SOLUTION: Describe the pattern and list the next three numbers: 1, 8, 27, 64, _________, ________, _____________

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Question 97390: Describe the pattern and list the next three numbers:
1, 8, 27, 64, _________, ________, _____________
Answer by jim_thompson5910(21685) About Me  (Show Source):
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These numbers are a sequence of perfect cubes. In other words 1=1%5E3, 8=2%5E3, 27=3%5E3, 64=4%5E3, etc. and stops at n%5E3 (where n is any positive whole number)


So our sequence continues with 5%5E3=125, 6%5E3=216, 7%5E3=343


So our entire sequence is:

1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343