Arithmetic Reasoning Patterns and Sequences Answer and Explanation
In working as an ASVAB tutor, I see the importance of reviewing patterns and sequences with the students in my ASVAB prep course. In my book, The ASVAB Tutor’s Arithmetic Reasoning Study Guide, I include patterns and sequences as one of the 15 subtopics I cover in class.
On 3/20, I presented an Arithmetic Reasoning question on patterns and sequences.
The question is:
What comes next in the pattern?
1/4, 1/16, 1/64, _____
- 1/68
- 1/80
- 1/128
- 1/256
This pattern includes fractions. Can you see the pattern that is happening here? The numerator stays the same in each case. The denominator changes. The denominator is multiplied by 4 from one fraction to the next.
4 x 4 = 16
16 x 4 = 64
The final answer is found by multiplying 64 by 4
64 x 4 = 256.
The answer to this pattern is 1/256.
Did you know how to complete this pattern?
