Answer: What Comes Next? #423

The answer is B: 196.

The rule

These are square numbers: 8 × 8, 9 × 9, 10 × 10, and so on. You can make each one as a square of dots!

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.

for n in range(8, 15):
    print(n * n)

When you run it, Python prints:

64
81
100
121
144
169
196