Pattern Puzzles
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What comes next in the sequence?
3ā
8ā
15ā
24ā
35ā
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Research Clues
About medium pattern puzzles
Medium patterns have two things going on at once. Maybe every other element follows a different rule, or the sequence adds then multiplies in alternation. First differences won't be constant anymore, so you need to look deeper.
A useful trick: split the sequence into odd-positioned and even-positioned elements. If each sub-sequence has its own simple pattern, you've cracked it. This catches most of the alternating patterns at this level.