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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