There will always an infinite number of polynomial sequences which any subsequence of numbers will fit. I hope your teacher knows that! The first three numbers 1, 4, 27, for the sequence are 11, 22, 33, so the fourth term should be 44 or 256, and the 5th term should be 55 or 3125, but there is no way it can be the 3761, which is a prime number. So let's find one polynomial sequence it could be. We make this difference table, where the first column is the given sequence. Then immediately to the right of each number is that number subtracted from what's immediately under it, (if there is a number immediately under it.) 1 3 20 70-X 3908-4x 4 23 X-50 3838-3X 27 X-27 3788-2X X 3761-X 3761 So we let 3908-4x = 0 -4x = -3908 x = 977 Then that makes a nice looking sequence, since 977 is about the proper looking size. 1, 4, 27, 977, 3761 That sequence has the nth term:But there are an infinite number of other possibilities. In fact you can pick any number for X and there will be an infinite number of possibilities. I suppose you are supposed to find the simplest one. How is that supposed to be done? If your teacher tell you how, please tell us, for we have no idea, although we have advanced degrees in mathematics. Edwin