Answer: What Comes Next? #199

The answer is C: green hexagon.

The rule

The pattern repeats every 4 things: green hexagon, green hexagon, green star, green star. Then it starts again from the beginning.

The pattern as Python code

Here is a tiny Python program that follows the same rule. Type it into IDLE and run it to print the whole pattern, including the answer.

pattern = ["green hexagon", "green hexagon", "green star", "green star"]
for position in range(10):
    print(position + 1, pattern[position % len(pattern)])

When you run it, Python prints:

1 green hexagon
2 green hexagon
3 green star
4 green star
5 green hexagon
6 green hexagon
7 green star
8 green star
9 green hexagon
10 green hexagon