Questions tagged [number-sequence]
A puzzle in which the hidden pattern behind a given sequence of numbers (and, often, the next term) is to be found. Use with [sequence]
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REALLY important days in history
@Z. Dailey asks a mathematical puzzle Important days in history... and to come! with a series of dates in years 1973, 1978, 1983, 1992, 2005.
My puzzle asks the question: What is the previous date in ...
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Sequence puzzle: 3, 9, 27
A twist of the classic sequence game:
A friend asked me to find the rule to this sequence: 3, 9, 27.
I am allowed to suggest other sequences to test if they follow that (unknown to me) rule, to which ...
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Given the length of sequences with different seed values, what comes next? 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 22, etc
Edit: Apparently this site has had a few too many what comes next puzzles without anything to go off of so I've decided to make this a different albeit a bit easier puzzle.
Sequences generated by a ...
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Number Sequence Series-Question 7
This is a series of questions that are created by me.
Here is question 7:
(23)，(55)，(155)，(1255)，？，？，(56139611)
I will give a hint to you guys in one month if nobody can solve it.
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Binary puzzle in World of Warcraft
I apologize if this isn't appropriate here, but it's been driving me insane. Essentially, a puzzle was recently introduced in the video game World of Warcraft, which no one has been able to solve. ...
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Formula for the sequence 1, 1, 1, 21, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 6, ... if the 21 isn't a mistake
The sequence 1, 1, 1, 21, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 6, ... appeared in one of my tutorial sheets in 2019. I assumed that the fourth term, 21, was a mistake (was supposed to be ..., 2, 1, ...) then it made ...
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Odd one's out (sequence)
Once upon a time, there was a curious mathematician named Friedrich. One day, while exploring a new area of mathematics, he stumbled upon an intriguing sequence of numbers:
0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, ...
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The smallest number
Some time ago I created a program to generate a table, and printed the first seven rows and columns.
Somehow however I forgot to print the headers and the title of the table.
I only remember that it ...
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Find the next number in the below series
I created this puzzle. Find the next number in the following series:
$$0, 1, 2, 2, 8, 36, 376, 16832, 6948320, 119573019392, 832844372118349824, 99591503127864016598742704128, ...
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Find the next terms in this sequence. 4,82,1
Find the next few terms X, X, X. in this sequence
Give your reasoning
4, 82, 1, 14, 84, 88, 0, 82, 81, 22, 12, X, X, X
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An increasing decreasing sequence
In math, there are all kinds of sequences
1545, 1218, 1071, 921, 851, 832, 799, 793, 774, 745, ... is (the start of) such as sequence
What is the best number?
Note:
Even in math things change, so ...
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I need help deciphering what looks like a binary message
I was watching a YouTube video and it’s filled with secret messages and codes. The last two codes were in binary and inserting them into a translator provided correct answers. However, that's not ...
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Two number patterns (clue: or geometrical shapes)
Solve the series:
Series 1:
6 and 1
5 and 2
4 and 3
5 and 1
???
Series 2:
6 and 1
5 and 2
5 and 1
4 and 3
???
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The next term is?
A sequence of integers between 0 and 9 is as follows:
5, 8, 1, 0, 1, 8, 6, 2, 4, ?
What is the next term?
Hint:
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Find the next number in the weird sequence
The following sequence has been made using a specific pattern and the last number is kept secret. We have to find that number along with the pattern followed to make the sequence.
3, 11, 32, 71, 136, ...
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