Question

To continue the sequence of tiles shown, the tile indicated by the question mark should be

• A.

  

• B.

  

• C.

  

• D.

  

Hint:

Count the dots on each tile and look for a running-sum pattern between consecutive tiles.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The dot pattern on the tiles is a picture version of the Fibonacci series, where each term is the sum of the two terms before it: $0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, \ldots$.

1. Option (A): shows a dot count that breaks the running-sum pattern seen across the earlier tiles, so it does not fit.
2. Option (B): also shows the wrong dot count, it does not equal the sum of the previous two tiles ($3$ and $5$).
3. Option (C): shows a tile with $8$ dots, and $3+5=8$, so this matches the rule exactly.
4. Option (D): shows a dot count too high or too low to be the sum of $3$ and $5$, so it fails the pattern check.

Since $8$ is the only count consistent with adding the previous two tiles, option (C) is correct.