Mensa Mensa IQ Sequence Completion 4

Question 1

What comes next in the sequence: 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, ___?

Accepted Answer

96

Answer

Each term doubles the previous one, so 48 × 2 = 96.

Question 2

Find the missing number: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ___?

Accepted Answer

36

Answer

These are perfect squares (1², 2², 3², 4², 5²), so the next is 6² = 36.

Question 3

What is the next term: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ___?

Accepted Answer

37

Answer

The differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — odd numbers increasing by 2, so 26 + 11 = 37.

Question 4

Complete the sequence: 81, 27, 9, 3, ___?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

Each term is divided by 3, so 3 ÷ 3 = 1.

Question 5

What comes next: Z, X, V, T, R, ___?

Accepted Answer

P

Answer

The sequence skips every other letter going backward through the alphabet, so after R comes P.

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