Nope. The answer to 8+11 is 19.
“The pattern” is a trap into answering 8+11 wrong. Wrong answers on the middle two sets the trap. There are no multiplication signs anywhere in the series. The picture is posted with the comment “only one in 1000 will get it right”. Way more than 1 in 1000 have answered 40 and 96.
It’s an amazing demonstration how to influence people into giving a logically wrong answer based on fantasy, then arguing the wrong answer is right. No wonder our country and the world is so screwed up.