SOLUTION: 1,11,21,1211,111221,312211,13112221,1113213211,31131211131221,13211311123113112211 What are the 3 next numbers and why? What is the pattern

Question 894492: 1,11,21,1211,111221,312211,13112221,1113213211,31131211131221,13211311123113112211 What are the 3 next numbers and why? What is the pattern
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is called a look and say sequence
first term-1
what do you see for #1?
one (1) becomes 11
second-11
what do you see? two (1) which becomes 21
third-21
what do you see?
one (2) and one (1) which becomes 1211
4th-1211
what do you see?
one 1 one 2 two ones which becomes 111221
5th-111221
sixth-312211
seventh-13112221
eighth-1113213211
ninth-31131211131221
tenth-13211311123113112211
Your last term was #10 here are the next five
11-11131221133112132113212221
12-3113112221232112111312211312113211
13-1321132132111213122112311311222113111221131221
14-11131221131211131231121113112221121321132132211331222113112211
15-311311222113111231131112132112311321322112111312211312111322212311322113212221
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