What is the next number in sequence and why?
7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, ...
What is the next number in sequence and why?
7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, ...
The next number is:
4
Explanation:
The $n$-th term is the number of letters in the name of the $n-$th month of the English Calendar:
January=$7$, February=$8$, March=$5$, April=$5$, May=$3$, June=$4$, July=$4$ etc.
This looks like :
the number of letters in English words for months of year.
7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, 4, 6, 9, 7, 8, 8
The answer would be "any number you want it to be" since no domain, range, mapping, function, etc" is defined. I would think it possible to say the numbers represent the age of a person's nieces and nephews in the order of which ones live the farthest to closest away (in miles).