PatternsTrivia Questions & Answers
10 patterns trivia questions, each with the correct answer and a short explanation.
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Each question reveals the answer and a quick explanation below it.
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.
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