Sequences and Series

372 Questions
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let $\{ {a_k}\} $ and $\{ {b_k}\} ,k \in N$, be two G.P.s with common ratios ${r_1}$ and ${r_2}$ respectively such that ${a_1} = {b_1} = 4$ and ${r_1} < {r_2}$. Let ${c_k} = {a_k} + {b_k},k \in N$. If ${c_2} = 5$ and ${c_3} = {{13} \over 4}$ then $\sum\limits_{k = 1}^\infty {{c_k} - (12{a_6} + 8{b_4})} $ is equal to __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Let $a_1,a_2,a_3,...$ be a $GP$ of increasing positive numbers. If the product of fourth and sixth terms is 9 and the sum of fifth and seventh terms is 24, then $a_1a_9+a_2a_4a_9+a_5+a_7$ is equal to __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Evening Shift

For the two positive numbers $a,b,$ if $a,b$ and $\frac{1}{18}$ are in a geometric progression, while $\frac{1}{a},10$ and $\frac{1}{b}$ are in an arithmetic progression, then $16a+12b$ is equal to _________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

If ${{{1^3} + {2^3} + {3^3}\, + \,...\,up\,to\,n\,terms} \over {1\,.\,3 + 2\,.\,5 + 3\,.\,7\, + \,...\,up\,to\,n\,terms}} = {9 \over 5}$, then the value of $n$ is

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

The 4$^\mathrm{th}$ term of GP is 500 and its common ratio is $\frac{1}{m},m\in\mathbb{N}$. Let $\mathrm{S_n}$ denote the sum of the first n terms of this GP. If $\mathrm{S_6 > S_5 + 1}$ and $\mathrm{S_7 < S_6 + \frac{1}{2}}$, then the number of possible values of m is ___________

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots$ be an A.P. If $\sum\limits_{r=1}^{\infty} \frac{a_{r}}{2^{r}}=4$, then $4 a_{2}$ is equal to _________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

If $\frac{1}{2 \times 3 \times 4}+\frac{1}{3 \times 4 \times 5}+\frac{1}{4 \times 5 \times 6}+\ldots+\frac{1}{100 \times 101 \times 102}=\frac{\mathrm{k}}{101}$, then 34 k is equal to _________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift
${6 \over {{3^{12}}}} + {{10} \over {{3^{11}}}} + {{20} \over {{3^{10}}}} + {{40} \over {{3^9}}} + \,\,...\,\, + \,\,{{10240} \over 3} = {2^n}\,.\,m$, where m is odd, then m . n is equal to ____________.
2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift

$ \frac{2^{3}-1^{3}}{1 \times 7}+\frac{4^{3}-3^{3}+2^{3}-1^{3}}{2 \times 11}+\frac{6^{3}-5^{3}+4^{3}-3^{3}+2^{3}-1^{3}}{3 \times 15}+\cdots+ \frac{30^{3}-29^{3}+28^{3}-27^{3}+\ldots+2^{3}-1^{3}}{15 \times 63}$ is equal to _____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

If $\sum\limits_{k=1}^{10} \frac{k}{k^{4}+k^{2}+1}=\frac{m}{n}$, where m and n are co-prime, then $m+n$ is equal to _____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

Different A.P.'s are constructed with the first term 100, the last term 199, and integral common differences. The sum of the common differences of all such A.P.'s having at least 3 terms and at most 33 terms is ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Morning Shift

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 ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Morning Shift

Let $a, b$ be two non-zero real numbers. If $p$ and $r$ are the roots of the equation $x^{2}-8 \mathrm{a} x+2 \mathrm{a}=0$ and $\mathrm{q}$ and s are the roots of the equation $x^{2}+12 \mathrm{~b} x+6 \mathrm{~b}=0$, such that $\frac{1}{\mathrm{p}}, \frac{1}{\mathrm{q}}, \frac{1}{\mathrm{r}}, \frac{1}{\mathrm{~s}}$ are in A.P., then $\mathrm{a}^{-1}-\mathrm{b}^{-1}$ is equal to _____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Morning Shift

