Here's a quick and easy one:
What comes next in this sequence?
6 2 5 5 4 5 6 3 7 ?
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asked Jul 24, 2015 at 18:34
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$\begingroup$ creatievepuzzels.com/spel/speel1/puzzel53-2.htm $\endgroup$– qwertylpcJul 24, 2015 at 18:39
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$\begingroup$ Ah, I did a cursory search of Puzzling.SE, but didn't look elsewhere. I suppose it is a pretty obvious sequence. $\endgroup$– VictorHenryJul 24, 2015 at 18:43
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1$\begingroup$ In retrospect, it would have been better to use number -> answer clues instead of a number sequence (e.g. 11 -> 4, 27 -> 8, etc) $\endgroup$– VictorHenryJul 24, 2015 at 18:46
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The answer is
6
The explanation
Each number in the sequence corresponds to the number of segments needed to display a digit on a calculator's screen.
Digits: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sequence: 6 2 5 5 4 5 6 3 7 6
| The 1 here has 2 segemnts
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|_| The 4 has 4 segments
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1$\begingroup$ Type on an old school calculator 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Then count the number of segments each number has... $\endgroup$ Jul 24, 2015 at 18:43
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1$\begingroup$ Sure, I just need to figure out the formatting $\endgroup$– BardJul 24, 2015 at 18:44