This is a number pattern hidden inside a picture. Instead of reading the tiles as pictures, count the dots in each one: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5. The task is to work out how many dots the seventh, hidden tile should carry, then match that count and shape to one of the four answer choices.
Look for a rule using two tiles at once: Check whether each count comes from combining the two counts right before it. 0 plus 1 gives 1, the third tile's count. 1 plus 1 gives 2, the fourth tile's count. 1 plus 2 gives 3, the fifth tile's count. 2 plus 3 gives 5, the sixth tile's count. Every single one checks out, so the rule is confirmed: each tile equals the sum of the two tiles before it, the Fibonacci rule.
Apply the rule one more time: The two tiles right before the missing one carry 3 and 5 dots. Adding them, 3 plus 5 equals 8, so the missing tile must hold exactly 8 dots.
Match the count to a shape: option (A) shows 4 dots, option (B) shows 6 dots, option (D) shows 9 dots, and only option (C) shows 8 dots, arranged as a ring with 3 dots along the top, 1 dot on each side in the middle, and 3 dots along the bottom.
Since 8 is the only count among the four options that continues the addition rule, and option (C) is the tile carrying 8 dots, option (C) is the one that completes the sequence.
Let's summarize:
Counting the dots in the given tiles gives 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, the start of the Fibonacci sequence.
Each term is the sum of the two terms right before it, so the next term is 3 plus 5, which is 8.
Only option (C), the 8-dot ring tile, matches this required count.
The tile that continues the sequence is the 8-dot tile, option (C).
