PatternsTrivia Questions & Answers
19 patterns trivia questions, each with the correct answer and a short explanation.
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1. What comes next: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, ?
Answer: Sunday. The sequence skips every other day (Mon, Wed, Fri), so the next skip lands on Sunday.
2. Next in sequence: 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ?
Answer: 40. Differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 (odd numbers increasing by 2); 27 + 13 = 40.
3. What comes next? B, D, G, K, P, __
Answer: V. The gaps between letters increase by 1: +2,+3,+4,+5,+6 — P is the 16th letter, so +6 gives the 22nd letter, V.
4. Complete the matrix: 4 → 9, 9 → 16, 25 → 36, 49 → ?
Answer: 64. Each number is a perfect square n²; the rule maps n² → (n+1)², so 49=7² maps to 8²=64.
5. What completes the pattern? 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, __
Answer: 42. The sequence is n(n+1): 1×2, 2×3, 3×4, 4×5, 5×6, so next is 6×7=42.
6. What comes next? AZ, BY, CX, DW, ___
Answer: EV. First letters advance A→B→C→D→E; second letters retreat Z→Y→X→W→V, giving EV.
7. Find the next number: 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, 43, ___
Answer: 57. Differences are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 — an arithmetic progression of even numbers; 43+14=57.
8. What is the missing number? 8, 6, 9, 7, 10, 8, 11, ___
Answer: 9. Two interleaved sequences: 8,9,10,11 (+1 each) and 6,7,8,_; the next term in the second sequence is 8+1=9.
9. Find the next term: 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, __?
Answer: 43. Differences are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 — each gap increases by 2, so 31+12=43.
10. What continues: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, __?
Answer: 21. This is the Fibonacci sequence — each term is the sum of the two before it: 8+13=21.
11. Which sequence of letters follows the rule? AZ, BY, CX, DW, ___
Answer: EV. Each pair takes the next letter from the start of the alphabet paired with the next letter from the end: A-Z, B-Y, C-X, D-W, E-V.
12. Which number replaces the '?' in the grid: 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ?
Answer: 38. Differences are 3,5,7,9,11 — each gap increases by 2, so 27+11=38.
13. What is the next term? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ?
Answer: 55. Each term is the sum of the two preceding terms (Fibonacci): 21+34=55.
14. What comes next in the letter sequence: Z, X, V, T, R, __?
Answer: P. Each letter skips one backward in the alphabet (Z→X→V→T→R→P), stepping back by 2 each time.
15. Which number continues the pattern: 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, __?
Answer: 95. Each term is previous×2+1: 2→5→11→23→47→95.
16. Which sequence of shapes has the same ODD/EVEN alternation pattern as: Circle, Square, Circle, Triangle, Circle?
Answer: A,B,A,C,A. The pattern uses one repeated element (Circle=A) alternating with different elements (Square=B, Triangle=C): A,B,A,C,A — position 1,3,5 are always A; positions 2,4 are different non-A items.
17. Which series follows the rule correctly: 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ?
Answer: 52. Pattern alternates: ×2 then +2: 3×2=6? No — 3,+2=5,×2=10,+2=12,×2=24,+2=26,×2=52.
18. Next term: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, ?
Answer: 29. This is the sequence of prime numbers; the prime following 23 is 29.
19. A sequence: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 — which term breaks the pattern if 34 is replaced with 35?
Answer: The 7th term. In Fibonacci-style sequences each term = sum of two prior; after 21 the correct next term is 34, so placing 35 makes the 7th term incorrect.
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