Saturday, March 1, 2008

Number sequences

Here are couple of interesting number sequence puzzles I came across recently.

What number is next in the series?
1 11 21 1211 111221 …

What number is missing ?
823543 46656 3125 256 … 4 1

I think second one is much simpler for people with math aligned skills or engineers while first one is more think out of the box type of problem.
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Note: Comments may have spoilers! Come up with solution on your own before reading them.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

the next terms are 312211, 13112221, 1113213211...........

hey do you know what is the formula of the n th term?

Vrungel said...

Thanks for replay, your answer is correct !

As far as formula goes, I do not know it and I'm not sure it can ebe easily found.

Here is an interesting question - can any didgit repeat more then 9 time in a sequence? (Then next number will have to represent it like 10+)

If do come accross formula do let me know :)