What Comes Next In The Sequence: 36, 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, 15,

Look at the series of the numbers below and find the connection between them and then answer the below question.


What Comes Next In The Sequence;

36, 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, 15, ? 

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This is an alternating subtraction series, which subtracts 5, then 2, then 5, and so on.

So the series will be;

36 – 5 = 31;
31 – 2 = 29;
29 – 5 = 24;
24 – 2 = 22;
22 – 5 = 17;
17 – 2 = 15

Therefore the next 2 numbers will be;

15 – 5 = 10 &

10 – 2 = 8

Answer = 10 & 8

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