{"id":252999,"date":"2025-07-11T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=252999"},"modified":"2025-07-11T16:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:40:41","slug":"christopher-wrote-the-number-pattern-below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/11\/christopher-wrote-the-number-pattern-below\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher wrote the number pattern below"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Christopher wrote the number pattern below. The first term is 8. 8, 6, 9, 7, 10, \u2026 What is a rule for the pattern?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The given number pattern is: 8, 6, 9, 7, 10, &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find a rule for the pattern, let&#8217;s look at the changes between the numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From 8 to 6: Subtract 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 6 to 9: Add 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 9 to 7: Subtract 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From 7 to 10: Add 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the pattern alternates between subtracting 2 and adding 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rule:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start with 8.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subtract 2 from the current number, then add 3 to the result. Repeat this process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We can express this rule as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>For odd positions (1st, 3rd, 5th, &#8230;)<\/strong>, subtract 2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>For even positions (2nd, 4th, 6th, &#8230;)<\/strong>, add 3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example of how the rule works:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start with 8 (1st term).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 \u2212 2 = 6 (2nd term).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 + 3 = 9 (3rd term).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 \u2212 2 = 7 (4th term).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 + 3 = 10 (5th term).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 \u2212 2 = 8 (6th term).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This alternating process (subtracting 2, adding 3) continues indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The rule for the pattern is that you alternate between subtracting 2 and adding 3 to the previous number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner6-315.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253000\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher wrote the number pattern below. The first term is 8. 8, 6, 9, 7, 10, \u2026 What is a rule for the pattern? The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The given number pattern is: 8, 6, 9, 7, 10, &#8230; To find a rule for the pattern, let&#8217;s look at the changes between the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}