Can you find the next number in this baffling sequence?
925, 955, 1040, 1140, 1255, 225, 410, ?
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Sign up to join this communityThe next term is:
610
As these terms are to be read as:
Times on a clock, the interval between each one increasing by 15 minutes:
9:25
+30 mins
9:55
+45 mins
10:40
+60 mins
11:40
+75 mins
12:55
+90 mins
2:25
+105 mins
4:10
+120 mins
6:10
The next term requires an interval of 105+15=120 minutes, or 2 hours, making it 6:10 (or '610' in the colon-less format of the puzzle).