What is the next number in sequence and why?
7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, ...
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Sign up to join this communityWhat 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).