Questions tagged [pattern]
A puzzle in which you spot the pattern that links a set of given data items (like numbers, letters, music tunes). Usually, you use your insights into the pattern to find one or more new elements of the set.
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A Trivial Pursuit #15 (History 3/4): Those Not Present
This is part 15 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Eisenhower’s Vice President, later President himself
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Progressive matrix: colored triangles overlaid with a cross [duplicate]
I narrowed this down to 3 and 5. I can't see the pattern showing the blue bar should be vertical. An explanation would be appreciated.
Source/attribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0yq5uGUDus
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Number encoding puzzle
An "ancient" writing system for numbers was discovered:
How would the number 75 be represented with this code? (Two symbols)
I think I made it too hard, here are some hints:
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What is the next term in the sequence 3, 1, -7, 41?
I could detect only one pattern, however, the sign is confusing me
$3 - 1 = 1 \times 2$
$1 - (-7) = 2 \times 2^2$
$-7 - 41 = -3 \times 2^4$
I have a pattern, but I am confused due the to sign.
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Chess 960 and Castling #2
For how many Chess 960 starting position you can play into a position such that the game requires castling?
Again for "standard" chess, this is impossible(§): You must let a bishop out, but ...
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Chess 960 and Castling #1
You are given a Chess960 starting position, but you don't know it is actually the starting position (the knights and maybe other pieces moved around). For which of the Chess960 starting positions you ...
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Progressive matrix: lines of spades with different orientations
This question is from the international IQ test. I don't get the logic around this. What is the answer?
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What is a Contradictory Word™?
This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Contradictory Word™.
Use ...
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Five figures are coded with symbols, find the code for Fig. 1
There are 5 figures shown on the top With their code written at the bottom of each figure, We need to find the code for fig.1
Source: UCEED 2016 question paper (entrance exam for design colleges in ...
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What does my wife want?
I asked my wife what she wants to do this weekend and she sent me this confusing message.
What does this all mean?
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"Missing letters (?)", a Nazo-like
This was an attempt at making a Nazo-type puzzle.
Nazo puzzles are lateral thinking puzzles, centered around a single neat observation/realisation, as a way to let you find that interesting ...
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Find the ciphering method using deciphered message
Link to the entire series.
Ciphered message:
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Decipher a long sequence of numbers
51699624576811268526783109824167925197245652924177251787241782538786302873119768312852668312686625268245686752824473216878253830287925175273039778250852831287672527245665263006725397251762529312811498
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Grid of numbers with some blue 1s - fill in the missing row [closed]
I don't know what type of puzzle this is. What is the answer?
Question 3. (3) Discover the pattern, and write down the missing row of numbers (without spaces). Hint: the blue squares [bold in the ...
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What should we put in the 6th box?
Below there is a small sequence. What should we put in the 6th box?
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Find next element of the sequence
Source of the question: Taken from the sub-Reddit r/askmath here: https://www.reddit.com/r/askmath/comments/15ar3ne/looking_for_the_answer_to_the_following_sequence/
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Logic puzzles: Flags and Stripes
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 2
Clues
The only instructions given to solve this is that the answer can be alpha-numeric text.
Ideas
Puzzle 1:
3 flagpoles seem to have top-balls (called a truck), while 3 don't
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Shape puzzle, find the final sequesnce or word? [closed]
Clues:
The only instructions given to solve this is that the answer can be alpha-numeric text.
Ideas:
So far I have this:
SQUARE: 101111
DIAMOND: 2111112
RECTANGLE: 111211021
HEXAGON: ?1?1011
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You might dream about this puzzle
Find the pattern between these sets:
1: right, clocks, wings, hearted, yourself, strings
2: psychopath, bishop, withhold, breakthrough, shoplift, hopefully
3: bird, Vienna, tempt, modern, armadillo, ...
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A connecting wall for series 1?
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #12: mobile-friendly puzzles.
Resolve the novel connecting wall below into six groups of four connected words and discover the puzzle's hidden theme....
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Increasing numbers of the common ones (rectangular)
What's the word hidden in the puzzle below?
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The following sequence contains a 12 somewhere
Consider the following sequence:
11, 6, 11, 11, 6, 11, 11, 6, 11, 6, 6, 11, 6, 11, 11, ...
Although it looks like a sequence of 6s and 11s at first, it will in fact eventually contain a 12. Also, it ...
