Compute Partial Sum of an Arithmetic Sequence

Given information about an arithmetic sequence, compute the sum of the first n terms (S_n) or evaluate a ratio/expression involving partial sums.

jee-main 2013 Q64 View
If $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } , \ldots , a _ { n } , \ldots$ are in A.P. such that $a _ { 4 } - a _ { 7 } + a _ { 10 } = m$, then the sum of first 13 terms of this A.P., is :
(1) 10 m
(2) 12 m
(3) 13 m
(4) 15 m
jee-main 2014 Q64 View
Let $f ( n ) = \left[ \frac { 1 } { 3 } + \frac { 3 n } { 100 } \right] n$, where $[ n ]$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $n$. Then $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 56 } f ( n )$ is equal to
(1) 56
(2) 1287
(3) 1399
(4) 689
jee-main 2016 Q64 View
Let $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } , \ldots a _ { n } , \ldots$, be in A.P. If $a _ { 3 } + a _ { 7 } + a _ { 11 } + a _ { 15 } = 72$, then the sum of its first 17 terms is equal to :
(1) 306
(2) 204
(3) 153
(4) 612
jee-main 2017 Q65 View
If the sum of the first $n$ terms of the series $\sqrt { 3 } + \sqrt { 75 } + \sqrt { 243 } + \sqrt { 507 } + \ldots$ is $435 \sqrt { 3 }$, then $n$ equals:
(1) 13
(2) 15
(3) 29
(4) 18
jee-main 2019 Q64 View
If $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } , \ldots$ are in A.P. such that $a _ { 1 } + a _ { 7 } + a _ { 16 } = 40$, then the sum of the first 15 terms of this A.P. is
jee-main 2019 Q64 View
The sum of all two digit positive numbers which when divided by 7 yield 2 or 5 as remainder is
(1) 1356
(2) 1365
(3) 1256
(4) 1465
jee-main 2020 Q54 View
If the sum of the first 40 terms of the series, $3 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 14 + 18 + 19 + \ldots$. is $( 102 ) \mathrm { m }$, then m is equal to
(1) 20
(2) 25
(3) 5
(4) 10
jee-main 2020 Q53 View
If the $10^{\text{th}}$ term of an A.P. is $\frac{1}{20}$, and its $20^{\text{th}}$ term is $\frac{1}{10}$, then the sum of its first 200 terms is.
(1) 50
(2) $50\frac{1}{4}$
(3) 100
(4) $100\frac{1}{2}$
jee-main 2020 Q54 View
If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P. , $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , a _ { 3 } \ldots\ldots$ is $0 \left( a _ { 1 } \neq 0 \right)$ then the sum of the A.P $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 3 } , a _ { 5 } , \ldots\ldots a _ { 23 }$ is $k a _ { 1 }$ where $k$ is equal to
(1) $- \frac { 121 } { 10 }$
(2) $\frac { 121 } { 10 }$
(3) $\frac { 72 } { 5 }$
(4) $- \frac { 72 } { 5 }$
jee-main 2021 Q62 View
Let $S _ { 1 }$ be the sum of first $2 n$ terms of an arithmetic progression. Let $S _ { 2 }$ be the sum of first $4 n$ terms of the same arithmetic progression. If ( $S _ { 2 } - S _ { 1 }$ ) is 1000 , then the sum of the first $6 n$ terms of the arithmetic progression is equal to:
(1) 1000
(2) 7000
(3) 5000
(4) 3000
jee-main 2021 Q62 View
Let $S _ { n }$ denote the sum of first $n$-terms of an arithmetic progression. If $S _ { 10 } = 530 , S _ { 5 } = 140$, then $S _ { 20 } - S _ { 6 }$ is equal to:
(1) 1862
(2) 1842
(3) 1852
(4) 1872
jee-main 2021 Q64 View
Let $a _ { 1 } , \quad a _ { 2 } , \quad a _ { 3 } , \quad \ldots$ be an A.P. If $\frac { a _ { 1 } + a _ { 2 } + \ldots + a _ { 10 } } { a _ { 1 } + a _ { 2 } + \ldots + a _ { p } } = \frac { 100 } { p ^ { 2 } }$, then $\frac{a_{11}}{a_{10}}$ is equal to:
jee-main 2022 Q83 View
The remainder on dividing $1 + 3 + 3 ^ { 2 } + 3 ^ { 3 } + \ldots + 3 ^ { 2021 }$ by 50 is $\_\_\_\_$.
jee-main 2022 Q83 View
The series of positive multiples of 3 is divided into sets: $\{ 3 \} , \{ 6,9,12 \} , \{ 15,18,21,24,27 \} , \ldots$ Then the sum of the elements in the $11 ^ { \text {th} }$ set is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.
