Bite-sized brain teaser to solve in a minute or less.

The Number Sequence
Category: Pattern Recognition
What comes next?
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?
A) 30
B) 35
C) 36
Solution
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This can be solved in two ways:
Perfect squares: 1², 2², 3², 4², 5² Next is 6² = 36
Difference between numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 The differences between the next numbers are: 3, 5, 7, 9 Which means the next number would be 25+11 36
Answer: C) 36 |
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