SOLUTION: 16,25,36,49,64 what is the next number

Question 1152157: 16,25,36,49,64 what is the next number
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

16, 25, 36, 49, 64, ... = 4^2, 5^2, 6^2, 7^2, 8^2 ...

So the next number MIGHT be 9^2 = 81; and it is very likely that that is the intended answer.

But it should be noted that, with the way the problem is written, you could put ANY number next and it would be a valid sequence.

In any problem like this, where the sequence of numbers is given without any information about what kind of sequence, you can only look for a pattern and GUESS what the intended answer is....

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