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#1 2008-11-25 21:42:56

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Complete the series....

Complete the series......

(i) A, T, G, C, L, ___, ____, ____

(ii) 8, 27, 125, 343, 1331, _____


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#2 2008-11-26 01:15:36

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Re: Complete the series....

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#3 2008-11-26 01:38:27

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Re: Complete the series....

Well done, TheDude! Very Good!
I thought you could've used the hide tag to keep te question open for some more time!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#4 2008-11-26 02:41:32

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Sorry, I edited to put the answer behind a hide tag.


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#5 2009-01-04 08:49:35

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#6 2009-01-29 04:55:58

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Thats correct, JaneFairfax!
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(iii) a, b, g, d, e, z, e, ___

(iv) 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, ____

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#7 2009-01-29 06:51:26

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#8 2009-01-29 16:15:21

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Answer to (iii):
Perfect, JaneFairfax!
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(v) T, M, B, T, __, __.

(vi) M, E, P, B, ___, ___.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#9 2009-01-29 23:06:14

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Re: Complete the series....


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#10 2009-01-30 04:19:36

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Re: Complete the series....

Correct, mathsyperson!
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(vii) 2, 6, 120, 5040, _____.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#11 2009-01-30 04:38:46

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#12 2009-01-30 16:49:59

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Re: Complete the series....

Correct, TheDude!
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(viii) e, o, e, r e, x, ______.

(ix) a, f, p, n, _____, _____.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#13 2009-01-30 22:37:23

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#14 2009-01-31 00:14:24

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Correct, JaneFairfax!
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(x) FR, SR, TR, FR, QF, ____, ____.

(xi) R, C, C, US, B, ____, ____, ____.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#15 2009-01-31 17:30:06

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(xii) 2, 8, 18, ____, _____.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#16 2009-01-31 23:54:13

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#17 2009-02-01 00:30:54

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Correct, JaneFairfax!
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(xiii) Fr, Cs, Rb, K, ____, ____.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#18 2009-02-01 01:13:09

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#19 2009-02-01 04:17:42

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Correct, JaneFairfax!!!
Well done!!!

(xiv) T, S, M, ____, E.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#20 2009-02-02 04:08:25

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(xv) 1, 1010, 1100100, 1111101000, ________________.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#21 2009-02-02 04:33:43

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#22 2009-02-02 16:30:38

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Identity,
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(xvi) K, M, G, ____, ____.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#23 2009-02-02 21:13:36

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(xvii) 2, 4, 9, 49, 99, ____, _____.

(xviii) 2730, 3003, 3276, 3549, ______, ______.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#24 2009-02-03 14:18:30

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#25 2009-02-03 16:52:14

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Re: Complete the series....

Answers to (iv), (x), (xvii), and (xviii):-
All of them are correct, JaneFairfax!
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(xix) 1, 6, 39, 340, 3905, ______.

(xx) P, A, I, _____.

(xxi) T, O, E, N, W, ____, ____.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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