Question

Which math operation determines the following pattern? 1, 4, 16, 64, ...? addition subtraction multiplication division

Answer 1

The answer is multiplication.

4/1 = 4

16/4 = 4

64/16 = 4

So that means each number is getting multipled by 4 to find the next number. :)

Answer 2

Each number is multiplied by 4 to get the next number.

1 is multiplied by 4 to get 4.
4 is multiplied by 4 to get 16.
16 is multiplied by 4 to get 64.

And so on.

So the operation that determines the pattern is MULTIPLICATION.