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IQ question involving patterns of lines joined together
This is an IQ question posted on Reddit. I believe the answer is D, but everyone is arguing that the correct one is A. I think it is D, because we also have to reduce the line which is not included in ...
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Brainzilla progressive matrix with colored lines forming simple symbols
This is another IQ question from Brainzilla which I couldn't figure out.
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Question from IQ test involving patterns of white, yellow, red, and grey squares
This is an IQ question from Brainzilla IQ test.The order seems a bit convoluted. Can someone please give me a fair answer?
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What is the answer in this one?
This is a question from Brainzilla IQ test. It gives C as the correct answer but I cannot figure out why.
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Math puzzle, level 92: 21,17=104
I stumbled upon the sequence (image):
21,17=104
33,10=81
12,18=100
37,27=?
The answer is 170, but I'm curious about the rule behind it.
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Coded human body parts
The table gives information about some of the human body parts.
The names of the body parts are all coded and the count of those body parts present in a normal human are given.
Coded body part
Count
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This won't work with US states
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #12: mobile-friendly puzzles.
For each of the following sequences, identify the three missing terms (marked by '???'):
Nitrogen, Fluorine, Argon, ...
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25,42=90: find the math pattern
I've got the following pattern:
25,42=90
62,31=92
73,12=?
What rule should I apply to 73 and 12 in order to get the answer? With brute force, the answer is
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Math puzzle: 8,5=100
I'm a bit stuck with this puzzle (image)
8,5=100
10,4=80
16,2=?
I've tried 40,52,62,68 but no luck.
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One more "What does this operator do" question
it is fun to observe that questions like this What does this mathematical operator do? raise more new questions than correct answers!
When trying to solve the original question, I came to this new ...
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Cleaning out the garage
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #12: mobile-friendly puzzles.
I really need to clean out my garage - it's so full, it often feels like it contains one of everything. Today when I ...
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Re-producing the 3D Connecting Wall!
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #11: Now in 3D. See Introducing the 3D Connecting Wall! for the original presentation of this puzzle type and further context. This post presents a ...
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Introducing the 3D Connecting Wall!
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #11: Now in 3D.
A typical '2D' connecting wall puzzle (as made popular by the BBC quiz show, Only Connect) involves dividing a group of 16 seemingly ...
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Transforming shapes (keep it short!)
Following the same logic as the first three rows, what shape should replace the question mark?
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What does this mathematical operator do?
The solution to this puzzle is one I came up with when working on this puzzle: What is the answer of this math puzzle?
For two natural numbers a,b, can you figure ...
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Pattern Puzzle: What is the next image in the pattern?
This is from https://www.publicserviceprep.com/SampleTests/canarmy/TestPage_1.aspx?TESTID=496 question 6. I know the answer (C) but don't know why or the reasoning behind it. Can someone please ...
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What is the answer of this math puzzle?
One of my friend brought this simple-looking math puzzle to me, but it was harder than it seems.
I tried several ideas including simple arithmetic operations, and even considering base-n.
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Why is my algorithm not generating the new content I want?
I've seen how good neural networks and large language models can be at generating content based on textual input, so I asked someone to make me an algorithm to do that... My instructions were quite ...
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MIT Intro to Psychology, Raven's Progressive Matrices question
This is from lecture 14 on intelligence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bihrpOS0qtY&list=PL44ABC9278E2EE706&index=14
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IQ Test - Squares and lines
How does it work? What's the logic behind it?
image from: https://international-iq-test.com/
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Direct me to this question
What symbol should you put in the red question mark? The title can be used as a clue.
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1, 2, 3, 10, ... Another find-the-next-number-in-the-sequence puzzle
Can you spot the pattern and continue the following sequence?
1, 2, 3, 10, 12, 16, 25, 37, 55, 81, 100, ...
Hints:
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'Pointless' US states
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #9: Game/Quiz Shows.
On my recent appearance on the UK version of Pointless* I found myself in Round 1 standing on the first podium with my cousin, ...
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Only Connect - all at once!
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #9: Game/Quiz Shows.
Did you see the glitch on Only Connect last Monday?* The one where all four of the rounds got merged into one?!
Effectively, ...
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My coworker's apparantly hard to buy for
I'm looking for a four-letter answer to the following puzzle:
My coworker's apparantly hard to buy for.
A calender might make a good gift.
It's a consciencious man I'm dealing with.
He's ...
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