Question: Find the next term in the series 1, 1, 2, 4, 7, ___, . . .
A ) 3 B ) 11 C ) 2 D ) 6
Steps to derive
1 The rule for the given pattern is to add 0 to the first term, 1 to the second term, 2 to the third term, 3 to the fourth term and so on, to obtain the succeeding terms in the
given sequence.
2 The next term in the given sequence can be obtained by adding 4 to the fifth term, 7.
