What should the last number in this sequence be?
8,18,11,15,5,4,14,9,19,1,17,6,16, 10, 13, 3, 12, *
The next number
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Re: The next number
Explain how you got that answer please.
Cactuslil wrote:20
Explain how you got that answer please.
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Re: The next number
I could see straightaway that the numbers were 1 – 19 but the nos. 2 and 7 were missing so the last number had to be one of these two. I then saw that the numbers were written alphabetically but the number 7 was missing from the ‘s’ sequence. The No. 2 therefore had to be the final number in the ‘t’ sequence.
What I don’t understand is why the number 7 was not included in the sequence as you had written it?
I hope this makes sense..
What I don’t understand is why the number 7 was not included in the sequence as you had written it?
I hope this makes sense..
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Re: The next number
FAO Aphrodite.
I'm not sure why number 7 was not included.
I just copied it from a source.
You are correct with your reasoning and the answer is two.
I'm not sure why number 7 was not included.
I just copied it from a source.
You are correct with your reasoning and the answer is two.
Re: The next number
Surely, CactusLil is inadvertently correct too? The next number is far more likely to have been 20 than 2. More people are going to want the numbers 1 to 20 sorted alphabetically than 1 to 19.
Admitedly, not many more, but 20 would come before 2.
Actually, thinking about it, you could argue for 30 as being the next number. No higher than that though, as they would have already appeared on the list.
Admitedly, not many more, but 20 would come before 2.
Actually, thinking about it, you could argue for 30 as being the next number. No higher than that though, as they would have already appeared on the list.
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