What is the next no. of the following sequence 3, 6, 29, 258, ........

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18 Mar 2013 sequence

What is the next no. of the following sequence
3, 6, 29, 258, ........

OPtion

1) 4096
2) 3844
3) 3600
4) 3364
5) 3127
6) 2916
7) 2166
8) 1298
9) 729
10) None of these

Solution

2+1^1 = 3
2+2^2 = 6
2+3^3 = 29
2+4^4 = 258
2+5^5 = 3127

Correct Option: 5 Best Solution (12)

Dr.Dipin Singh   11 years AGO

3, 6, 29, 258, ........
1^1+2=3
2^2+2=6
3^3=29
4^4+2=258
5^5+2=3125+2=3127 .. option 5

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Nitesh Kanojiya   11 years AGO

(1^1)+2=3
(2^2)+2=6
(3^3)+2=29
(4^4)+2=258
(5^5)+2=3127
so answer is 3127

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Sanjeewani Indurkar   11 years AGO

(1^1)+2=3
(2^2)+2=6
(3^3)+2=29
(4^4)+2=258
(5^5)+2=3127
so answer is 3127

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kalaiarasan   11 years AGO

1^1+2,2^2+2,3^3+2,4^4+2,5^5+2=>3127

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Ashu   11 years AGO

5^5+2= 3125+2=3127

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Dhivya   11 years AGO

3,6,29,258
3,29 is prime no
6,258 is natural no
so next is prime no
from the given option 5 is prime no

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kiran kumar reddy   11 years AGO

2+1^1 = 3 2+2^2 = 6 2+3^3 = 29 2+4^4 = 258 2+5^5 = 3127

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Samik Mukherjee   11 years AGO

the series flows like:
1^1 + 2=3
2^2 + 2=6
3^3 + 2=29
4^4 + 2=258
So the next number will be:
5^5 + 2=3127

The general rule for nth number is: n^n+2

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srinivasulareddy   11 years AGO

ans 3127
1^1+2=3
2^2+2=6
3^3+2=29
4^4+2=258
5^5+2=3127

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Vinay Sipani    11 years AGO

1^1 + 2 = 3
2^2 + 2 = 6
3^3 + 2 = 29
4^4 + 2 = 258

=> next term = 5^5 + 2 = 3127

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Math Lovers   11 years AGO

next term = sum of continuous 258 prime number starting with 1.

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Rats   11 years AGO

(1^1)+2=3
(2^2)+2=6
(3^3)+2=29
(4^4)+2=258
So nex term is
(5^5)+2=3127

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