jee-main 2022 Q62 View
Suppose $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , \ldots , a _ { \mathrm { n } } , \ldots$ be an arithmetic progression of natural numbers. If the ratio of the sum of the first five terms to the sum of first nine terms of the progression is 5 : 17 and $110 < a _ { 15 } < 120$, then the sum of the first ten terms of the progression is equal to
(1) 290
(2) 380
(3) 460
(4) 510
jee-main 2022 Q63 View
Let the sum of an infinite G.P., whose first term is $a$ and the common ratio is $r$, be 5 . Let the sum of its first five terms be $\frac { 98 } { 25 }$. Then the sum of the first 21 terms of an AP, whose first term is $10 a r , n ^ { \text {th } }$ term is $a _ { n }$ and the common difference is $10 a r ^ { 2 }$, is equal to
(1) $21 a _ { 11 }$
(2) $22 a _ { 11 }$
(3) $15 a _ { 16 }$
(4) $14 a _ { 16 }$
jee-main 2023 Q65 View
Let $A _ { 1 } , A _ { 2 } , A _ { 3 }$ be the three A.P. with the same common difference $d$ and having their first terms as $A , A + 1 , A + 2$, respectively. Let $a , b , c$ be the $7 ^ { \text {th} } , 9 ^ { \text {th} } , 17 ^ { \text {th} }$ terms of $A _ { 1 } , A _ { 2 } , A _ { 3 }$, respectively such that $\left| \begin{array} { l l l } a & 7 & 1 \\ 2 b & 17 & 1 \\ c & 17 & 1 \end{array} \right| + 70 = 0$. If $a = 29$, then the sum of first 20 terms of an AP whose first term is $c - a - b$ and common difference is $\frac { d } { 12 }$, is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.
jee-main 2023 Q64 View
Let $a, b, c > 1$, $a^{3}$, $b^{3}$ and $c^{3}$ be in A.P. and $\log_{a} b$, $\log_{c} a$ and $\log_{b} c$ be in G.P. If the sum of first 20 terms of an A.P., whose first term is $\frac{a + 4b + c}{3}$ and the common difference is $\frac{a - 8b + c}{10}$ is $-444$, then $abc$ is equal to
(1) 343
(2) 216
(3) $\frac{343}{8}$
(4) $\frac{125}{8}$
jee-main 2023 Q84 View
The sum of all those terms, of the arithmetic progression $3, 8, 13, \ldots, 373$, which are not divisible by 3, is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.
jee-main 2024 Q63 View
Let $S_n$ denote the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic progression. If $S_{10} = 390$ and the ratio of the tenth and the fifth terms is $15:7$, then $S_{15} - S_5$ is equal to:
(1) 800
(2) 890
(3) 790
(4) 690
jee-main 2024 Q62 View
Let $S _ { a }$ denote the sum of first $n$ terms an arithmetic progression. If $S _ { 20 } = 790$ and $S _ { 10 } = 145$, then $S _ { 15 } - S _ { 5 }$ is
(1) 395
(2) 390
(3) 405
(4) 410
jee-main 2024 Q65 View
A software company sets up $m$ number of computer systems to finish an assignment in 17 days. If 4 computer systems crashed on the start of the second day, 4 more computer systems crashed on the start of the third day and so on, then it took 8 more days to finish the assignment. The value of $m$ is equal to:
(1) 150
(2) 180
(3) 160
(4) 125
jee-main 2024 Q82 View
An arithmetic progression is written in the following way
2
11514817
20232629

The sum of all the terms of the $10 ^ { \text {th} }$ row is $\_\_\_\_$
jee-main 2025 Q12 View
Let $S_n = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{12} + \frac{1}{20} + \ldots$ upto $n$ terms. If the sum of the first six terms of an A.P. with first term $-p$ and common difference $p$ is $\sqrt{2026 S_{2025}}$, then the absolute difference between $20^{\text{th}}$ and $15^{\text{th}}$ terms of the A.P. is
(1) 20
(2) 90
(3) 45
(4) 25
jee-main 2025 Q1 View
If the first term of an A.P. is 3 and the sum of its first four terms is equal to one-fifth of the sum of the next four terms, then the sum of the first 20 terms is equal to
(1) - 1080
(2) - 1020
(3) - 1200
(4) - 120