In a series of numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, what is the next number in the sequence? Hint: Think about geometric shapes.
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Each number is a square of an integer.
Answer
25
Explanation
The numbers are squares of 1, 2, 3, 4, so the next is 5^2 = 25.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 25.
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