Let $a_{1}=b_{1}=1, a_{n}=a_{n-1}+2$ and $b_{n}=a_{n}+b_{n-1}$ for every

natural number $n \geqslant 2$. Then $\sum\limits_{n = 1}^{15} {{a_n}.{b_n}} $ is equal to ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 30th June Morning Shift

Let for $f(x) = {a_0}{x^2} + {a_1}x + {a_2},\,f'(0) = 1$ and $f'(1) = 0$. If a0, a1, a2 are in an arithmatico-geometric progression, whose corresponding A.P. has common difference 1 and corresponding G.P. has common ratio 2, then f(4) is equal to _____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Evening Shift

Let 3, 6, 9, 12, ....... upto 78 terms and 5, 9, 13, 17, ...... upto 59 terms be two series. Then, the sum of the terms common to both the series is equal to ________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Evening Shift

Let for n = 1, 2, ......, 50, Sn be the sum of the infinite geometric progression whose first term is n2 and whose common ratio is ${1 \over {{{(n + 1)}^2}}}$. Then the value of

${1 \over {26}} + \sum\limits_{n = 1}^{50} {\left( {{S_n} + {2 \over {n + 1}} - n - 1} \right)} $ is equal to ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Morning Shift

Let A = {1, a1, a2 ....... a18, 77} be a set of integers with 1 < a1 < a2 < ....... < a18 < 77.

Let the set A + A = {x + y : x, y $\in$ A} contain exactly 39 elements. Then, the value of a1 + a2 + ...... + a18 is equal to _____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Morning Shift

If the sum of the first ten terms of the series

${1 \over 5} + {2 \over {65}} + {3 \over {325}} + {4 \over {1025}} + {5 \over {2501}} + \,\,....$

is ${m \over n}$, where m and n are co-prime numbers, then m + n is equal to ______________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Evening Shift

If a1 (> 0), a2, a3, a4, a5 are in a G.P., a2 + a4 = 2a3 + 1 and 3a2 + a3 = 2a4, then a2 + a4 + 2a5 is equal to ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Morning Shift

For a natural number n, let ${\alpha _n} = {19^n} - {12^n}$. Then, the value of ${{31{\alpha _9} - {\alpha _{10}}} \over {57{\alpha _8}}}$ is ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Morning Shift

The greatest integer less than or equal to the sum of first 100 terms of the sequence ${1 \over 3},{5 \over 9},{{19} \over {27}},{{65} \over {81}},$ ...... is equal to ___________.

2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Evening Shift
The number of 4-digit numbers which are neither multiple of 7 nor multiple of 3 is ____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Evening Shift
If $S = {7 \over 5} + {9 \over {{5^2}}} + {{13} \over {{5^3}}} + {{19} \over {{5^4}}} + ....$, then 160 S is equal to ________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Evening Shift
The sum of all 3-digit numbers less than or equal to 500, that are formed without using the digit "1" and they all are multiple of 11, is _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Evening Shift
Let a1, a2, ......., a10 be an AP with common difference $-$ 3 and b1, b2, ........., b10 be a GP with common ratio 2. Let ck = ak + bk, k = 1, 2, ......, 10. If c2 = 12 and c3 = 13, then $\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{10} {{c_k}} $ is equal to _________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift
If ${\log _3}2,{\log _3}({2^x} - 5),{\log _3}\left( {{2^x} - {7 \over 2}} \right)$ are in an arithmetic progression, then the value of x is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Morning Shift
If the value of

