Question

The Chinese Lunar Calender is based on a $12$-year cycle. Each year is named after an animal. The year $2022$ is named after the tiger.

When was the last year of the tiger before $2022$?

• A. $2018$
• B. $2014$
• C. $2010$
• D. $2006$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $2010$

$\underset{–}{ConceptInvolved:}$

When the successive term in a numerical pattern is formed by adding a fixed constant value to the previous term, the sequence obtained is an arithmetic sequence.

$\underset{–}{Method:}$

The previous year we would get by subtracting $12$ from $2022$ since the Chinese Lunar calender follows $12$-year cycle.

Previous year of tiger before $2022$
$=2022-12$
$=2010$

$2010$ was the year of the tiger before $2022$.