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#26 2009-02-08 01:58:32
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(xxii) 6, 28, 496, _____.
(xxiii) 2, 4, 10, 20, 40, 100, 200, 400, 1000, ______, ______.
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#27 2009-02-08 02:52:51
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Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#28 2009-02-08 03:00:01
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#29 2009-02-09 02:17:35
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Both the answers are correct!
well done, mathsyperson and JaneFairfax!!!
(xxiv) B, C, F, H, ____, _____.
(xxv) 3, 7, 31, 211, 2311, _____.
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#30 2009-02-11 09:31:25
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#31 2009-02-12 01:05:17
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Both correct, JaneFairfax!
(xxvi) bc, fg, jk, pq, ______.
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#32 2009-02-12 05:53:58
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#33 2009-02-12 16:11:00
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Correct, JaneFairfax!
Good work!!!
(xxvii) 7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, ____, _____.
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#34 2009-02-12 17:22:57
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#35 2009-02-13 02:06:27
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Correct, JaneFairfax!
Excellent!!!
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#36 2009-02-13 02:17:37
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(xxviii) 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 36, _____, _____.
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#37 2009-02-14 17:32:58
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(xxix) 25, 121, ____.
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#38 2009-02-15 02:37:03
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JaneFairfax, how did you get the answer to (xxvii)? 
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#39 2009-02-15 02:53:51
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Now you mention it, Im danged if I can remember! 
The answer probably came to me in a flash of inspiration; now its gone. 
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#40 2009-02-15 03:36:34
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JaneFairfax, how did you get the answer to (xxvii)?
Muggleton,
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#41 2009-02-15 03:45:10
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Ooh! 
It looks all so simple once you know the answer that it makes you feel kinda stupid wondering why you never thought of it before. 
Thanks. 
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#42 2009-02-15 03:48:55
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A pleasure, Muggleton! But I have to tell you, both (xxviii) and (xxix) aren't that simple 
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#43 2009-02-18 07:10:01
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#44 2009-02-18 08:17:09
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#45 2009-02-18 16:36:57
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Answers to (xxix):-
Both the answers are perfectly right, mathematically. Truly commendable effort!
Keep it up, JaneFairfax!
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#46 2009-02-19 08:24:13
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#47 2009-02-19 16:32:31
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You are perfectly right, JaneFairfax! 36 shouldn't have figured in the series! That was a blunder!!! Thnks for telling me I put a wrong number in the question....I'd have to be slower, with a much greater degree of accuracy!!!
You have solved the puzzle!
(xxx) e, n, d, d, d, n, ____, ____
(xxxi) 1, 100, 1001, 10000, _______, _______.
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#48 2009-02-20 00:53:41
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(xxxii) 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3 , 4, 5, _____, _______.
(xxxiii) 1, 2, 4, 19, 19, ______, ______. (This question is dedicated to Robin Alderman!)
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#49 2009-02-20 11:22:05
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#50 2009-02-20 20:33:03
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It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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