@machel posted:

please can someone work this out ( disclaimer, brain burn out at your own peril)

1, 3, 3, 7, 9, 11,  ?

27?

@Baz posted:

27?

I can see what you did…..🤣

@Kaytee posted:

I can see what you did…..🤣

I thought it was worth a punt

are you sure it's two 3's and not a 3 and 5 Machel?

Yes, 1, 3, 3, 7, 9, 11, ?

it is on a test practice paper for the 11+,  no answers supplied!

@Baz posted:

27?

1+3+3=7, 7+9+11= 27,  

we thought of that but it is only two sequences whereas the other questions have 4/5 sequences x

@machel posted:

1+3+3=7, 7+9+11= 27,  

we thought of that but it is only two sequences whereas the other questions have 4/5 sequences x

Pass then

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

are you sure it's two 3's and not a 3 and 5 Machel?

yes wonder that dammeee

Last weeks Lottery Numbers?

@machel posted:

please can someone work this out ( disclaimer, brain burn out at your own peril)

1, 3, 3, 7, 9, 11,  ?

tbh can't find any pattern at all I wonder if it was  a misprint in the practice paper ??? like dameee said  should the 3 should be 5 ?????

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

tbh can't find any pattern at all I wonder if it was  a misprint in the practice paper ??? like dameee said  should the 3 should be 5 ?????

Well I couldn't do it...so tried to cheat
But none of the solving sites knew the answer either ??

@machel posted:

Yes, 1, 3, 3, 7, 9, 11, ?

it is on a test practice paper for the 11+,  no answers supplied!

bloody hell, we've a forum full of older people that can't solve it @El Loro we need help

@slimfern posted:

Well I couldn't do it...so tried to cheat
But none of the solving sites knew the answer either ??

it works with a 5 Slim, I cheated too

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

it works with a 5 Slim, I cheated too

It can't be this hard...not an 11+ test.
I passed mine back away too

1 3 3 7 9 11 11

1+2=3

3+0=3

3+4=7

7+2=9

9+2=11

11+0=11

@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

1 3 3 7 9 11 11

1+2=3

3+0=3

3+4=7

7+2=9

9+2=11

11+0=11

We looked at this but there isn’t a sequence, has to be a misprint!  Brain well and truly fried 🤪😜🤪😜

If the second 3 is not a misprint then the answer is 27, if it should be a 5 then 13.

@slimfern posted:

It can't be this hard...not an 11+ test.
I passed mine back away too

Me too

@El Loro posted:

If the second 3 is not a misprint then the answer is 27, if it should be a 5 then 13.

I would agree with EL. There's no single clear pattern, so - assuming there's not a misprint - the two "3"s suggest two interweaved series:

1, 3, 3, 7, 9, 11, ?

The first series is 1, 3, 9, ? - this is 3 to the power of x, where x = 0 to 3, so "?" = 3 cubed = 27.

The second series is 3, 7, 11 - this is adding "4" each time, so the next number in the series after "?" would be 15.

There's still not that much info, IMO, to be certain that's what's going on, though. I'd want to see some of the other questions on the paper to confirm they're definitely doing interweaved series as part of the test.

Chicken Chow Mein with crispy noodles?

I ended up,by various means as 23,27 or 28🤣…..but my maths are lousy

@Saint posted:

Chicken Chow Mein with crispy noodles?

Plonker

@machel posted:

We looked at this but there isn’t a sequence, has to be a misprint!  Brain well and truly fried 🤪😜🤪😜

The sequence doesn't have to be in the basic figures, but can be in the RELATION between the basic figures, or even the relation between what is relating the basic figures!

@Saint posted:

Chicken Chow Mein with crispy noodles?

I looked at that one too, but dismissed it as it would likely mess up the paper!

How about this one?

16 06 68 88 ?? 98

@Former Member posted:

How about this one?

16 06 68 88 ?? 98

87

Hi Roxan, hope all is well with you

@slimfern posted:

87

Hi Roxan, hope all is well with you

Actually it's L8

@El Loro posted:

Actually it's L8

@slimfern posted:

As the sequence is shown upside down, so does the answer

@El Loro posted:

As the sequence is shown upside down, so does the answer

of course

Haha not for the purists and hello too!

@Former Member posted:

Haha not for the purists and hello too!

Ha!

How's things going with your Mother in law, has she managed to see the doctors yet?

Hi Roxan How’s it going ?

Hi! Mother in law finally had her surgery scheduled, then postponed, then cancelled. After a major protest and a lot of phone calls she is on the schedule for surgery on Monday. Really scared they will cancel again she is in agony snd this has been going on for months. Everything crossed! 🤞

Another easy one…

3 3 5 4 4 3 5 5 ?

@Former Member posted:

Another easy one…

3 3 5 4 4 3 5 5 ?

"1"?

I'm assuming the sequence is a series of 3-digit numbers: the first two digits increase by 1 and the third decreases by two.

(...or to put it another way, you've got a series of 3-digit numbers, and your adding "108" each time...)

@Former Member posted:

How about this one?

16 06 68 88 ?? 98

Coming in a bit late here...

This is a really nice puzzle: for those who haven't seen it before, it's usually presented like this:

@Eugene's Lair posted:

"1"?

I'm assuming the sequence is a series of 3-digit numbers: the first two digits increase by 1 and the third decreases by two.

(...or to put it another way, you've got a series of 3-digit numbers, and your adding "108" each time...)

Hello!

Nope. You are going to hate yourself!

@Eugene's Lair posted:

Coming in a bit late here...

This is a really nice puzzle: for those who haven't seen it before, it's usually presented like this:

Did you ever read Edward De Bono? Fascinating guy, my favorite of his ideas was to solve the problem of slow elevators, rather than coming up with a solution to speed them up, he suggested putting mirrors in the lobby instead!