Question

In Tara's math class, each student made up a number pattern for classmates to identify. These are the numbers that Tara wrote. Find the pattern and identify the first and seventh numbers in the table.

1st:
2nd: 3/8
3rd: 5/16
4th: 9/32
5th: 17/64
6th: 33/128
7th:

Answer 1

1st: 2/4 or simplified to 1/2, 7th: 65/256

Explanation:

the amount the numerator increases by doubles every time.

like +1, +2, +4, +8, +16, +32, etc

the denominator also doubles