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Number Patterns

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Instructions: Can you figure out what comes next? Test your pattern recognition with these number sequences!

1.
What comes next in the pattern? 2, 4, 6, 8, ___
A
10
B
11
C
9
D
12
2.
What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ___
A
36
B
48
C
30
D
96
3.
What comes next? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ___
A
15
B
10
C
11
D
13
4.
What comes next? 100, 90, 80, 70, ___
A
65
B
50
C
60
D
55
5.
What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ___
A
36
B
30
C
49
D
34
6.
What comes next? 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ___
A
39
B
35
C
37
D
41
7.
What comes next? 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, ___
A
63
B
55
C
47
D
72
8.
What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, ___
A
100
B
120
C
160
D
140
9.
What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ___
A
20
B
22
C
21
D
23
10.
What comes next? 3, 9, 27, 81, ___
A
162
B
243
C
324
D
189
11.
What comes next? 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ___
A
25
B
20
C
21
D
18
12.
What comes next? 2, 6, 18, 54, ___
A
162
B
108
C
128
D
216
13.
What comes next? 1, 8, 27, 64, ___
A
125
B
216
C
100
D
128
14.
What comes next? 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, ___
A
20
B
28
C
25
D
24
15.
What comes next? 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ___
A
19
B
21
C
15
D
17
16.
What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ___
A
256
B
128
C
96
D
100
17.
What comes next? 1, 4, 2, 5, 3, 6, ___
A
8
B
9
C
4
D
7
18.
What comes next? 10, 11, 13, 16, 20, ___
A
25
B
23
C
26
D
24
19.
What comes next? 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ___
A
480
B
720
C
600
D
240
20.
What comes next? 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, ___
A
40
B
32
C
36
D
35

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