Question

-50, -46, -42, -38,
, -30,

Answer 1

-26, -22, -18...

What does it mean to be proportional?

For two numbers to be proportional, they need to be directly increasing or decreasing in a constant ratio.

Looking at the numbers, we can see that every time there is a new number, it is 4 more than the last number.

• -50 + 4 = -46

• -46 + 4 = -42

• ...

• -30 + 4 = -26
• -26 + 4 = -22
• -22 + 4 = -18

Therefore, the numbers that follow this are -26, -22, -18, and so on. This is because 4 is being added each time.