${\left( {1 + {2 \over 3} + {6 \over {{3^2}}} + {{10} \over {{3^3}}} + ....upto\,\infty } \right)^{{{\log }_{(0.25)}}\left( {{1 \over 3} + {1 \over {{3^2}}} + {1 \over {{3^3}}} + ....upto\,\infty } \right)}}$

is $l$, then $l$2 is equal to _______________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 22th July Evening Shift
The sum of all the elements in the set {n$\in$ {1, 2, ....., 100} | H.C.F. of n and 2040 is 1} is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Evening Shift
For k $\in$ N, let ${1 \over {\alpha (\alpha + 1)(\alpha + 2).........(\alpha + 20)}} = \sum\limits_{K = 0}^{20} {{{{A_k}} \over {\alpha + k}}} $, where $\alpha > 0$. Then the value of $100{\left( {{{{A_{14}} + {A_{15}}} \over {{A_{13}}}}} \right)^2}$ is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Evening Shift
Let $\left\{ {{a_n}} \right\}_{n = 1}^\infty $ be a sequence such that a1 = 1, a2 = 1 and ${a_{n + 2}} = 2{a_{n + 1}} + {a_n}$ for all n $\ge$ 1. Then the value of $47\sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {{{{a_n}} \over {{2^{3n}}}}} $ is equal to ______________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Evening Shift
Sn(x) = loga1/2x + loga1/3x + loga1/6x + loga1/11x + loga1/18x + loga1/27x + ...... up to n-terms, where a > 1. If S24(x) = 1093 and S12(2x) = 265, then value of a is equal to ____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Evening Shift
Let ${1 \over {16}}$, a and b be in G.P. and ${1 \over a}$, ${1 \over b}$, 6 be in A.P., where a, b > 0. Then 72(a + b) is equal to ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Morning Shift
Consider an arithmetic series and a geometric series having four initial terms from the set {11, 8, 21, 16, 26, 32, 4}. If the last terms of these series are the maximum possible four digit numbers, then the number of common terms in these two series is equal to ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th February Evening Shift
The total number of 4-digit numbers whose greatest common divisor with 18 is 3, is _________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th February Evening Shift
If the arithmetic mean and geometric mean of the pth and qth terms of the
sequence $-$16, 8, $-$4, 2, ...... satisfy the equation
4x2 $-$ 9x + 5 = 0, then p + q is equal to __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th February Morning Shift
Let A1, A2, A3, ....... be squares such that for each n $ \ge $ 1, the length of the side of An equals the length of diagonal of An+1. If the length of A1 is 12 cm, then the smallest value of n for which area of An is less than one, is __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 24th February Evening Shift
The sum of first four terms of a geometric progression (G. P.) is ${{65} \over {12}}$ and the sum of their respective reciprocals is ${{65} \over {18}}$. If the product of first three terms of the G.P. is 1, and the third term is $\alpha$, then 2$\alpha$ is _________.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Evening Slot
If m arithmetic means (A.Ms) and three geometric means (G.Ms) are inserted between 3 and 243 such that 4th A.M. is equal to 2nd G.M., then m is equal to _________ .
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Morning Slot
The value of ${\left( {0.16} \right)^{{{\log }_{2.5}}\left( {{1 \over 3} + {1 \over {{3^2}}} + ....to\,\infty } \right)}}$ is equal to ______.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
The number of terms common to the two A.P.'s 3, 7, 11, ....., 407 and 2, 9, 16, ....., 709 is ______.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Evening Slot
The sum, $\sum\limits_{n = 1}^7 {{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)\left( {2n + 1} \right)} \over 4}} $ is equal to ________.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Morning Slot
The sum $\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{20} {\left( {1 + 2 + 3 + ... + k} \right)} $ is :
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let $\,{V_r}$ denote the sum of first r terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) whose first term is r and the common difference is (2r-1). Let ${T_r} = \,{V_{r + 1}} - \,{V_r} - 2\,\,\,and\,\,\,{Q_r} = \,{T_{r + 1}} - \,{T_r}\,for\,r = 1,2,...$

${T_r}$ is always

A.
an odd number
B.
an even number
C.
a prime number
D.
a composite number
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let $\,{V_r}$ denote the sum of first r terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) whose first term is r and the common difference is (2r-1). Let ${T_r} = \,{V_{r + 1}} - \,{V_r} - 2\,\,\,and\,\,\,{Q_r} = \,{T_{r + 1}} - \,{T_r}\,for\,r = 1,2,...$

