What is the term I am looking for? 8?

1,1,2,3,5,____,13,21,34,......

galactus

Yes, it's 8. That is the Fibonacci sequence.

asterisk_man

FINALLY!! A real mathematical sequence!...but galactus still beat me to it.

galactus

Yes, I agree, Asterisk. Enough of these wacky sequences. The Fibonacci sequence is a beautiful thing. It's implications are practiaclly infinite. The Golden Ratio ties is directly related to them. The Lucas sequence is another variation on a theme.
I wrote a little program for my TI that generates the nth Fibonacci number.

Go to this site for lots on the Fibonacci numbers:

Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden section and the Golden String

Kbla06

The number which best completes the sequence below

10,30,15,16,48,24,25

1. 45
2. 75
3. 72
4. 47
5. 70

asterisk_man

this one is pretty easy. try looking for patterns. I usually start out doing it this way:

write out the difference between adjacent numbers and write out the quotient of adjacent numbers. often this will show you simple patterns.

In this case doing those two things was enough to show me what the next number will be.

Capuchin

It's pretty arbitrary, not of any mathematical significance, if that helps you.