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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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A Simple Number Sequence

I think the answer is Because
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Number sequence 6

How about this? ...
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Cyrus' Adventure (Part 1)

If I were Cyrus I'd give these four a go: if we need 5 letters (as there are 5 lines) try
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Interesting number sequence puzzle

I'd plump for Because
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Find the missing number: 321,6; 432,48; 333,81; 432,353; 321,?

How about this slightly "twisted" method? That would be Not really fitting for an "IQ" test though.
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Find the next number in the sequence

I think the answer is Because Another answer could be Because
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The Pattern-Bot

The next email will be: Going by natural numbers:
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Continue sequence

Seems like a pretty bad question to ask anyone you are trying to teach mathematics, but a best guess would be: I wonder if they were taught about "flooring" or modulo arithmetic too?
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What is the missing item in this symbolic or numerical series/set?

I'll go with: Since the sequence seems to be
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A mosquito is born at T=0 and after 2 seconds makes a new mosquito every second, how many mo...

Paul Evans has it, but just for completeness here is an explicit function in terms of the variables of the posed problem: use case: How the problem is represented
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Really, really, really hard sequence

The next numbers are: Because
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