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Post by mqdar » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:54 pm

Blast!10 wrote:1,2,4,7,11,16,22,29,37,46,56,67,79,?? :twisted:
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Post by dlcs18 » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:59 pm

1,2,0,3,-1,4,?? :twisted:
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Post by mqdar » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:40 pm

dlcs18 wrote:1,2,0,3,-1,4,?? :twisted:
1,2,0,3,-1,4,-2,5?
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Post by dlcs18 » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:42 pm

mqdar wrote:
dlcs18 wrote:1,2,0,3,-1,4,?? :twisted:
1,2,0,3,-1,4,-2,5?
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Post by Toon Dog » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:41 pm

9935,9936,9934,9982,9965,9973,99??,99??
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Post by mqdar » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:14 am

1,2,4,8,10,20,??
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Post by Blast!10 » Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:07 pm

jwdo wrote:1,2,4,7,11,16,22,29,37,46,56,67,79,93,107
:D :D riiiiiiiiight :D :D

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Post by lizwiz » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:05 pm

How about this series
1
11
21
1211
111221
can anyone tell me what the next line is?
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Post by jwdo » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:00 pm

lizwiz wrote:How about this series
1
11
21
1211
111221
can anyone tell me what the next line is?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
1112213211
312211131221
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Post by John925 » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:14 pm

I guess I'll post one.

1, 6, 18, 40, 75...

I at least think this one will be hard to crack...
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Post by lizwiz » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:58 pm

jwdo wrote:
lizwiz wrote:How about this series
1
11
21
1211
111221
can anyone tell me what the next line is?
312211 ?
13112221 ?
1112213211 x
312211131221
Well I did only ask for the next line which is quite correct but since you have continued the third line is wrong it should be

1113213211 and therefore the fourth line should be

31131211131221 but you have obviously worked out the sequence congratulations. When this was put in front of a group of computer graduates it took the brightest of them a week to work it out.
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Post by jwdo » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:50 pm

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21........
What's next?
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Post by ILoveWonderland » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:39 pm

34

That's called the fibonnoci sequence. You put two ones and then add them up, which equals 2. Then you add the one and the 2 up to get three. you keep repeating the pattern
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Post by jwdo » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:15 pm

ILoveWonderland wrote:34

That's called the fibonnoci sequence. You put two ones and then add them up, which equals 2. Then you add the one and the 2 up to get three. you keep repeating the pattern
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Post by Toon Dog » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:01 pm

Toon Dog wrote:9935,9936,9934,9982,9965,9973,99??,99??
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Post by Blast!10 » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:15 pm

Try this! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, ?

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Post by dlcs18 » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:21 pm

Blast!10 wrote:Try this! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288,
104872?
I don't think it's exactly right but I think it's close.
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Post by dlcs18 » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:24 pm

500 400 900 800 1300 1200 ??? :P
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Post by loof101 » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:42 pm

dlcs18 wrote:500 400 900 800 1300 1200 ??? :P
Methinks it's 500 400 900 800 1300 1200 1700
Is that the answer? :twisted:
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Post by dlcs18 » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:45 pm

Yep !
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Post by Blast!10 » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:43 pm

dlcs18 wrote:104872?
you probably meant "1048572"
yes that is the answer.
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Post by John925 » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:40 pm

John925 wrote:I guess I'll post one.

1, 6, 18, 40, 75...

I at least think this one will be hard to crack...
*COUGH* Somebody try mine *COUGH*
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Post by Harcourt » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:33 am

126, 196, 288

Off the top of my head, and what I can remember about certain people being into Math, I can only think of three members who may have got this one: Bear, Mette and Patrick (MS)... and me, of course.

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Post by bordeaux » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:30 am

Hey I might have been able to get this one 8)
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Post by John925 » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:36 pm

Harcourt wrote:126, 196, 288

Off the top of my head, and what I can remember about certain people being into Math, I can only think of three members who may have got this one: Bear, Mette and Patrick (MS)... and me, of course.

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Post by Toon Dog » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:09 pm

Toon Dog wrote:
Toon Dog wrote:9935,9936,9934,9982,9965,9973,99??,99??
READ. :evil:
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Post by dlcs18 » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:11 pm

Toon Dog wrote:
Toon Dog wrote:
Toon Dog wrote:9935,9936,9934,9982,9965,9973,99??,99??
READ. :evil:
READ THAT POST!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Post by Toon Dog » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:14 pm

Who the heck does then. :evil:
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Post by John925 » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:34 pm

Here's a warm up for Toon Dog's.

It isn't too easy but it isn't as hard as my last one.
1, 2, 0, 4, -4, 12, -20...
Find the next 3. :D

PS: Toon Dog, don't get too angry if nobody can solve it. The way I think is I find a rule for a pattern by manipulating variables according to position and previous terms. If that fails, I look for a pattern, and if THAT fails, I give up. I'm on step 2 (find a pattern) for yours. All of mine can be solved by manipulating background values and using them to change the answer.

EDIT: Fixed a bug in my pattern
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