Showing posts with label number puzzles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label number puzzles. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

More puzzling patterns

The answers to the last lot were:
a. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 – 3 times table - 1
b. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37 – square numbers +1
c. j, f, m, a, m, j – months of the year.

Here’s the next lot. Give me the next 2 in each of these sequences:
a) 5, 12, 19, 26, __ , __
b) 3, 9, 18, 30, __ , __
c) r, o, y, g, _ , _

Good luck. I will be giving the answers some time in the next month.
The third one is a little tricksy - if you want a clue, scroll down.

































Clue: c) You’ll need the luck of the Irish to solve this.

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

How are you with patterns?

For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by all manner of codes and patterns. When I sent some out at the end of a recent newsletter, I was thrilled by the number of people who engaged with the puzzles and doubly impressed by how many people got them right.
If you want to have a go, add your answers in a comment below.


Give me the next 2 in each of these sequences:
a)  2, 5, 8, 11, __ , __

b)  2, 5, 10, 17, __ , __

c)  j, f, m, a, _ , _


Good luck. I will be giving the answers some time in the next week.
The third one is a little tricksy - if you want a clue, scroll down.































Part c) is do do with time, it's not (exactly) a numerical sequence.