🧩 Number Patterns Quiz: Sequences and Rules

🧩 Analytical Reasoning · Quiz 001

A reliable pattern is more than a guess. Follow the stated structure, compare successive terms, and choose the continuation supported by the complete rule.

Learning goalIdentify stated or strongly constrained numerical rules and apply them without relying on an arbitrary continuation.

  • 5 questions
  • Foundation
  • Explanations after finishing
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FoundationThe sequence starts at 4 and adds 3 each time: 4, 7, 10, 13, __. What is the next term?
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Use the same difference between consecutive terms.

UnderstandingThe sequence doubles each term: 3, 6, 12, 24, __. What is the next term?
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Compare each term with the one immediately before it.

ApplicationThe differences in this sequence increase by 1: 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, __. What is the next term?
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List the differences: +3, +4, +5, +6.

InterpretationThis sequence contains two interleaved strands: 2, 5, 4, 10, 6, 15, 8, __. What is the missing term?
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Read the odd-position terms and even-position terms separately.

ConnectionA number machine repeatedly multiplies by 2 and then adds 1. Starting with 5, what is the third output?
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Apply both operations three separate times.

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