CAT Exam

What is the next number of the following sequence
1,5,5,3,10,10,5,6,......

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1+4=5
1+4+9=14=5
1+4+9+16=30=3
1+4+9+16+25=55=10
1+4+9+16+25+36=91=10
1+4+9+16+25+36+49=140=5
1+4+9+16+25+36+49+64=204=6
1+4+9+16+25+36+49+64+81=285=15
10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(1)

It's combined serie first is 1, 5, 10, 5, 1, 5, 10, 5, ... and so on. Second is 5, 3, 10, 6, 20, 12, 40, 24, ... and so on, so the first pattern is repeated 1, 5, 10, 5. Second pattern is duplicate.. So the series became 1, 5, 5, 3, 10, 10, 5, 6, 1, 20, 5, 12, 10, 40, 5, 24, 1, ....
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