2010 with an annual salary of Rs 30,000 and receives an
annual increment of Rs 600 every year, in which year will his annual salary be Rs
39,000?
19. Find the sum of all 3 digit natural numbers, which are divisible by 8.
20. The sum of three terms of a geometric sequence is
39
10
and their product is 1. Find the
common ratio and the terms.
21. In a flower garden, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second row 19 in the
3
rd
row and so on. There are 5 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the
flower garden?
22. A geometric series consist of four terms and has a positive common ratio. The sum of the
first two terms is 8 and the sum of last two terms is 72. Find the series.