Puzzle 389
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 · 3 · 6 · 11 · 18 · ?
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Hint
The sequence is related to prime numbers.
Answer
29.
Each term increases by the next prime number.
Puzzle 390
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 · 4 · 1 · 5 · 9 · 2 · ?
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Hint
The full sequence starts with 3.
Answer
6.
These are the decimal places of π ≈ 3.1415926.
Puzzle 391
You can replace the dashes with the same four-letter word, and create two new words, one that starts with ARM, and one that ends in ING.
Can you find all possible four-letter words that work?
arm----
----ing
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There are 4 possible answers.
Answer
Band, load, lock, and rest, all create new words:
armband and banding
armload and loading
armlock and locking
armrest and resting
Note
Some dictionaries also allow ARMRACK, but others don't. So RACK is a unofficial possible answer.
Puzzle 392
What letter comes next in this sequence:
Z · X · C · V · B · N · ?
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The answer is in front of you.
Answer
M.
From the bottom row of a keyboard.
