84
votes
Accepted
Thanks, dad! Never again
I think that the next number will be
Because you are watching
The numbers are called out by
Addendum
- 138k
50
votes
4,4,2,6,2,10,4,_ sequence from 4th grade packet
Same answer as PDT, just explained differently:
- 15.4k
33
votes
Accepted
32
votes
Accepted
29
votes
Accepted
29
votes
Accepted
28
votes
Accepted
27
votes
Accepted
Missing number in a sequence: 61, 52, 63, 94, ??, 18, 001, 121
Try looking at this another way round. Specifically:
The answer is beneath this spoiler - but try to solve it yourself first before you look. You see, all of these are:
The giveaway is:
- 149k
27
votes
Accepted
26
votes
Thanks, dad! Never again
To address the one part that hexomino didn't already answer:
Why do you think I'm not able to enjoy the performance like everyone else?
My answer would be:
This is hinted at by the fact that
- 2,760
26
votes
Accepted
26
votes
Accepted
25
votes
Accepted
A strange number pattern, isn't it?
The next five terms in the sequence are:
Because this sequence represents:
- 149k
24
votes
Accepted
22
votes
Accepted
22
votes
Accepted
What should we put in the 6th box?
I think this is the completed sequence:
Let's take a look at the full picture:
Thus, the images in the boxes represent
- 12.3k
21
votes
Accepted
A Harry Potter sequence puzzle
The next term in the sequence is:
Because:
EDIT: Since some commenters wish to understand the thought process behind my solving this puzzle, here's roughly how I approached it:
- 149k
20
votes
Accepted
20
votes
Accepted
What's the last number in my wordy number sequence?
Complete Solution:
The numbers can be rewritten as:
Therefore, the $n$-th term should take the form of:
By Hint 3,
Therefore, the last term is
With that said, though, it should be noted:
- 1,746
20
votes
Accepted
Only Connect - all at once!
Wow, this was tough!
The 4 sequences are:
Checking the numbers provided in the question:
So then we have 4 categories:
- 3,646
20
votes
Accepted
What was I thinking when I made this grid?
When you created this grid, you were
The entry in row x and column y represents
To compute this value,
This gives the formula for
- 16k
19
votes
Accepted
NSE puzzle: 91420512, 1297514, 35172115,?
I believe the answer is
If you use
you get
Which translates to
You’re just missing
- 32.3k
19
votes
Accepted
Sergeant Sequence takes the case
First take the capital cities of the countries in order
Now notice that
So the next country he would have to visit would have to have
- 138k
19
votes
Accepted
Can you solve this Country puzzle?
I think the next flag in the sequence is
Firstly, the countries, in order, are
Then we must look at
- 138k
19
votes
Accepted
18
votes
Accepted
18
votes
Accepted
Next word in this progression
A suitable word is
as this follows the pattern
where each word contains
- 72.1k
17
votes
Accepted
This number sequence has entered my life recently
@athin has found the mathematical pattern in the sequence and created a useful general way to display it pictorially (go see their post and upvote). However, a slightly more accurate diagrammatic ...
- 149k
17
votes
Accepted
A week around Europe
On your last day of your trip, I think you visited
Your method for determining the location you visit is
The places and order in which you visited them were
So you will last visit
- 138k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible