Complete the following pattern and what do you think this pattern really is? 6, 24, 60, 120, 210, …?
Answer
6 = 1 x 2 x 3
24 = 2 x 3 x 4
60 = 3 x 4 x 5
120= 4 x 5 x 6
210= 5 x 6 x 7
and so on.
Can you see the pattern now?
The nth term is just [ n x ( n +1 ) x ( n + 2 ) ]
