Arithmetic sequences

1003047803

Level: 
C
In Duolingo application, every user earns so-called lingots (=virtual currency), providing he or she learns at least $10$ minutes for $10$ consecutive days. For the first $10$ days a user earns $1$ lingot, $2$ lingots for the next ten-day period, $3$ lingots for the following $10$ days (i.e. for the first $30$ days a user earns $6$ lingots), etc. Find the smallest number of days in which a user can accumulate $1000$ lingots.
$450$
$45$
$440$
$44$
$430$

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Level: 
C
A certain type of bamboo grows $1.3\,\mathrm{m}$ per day during the vegetation period. Concerning the fact that it reached a height of $30\,\mathrm{m}$ after twenty days of regular growth, how tall was it at the beginning of the first day?
$4\,\mathrm{m}$
$5.3\,\mathrm{m}$
$2.7\,\mathrm{m}$
$10\,\mathrm{m}$
$4.3\,\mathrm{m}$