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 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
jee-main 2025 Q15 View
In an arithmetic progression, if $S_{40} = 1030$ and $S_{12} = 57$, then $S_{30} - S_{10}$ is equal to:
(1) 525
(2) 510
(3) 515
(4) 505
jee-main 2025 Q14 View
Let $\mathrm { T } _ { \mathrm { r } }$ be the $\mathrm { r } ^ { \text {th} }$ term of an A.P. If for some $\mathrm { m } , T _ { m } = \frac { 1 } { 25 } , T _ { 25 } = \frac { 1 } { 20 }$, and $20 \sum _ { \mathrm { r } = 1 } ^ { 25 } T _ { \mathrm { r } } = 13$, then $5 \mathrm { m } \sum _ { \mathrm { r } = \mathrm { m } } ^ { 2 \mathrm { m } } T _ { \mathrm { r } }$ is equal to
(1) 98
(2) 126
(3) 142
(4) 112
jee-main 2025 Q22 View
Let $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } , \ldots , a _ { 2024 }$ be an Arithmetic Progression such that $a _ { 1 } + \left( a _ { 5 } + a _ { 10 } + a _ { 15 } + \ldots + a _ { 2020 } \right) + a _ { 2024 } = 2233$. Then $a _ { 1 } + a _ { 2 } + a _ { 3 } + \ldots + a _ { 2024 }$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$
jee-main 2025 Q82 View
Q82. An arithmetic progression is written in the following way
2
11514817
20math232629

The sum of all the terms of the $10 ^ { \text {th } }$ row is $\_\_\_\_$
jee-main 2025 Q87 View
Q87. If a function $f$ satisfies $f ( \mathrm {~m} + \mathrm { n } ) = f ( \mathrm {~m} ) + f ( \mathrm { n } )$ for all $\mathrm { m } , \mathrm { n } \in \mathbf { N }$ and $f ( 1 ) = 1$, then the largest natural number $\lambda$ such that $\sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { 2022 } f ( \lambda + k ) \leq ( 2022 ) ^ { 2 }$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$
Q88. Let $f : ( 0 , \pi ) \rightarrow \mathbf { R }$ be a function given by $f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } \left( \frac { 8 } { 7 } \right) ^ { \frac { \tan 8 x } { \tan 7 x } } , & 0 < x < \frac { \pi } { 2 } \\ \mathrm { a } - 8 , & x = \frac { \pi } { 2 } \\ ( 1 + | \cot x | ) ^ { \mathrm { b } } | \tan x | , & \frac { \pi } { 2 } < x < \pi \end{array} \right.$ where $\mathrm { a } , \mathrm { b } \in \mathbf { Z }$. If $f$ is continuous at $x = \frac { \pi } { 2 }$, then $\mathrm { a } ^ { 2 } + \mathrm { b } ^ { 2 }$ is equal to
jee-main 2026 Q21 View
If sum of first 4 terms of an A.P is 6 and sum of first 6 terms is 4, then sum of first 12 terms of an A.P is
(A) -21
(B) -22
(C) -23
(D) - 24
jee-main 2026 Q27 View
Consider an A.P $a _ { 1 } , a _ { 2 } \cdots a _ { n } ; a _ { 1 } > 0 , a _ { 2 } - a _ { 1 } = \frac { - 3 } { 4 } , a _ { n } = \frac { 1 } { 4 } a _ { 1 }$ and $\sum _ { i = 1 } ^ { n } a _ { i } = \frac { 525 } { 2 }$ then $\sum _ { i = 1 } { 17 } a _ { i }$ is equal to
(A) 189
(B) 238
(C) 276
(D) 258
taiwan-gsat 2009 Q1 View
1. A sequence $a_{1} + 2, \cdots, a_{k} + 2k, \cdots, a_{10} + 20$ has ten terms, and their sum is 240. Then the value of $a_{1} + \cdots + a_{k} + \cdots + a_{10}$ is
(1) 31
(2) 120
(3) 130
(4) 185
(5) 218
taiwan-gsat 2023 Q7 5 marks View
A company has two new employees, A and B, who start at the same time with the same starting salary. The company promises the following salary adjustment methods for employees A and B:
Employee A: After 3 months of work, starting the next month, monthly salary increases by 200 yuan; thereafter, salary is adjusted in the same manner every 3 months.
Employee B: After 12 months of work, starting the next month, monthly salary increases by 1000 yuan; thereafter, salary is adjusted in the same manner every 12 months.
Based on the above description, select the correct options.
(1) After 8 months of work, the monthly salary in the 9th month is 600 yuan more than in the 1st month
(2) After one year of work, in the 13th month, employee A's monthly salary is higher than employee B's
(3) After 18 months of work, in the 19th month, employee A's monthly salary is higher than employee B's
(4) After 18 months of work, the total salary received by employee A is less than the total salary received by employee B
(5) After two years of work, in the 12 months of the 3rd year, there are exactly 3 months where employee A's monthly salary is higher than employee B's
tmua 2016 Q4 1 marks View
The sequence $a _ { n }$ is defined by the rule:
$$a _ { n } = ( - 1 ) ^ { n } - ( - 1 ) ^ { n - 1 } + ( - 1 ) ^ { n + 2 } \text { for } n \geq 1$$
Find the value of
$$\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 39 } a _ { n }$$
A - 39 B - 3 C - 1 D 0 E 1 F 3 G 39
tmua 2022 Q11 1 marks View
Evaluate
$$\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 100 } \log _ { 10 } \left( 3 ^ { 1 - n } \right)$$
turkey-yks 2011 Q23 View
On day 1, Ismail puts one of each of the following coins into his piggy bank: 5 Kr, 10 Kr, 25 Kr, 50 Kr, and 1 TL. On day 2, he puts two of each, and continuing in this manner, on day n he puts n of each.
If Ismail has saved 104.5 TL in his piggy bank, what is n?
A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 13 E) 14
turkey-yks 2012 Q9 View
The sum of all two-digit natural numbers with digit A in the units place is 504. What is A?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
E) 9
turkey-yks 2013 Q12 View
$$A = 13 + 26 + 39 + \cdots + 169$$
Given this, what is the sum of the prime numbers that divide A?
A) 16
B) 18
C) 20
D) 22
E) 24
turkey-yks 2015 Q16 View
The function f on the set of real numbers is defined for every real number x as
$$f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } x + 2 , & x < 0 \\ x , & x \geq 0 \end{array} \right.$$
Accordingly, what is the value of the sum $\sum _ { k = - 3 } ^ { 4 } f ( k )$?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 12
D) 14
E) 16
turkey-yks 2018 Q25 View
Filiz creates cup towers by placing identical cardboard cups inside each other. The distance between the bases of every two consecutive cups is equal in all the cup towers she creates. Then, she places these towers on a table and measures their heights.
Filiz observes that the sum of the heights of two towers with 6 and 9 cups equals the height of the tower with 18 cups.
Accordingly, to what height of a cup tower is the sum of the heights of two towers with 8 and 12 cups equal?
A) 23
B) 24
C) 26
D) 27
E) 29
turkey-yks 2023 Q1 View
The table below shows some musical note symbols and the duration lengths of these note symbols.
Accordingly, what is the sum of the duration lengths of the musical note symbols given above?
A) $\frac{3}{2}$ B) $\frac{7}{4}$ C) $\frac{5}{4}$ D) $\frac{13}{8}$ E) $\frac{15}{8}$