{"id":272938,"date":"2025-07-27T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=272938"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:01:01","slug":"the-next-number-in-the-sequence-1-9-2557-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/27\/the-next-number-in-the-sequence-1-9-2557-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The next number in the sequence: 1, 9, 25,57 \u2026 is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The next number in the sequence: 1, 9, 25,57 \u2026 is<br>A 121<br>B: 36<br>C: 64<br>D: 81<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>D: 81<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This sequence follows a pattern based on the square of consecutive integers. Let\u2019s break it down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first number in the sequence is <strong>1<\/strong>. This is the square of 1 (1\u00b2 = 1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The second number is <strong>9<\/strong>. This is the square of 3 (3\u00b2 = 9).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The third number is <strong>25<\/strong>. This is the square of 5 (5\u00b2 = 25).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fourth number is <strong>57<\/strong>. This is the square of 7 (7\u00b2 = 49), but there is a pattern here: it seems that after squaring, we add an incrementally increasing number to each result.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1\u00b2 + 0 = 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\u00b2 + 0 = 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\u00b2 + 0 = 25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7\u00b2 + 8 = 57<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The next number in the sequence should follow this pattern. After 7, the next integer to square is <strong>9<\/strong>, and the addition follows the same trend of adding a slightly larger number, this time <strong>24<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we compute:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>9\u00b2 = 81<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>81 + 0 (following the pattern) = 81<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the next number in the sequence is <strong>81<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next number in the sequence: 1, 9, 25,57 \u2026 isA 121B: 36C: 64D: 81 The correct answer and explanation is: The correct answer is D: 81. Explanation: This sequence follows a pattern based on the square of consecutive integers. Let\u2019s break it down: The next number in the sequence should follow this pattern. 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