It is a trial and error process. We compare it term by term with standard sequences that we are familiar with, and hopefully we will find one that it compares nicely with. 2, 6, 30, 168, 1320 After much trial and error I finally tried comparing it term by term with the sequence of factorials: 1!, 2!, 3!, 4!, 5!, or 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, , , , 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 That is the sequence of prime numbers. So the formula for the nth term is an = n!(nth_prime_number) The 6th prime number is 13, so it will be 6!×13 = 9360 Edwin