What is the next number in pattern 1 3 6 and how did you figure it out?
Answer:
It can be hard to answer questions of this type based on only three examples. However, that does happen to be the start of the sequence called the "triangular numbers" ... that is, those quantities that can be arranged in an equilateral triangle (like bowling pins or billiard balls). The next number in the triangular sequence is 10 (followed by 15, 21, 28, etc).
Related answers: - What number comes next in this pattern 1 3 6? 10. 1(+2) 3 (+3) 6 (+4) 10
- What is the next number in this pattern 1 2 6 24? 120. 1*2=2, 2*3=6, 6*4= 24, 24*5= 120. The pattern is that you multiply the numbers by...
- What is the next number in the pattern 27 9 3 1? The numbers are being divided by one third each time. therefore, after 1 comes 1/3 or one third.
- What is the next two patterns 1 3 6 10? 15, 21 (the triangular numbers)
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