I Love Patterns
2, 4, 6, 8, ?
10
Numbers are increasing by 2 each time.
10, 20, 30, 40, ?
50
Numbers are going up by 10 each time.
What month is Mr Reid's birthday in?
December!
100, 90, 80, 70, ?
60
Numbers are going down by 10 each time.
5, 10, 20, 40, ?
80
Numbers are doubling each time.
2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?
21
Each time, we are adding the two previous numbers together.
How long does one half of a soccer match go for (not including overtime!)
45 minutes
1, 3, 9, 27, ?
81
Numbers are being multiplied by 3 each time.
1, 4, 9, 16, ?
25
These are the square numbers (3 x 3 = 9, 4 x 4 = 16, 5 x 5 = 25)
64, 32, 16, ?
8
Numbers are being halved (divided by 2) each time.
11, 22, 33, 44, ?
55
We are going up by 11's.
3, 6, 12, 24, ?
48
The numbers are doubling each time.
7, 14, 12, 19, 17, ?
24
We do +7, then -2, then +7, then -2...
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?
37
We are adding 3, then 5, then 7, then 9...
10, 13, 17, 22, ?
28
We are adding 3, then adding 4, then adding 5...
2, 10, 22, 38, 58, ?
82
We are going up by 8, then 12, then 16, then 20, then 24.
1, 2, 6, 24, ?
120
We are multiplying by 2, then 3, then 4, then 5.
81, 27, 9, 3, ?
1
We are dividing by 3 each time.
5, 6, 9, 14, 21, ?
30
We are adding 1, then 3, then 5, then 7, then 9...
1, 4, 9, 18, 33, ...
56
We are adding 3, then 5, then 9, then 15, then 23...
2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42...
56
Going up by 4, then 6, then 8, then 10, then 12...
1, 4, 2, 8, 3, 16, 4, ...
32
We are alternating counting up from 1, and multiplying by 2.
3, 7, 13, 21, 31, ?
43
We're adding 4, then 6, then 8, then 10...
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ...
8
Each time, we are adding the two previous numbers (this is called the Fibonacci Sequence)
How many people live in Cranbourne? (Closest gets the point!)
21281