National Police Officer Exam Prep

Category - Police Officer

Identify the pattern in the following set of numbers: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17.

  1. There is no pattern
  2. The set starts with 2 and ends in 17
  3. The set starts with 2 and jumps 3 each time
  4. The set starts with 2 and jumps 2 each time
Explanation

Answer: C - The pattern is that the set starts with 2 and jumps 3 each time.  To get from the first term (2) to the second term (5), we add 3. To get from the second term (5) to the third term (8), we again add 3. This same pattern of adding 3 to the previous term to get the next term continues throughout the sequence, so the next three terms are 20, 23, and 26.

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