An island is a small area of land surrounded by an ocean, just as an oasis is a small area of water and vegetation surrounded by a desert.
48 divided by 6 equals 8.
The sequence suggests increasing the number of sides in the shape by one. A pentagon (5 sides) turns into a hexagon (6 sides).
A notebook is the appropriate place to record experimental results.
Each number is multiplied by 3 to get the next number in the sequence. 81 × 3 = 243.