Use the pattern "1 less than 3 times the number." Start with the number 5. What is the 4th number in the pattern?
The answer is not 23 or 365.
The rule "1 less than 3 times the number" makes this equation:
3x-1
1st number: 3 * (5) - 1 = 15 - 1 = 14
2nd number: 3 * (14) - 1 = 42-1 = 41
3rd number: 3 * (41) - 1 = 123 - 1 = 122
4th number: 3 * (122) - 1 = 366 - 1 = 365
To find the 4th number in the pattern "1 less than 3 times the number," we start with the number 5.
First, we multiply 5 by 3:
5 x 3 = 15.
Then, we subtract 1 from the result:
15 - 1 = 14.
So, the 4th number in the pattern is 14.