Find the 6th Term: Completing the Sequence 3, _, 27, _, 243, ?

Question

Look at the sequence below:

3,?,27,?,243,? 3,\text{?,}27,\text{?,}243,\text{?}

What is the 6th element of the series?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Find the 6th term in the sequence
00:03 Let's observe the change between terms
00:10 We can see that each term equals 3 raised to the position (N)
00:13 Let's deduce the next terms from the pattern
00:16 Let's calculate and substitute
00:20 And this is the solution to the question

Answer

729 729