Question

In a list of numbers, the pattern increases by 0.001 as you move to the right. If the third number in the list is 0.046, what is the first number in the list? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

Start with counting back from 0.046 three numbers

0.046, 0.045, 0.044

The answer for the first number that you started at is 0.044