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Maths Question please help?

Anna asked:


Could someone please show me how to do the working as well, I’m a bit confused

1. Paving stones are laid in a series of lines to cover a bbq patio. The first line has 10 paving stones and each successive row has one more stone than the previous row. The area is 66 rows deep. Calculate how many stones are needed to pave the patio.

2. When taking up jogging to keep fit Bruce runs 500m the first morning and adds a further 50m each morning he goes out running. If Bruce runs four mornings a week, calculate:
a. how fat he will run on the final morning of the 5th week.
b how fat he will have run in total after five weeks of training.

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