Spotting the rule
Read exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- 2, 6, 18, 54 — each term is the previous one
- Choices
- times 3
- plus 4
- squared
- Correct choice
- times 3
- Question
- That makes it a
- Choices
- arithmetic progression
- geometric progression
- random list
- Correct choice
- geometric progression
- Question
- Its common ratio is
- Choices
- 4
- 2
- 3
- Correct choice
- 3
- Question
- The next term after 54 is
- Choices
- 162
- 108
- 58
- Correct choice
- 162
Number-series items are solved by naming the rule linking neighbours. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 9 Sequences and Series.