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A list of numbers in which each term comes from adding a fixed number to the one before it is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The fixed number added each time in such a list is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Shakila's money box holds 100, 150, 200, 250 rupees on successive birthdays. The common difference is:Read the answer and worked solution →For the list 6, 3, 0, minus 3, the common difference is:Read the answer and worked solution →Reena starts on 8000 rupees a month with a yearly rise of 500. Her salary in the fifth year is:Read the answer and worked solution →With a starting salary of 8000 and a rise of 500 a year, the salary in the fifteenth year is:Read the answer and worked solution →The nth term of a progression with first term a and common difference d is:Read the answer and worked solution →The tenth term of the list 4, 10, 16, 22 is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these lists is an arithmetic progression?Read the answer and worked solution →The list minus 2, 2, minus 2, 2 is not a progression because the differences are:Read the answer and worked solution →A progression with a last term is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →To list a progression completely, the minimum information you need is:Read the answer and worked solution →With first term 6 and common difference 3, the first four terms are:Read the answer and worked solution →When the common difference is zero, as in 2, 2, 2, 2, the list is:Read the answer and worked solution →Gauss found the sum of the whole numbers from 1 to 100 to be:Read the answer and worked solution →The sum of the first n terms of a progression can be written as n by 2 times:Read the answer and worked solution →The sum of the first 22 terms of the list 8, 3, minus 2 is:Read the answer and worked solution →If the last term of a finite progression is l, the sum of all its terms is n by 2 times:Read the answer and worked solution →The sum of the first 1000 positive integers is:Read the answer and worked solution →If a, b and c are in a progression, then b equals:Read the answer and worked solution →A well costs 150 rupees for the first metre and rises by 50 for each further metre. The cost for the fourth metre is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the progressionsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the progression wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the progression gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the progression wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Progression or notRead the answer and worked solution →Sort term, sum and meanRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Progressions bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A list of numbers in which each term comes from adding a fixed number to the one before it is called:

  1. An arithmetic progression
  2. A geometric progression
  3. A harmonic progression
  4. A quadratic progression
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Correct answer: A. An arithmetic progression

1. The first term is the starting point. 2. Every later term adds the same fixed number. 3. That list is an arithmetic progression. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 5, Arithmetic Progressions._

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The fixed number added each time in such a list is called the:

  1. Common fraction
  2. Common difference
  3. Common divisor
  4. Common multiple
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Correct answer: B. Common difference

1. It is the same at every step. 2. It may be positive, negative or zero. 3. It is the common difference. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 5, Arithmetic Progressions._

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Shakila's money box holds 100, 150, 200, 250 rupees on successive birthdays. The common difference is:

  1. 50
  2. 40
  3. 60
  4. 25
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Correct answer: A. 50

1. Subtract each term from the next. 2. 150 minus 100 is 50, and so on. 3. The common difference is 50. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 5, Arithmetic Progressions._

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