Difference table method: 1. List them in the first column. 2. Subtract each number from the one just below it and write it in a column out to the right. 3. Continue making columns until there are just two numbers in the rightmost column. 3. Assume that the rightmost column contain an arithmetic sequence beginning with those two numbers, having a common difference of their difference. 91 -34 3 57 -31 48 26 17 43 Those two numbers 3 and 48 differ by 48-3=45, so we extend the sequence of the last column by using a common difference of 45: 3, 48, 93, 138, 183, 228. We just want one more term, so put 48+45=93 in the last column under the 48: 91 -34 3 57 -31 48 26 17 93 43 Now work backward from right to left, add 93+17=110 and place it under the 17. 91 -34 3 57 -31 48 26 17 93 43 110 Now add 110+43=153 and place it under the 43 91 -34 3 57 -31 48 26 17 93 43 110 153 That's the next term. So the sequence is now 91, 57, 26, 43, 153 If you wanted to get the next term, you'd put the next term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 48, 93, 138, 183, 228, under the 93, which is 138, and work backwards the same way. The sequence goes 91, 57, 26, 43, 153, 401, 832, 1491, 2423, ... You can continue ANY sequence this way, but there are many other ways, that will give different answers. Edwin