The sum ${V_1}$+${V_2}$ +...+${V_n}$ is

A.
${1 \over {12}}n(n + 1)\,(3{n^2} - n + 1)$
B.
${1 \over {12}}n(n + 1)\,(3{n^2} + n + 2)$
C.
${1 \over 2}n(2{n^2} - n + 1)$
D.
${1 \over 3}(2{n^3} - 2n + 3)$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let ${A_1}$, ${G_1}$, ${H_1}$ denote the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, respectively, of two distinct positive numbers. For $n \ge 2,\,Let\,{A_{n - 1}}\,\,and\,\,{H_{n - 1}}$ have arithmetic, geometric and harminic means as ${A_n},{G_n}\,,{H_n}$ repectively.

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

A.
${H_1} > {H_2}\, > {H_3} > ...$
B.
${H_1} < {H_2}\, < {H_3} < ...$
C.
${H_1} > {H_2}\, > {H_3} > ...$ and ${H_1} < {H_2}\, < {H_3} < ...$
D.
${H_1} < {H_2}\, < {H_3} < ...$ and ${H_1} > {H_2}\, > {H_3} > ...$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let ${A_1}$, ${G_1}$, ${H_1}$ denote the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, respectively, of two distinct positive numbers. For $n \ge 2,\,Let\,{A_{n - 1}}\,\,and\,\,{H_{n - 1}}$ have arithmetic, geometric and harminic means as ${A_n},{G_n}\,,{H_n}$ repectively.

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

A.
${G_1} > {G_2}\, > {G_3} > ...$
B.
${G_1} < {G_2}\, < {G_3} < ...$
C.
${G_1} = {G_2}\, = {G_3} = ...$
D.
${G_1} < {G_2}\, < {G_3} < ...$ and ${G_1} > {G_2}\, > {G_3} > ...$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let ${A_1}$, ${G_1}$, ${H_1}$ denote the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, respectively, of two distinct positive numbers. For $n \ge 2,\,Let\,{A_{n - 1}}\,\,and\,\,{H_{n - 1}}$ have arithmetic, geometric and harminic means as ${A_n},{G_n}\,,{H_n}$ repectively.

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

A.
${A_1} > {A_2}\, > {A_3} > ...$
B.
${A_1} < {A_2}\, < {A_3} < ...$
C.
${A_1} > {A_2}\, > {A_3} > ...$ and ${A_1} < {A_2}\, < {A_3} < ...$
D.
${A_1} < {A_2}\, < {A_3} < ...$ and ${A_1} > {A_2}\, > {A_3} > ...$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let $\,{V_r}$ denote the sum of first r terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) whose first term is r and the common difference is (2r-1). Let ${T_r} = \,{V_{r + 1}} - \,{V_r} - 2\,\,\,and\,\,\,{Q_r} = \,{T_{r + 1}} - \,{T_r}\,for\,r = 1,2,...$

Which one of the following is a correct statement?

A.
${Q_1},\,\,{Q_2},\,\,{Q_3},...$ are A.P. with common difference 5
B.
${Q_1},\,\,{Q_2},\,\,{Q_3},...$ are A.P. with common difference 6
C.
${Q_1},\,\,{Q_2},\,\,{Q_3},...$ are A.P. with common difference 11
D.
${Q_1} = \,\,{Q_2} = \,\,{Q_3} = ...$
2016 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 2 Offline

Let bi > 1 for I = 1, 2, ......, 101. Suppose logeb1, logeb2, ......., logeb101 are in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.) with the common difference loge2. Suppose a1, a2, ......, a101 are in A.P. such that a1 = b1 and a51 = b51. If t = b1 + b2 + .... + b51 and s = a1 + a2 + ..... + a51, then

A.
s > t and a101 > b101
B.
s > t and a101 < b101
C.
s < t and a101 > b101
D.
s < t and a101 < b101