Then the next term, being the fifth term ( n = 5) is 5 5 = 3125. The pattern seems to be that the n-th term is of the form n n. This pattern looks similar to the previous sequence, but with 1 1 = 1, 2 2 = 4, 3 3 = 27, and 4 4 = 256. Find the next number in the following sequence: 1, 4, 27, 256.But as long as your answer is something that you can mathematically (or at least logically) justify, your answer should be acceptable, even if it isn't "right". Why is the answer only "probably" the square of six? Because "the right answer" is nothing more than whatever answer the author had in mind when he designed the exercise you might "see" a completely different pattern that he hadn't intended. The next number in the sequence is 6 2 = 36. In particular, for the sixth term, they will probably want me to square 6. For the n-th term ("the enn-eth term"), they will probably want me to square n. That is, for the first term (the 1-st term), it looks like they squared 1 for the second term (the 2-nd term), they squared 2 for the third term (the 3-rd term), they squared 3 and so on. So it looks as though the pattern here is squaring. Find the next number in the following sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25.When faced with a sequence for which you need to find missing values or the next few values, you need first to look at it and see if you can get a "feel" for what is going on.