Find the next number. (trick question :P) (in Contests)

This is the sequence: 3,6,9,12,15,__

What's the next number? This is a trick question, so please do not say 18.

If you think of a number, please say the sequence you used.

For example, if you thought it was 18, say the sequence is 3(n) where n is the # term of the sequence.

There are an infinite amount of answers. (I'm not joking.)

Winner gets 100K. Or whoever gives the most satisfactory answer..

18!

(heh.. j/k)

I'll go with 30, since you said 18 is incorrect.
I'm a going by the fact that you listed out a sequence and the next step would be to add 15 to the sequence of numbers.

x = 3n in which x is your answer and n is a whole number to give your answers.

Trick question? Indeed because you gave the answer yourself already :p

((((9956512 - 9956496) * 3) - 3) / 3)

18...the sum of the digits can be reduced to a cycling pattern of 3, 6, 9. 18(1+8=90, 21(2+1=3), 24(2+4=6), etc...

or alternatively...42, the answer is 42

The next number is pi.

Sequence is:
3(n) for n<5, where n is the # term of the sequence
0.523598776(n), where n>6

uhhh...89? (guess =D)

Well, I'd have to guess 123456789 since, if there's an infinite number of answers, then possibly, your sequence is just random numbers which appear to have some relationship to each other.

21 ;)

&#960;=3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510.
I like pi.(e)

;)

Uh, just remove the &#960;=

Sorry! :)

I'm going to go with Yukk here. If there's an infinite amount of answers, every number must be an answer. So it doesn't matter what number you say.

the answer hmmmm

3x6
3+15

or any other fathomed equation possible that will equal the next number.

use an algorithm would be best :P

I like toitle's theory on the total of the digits cycling (3, 6,9, 3, 6,....)
So I'll pick 9,000,000 or maybe 108 or 2070..

OH I see.

I really like that theory, it's very clever!

37. They are lottery numbers.

mikel, I never said that you add 15 for the next number of the sequence.

mitt, your sequence says >6, so I don't know what happens at 6, so.. sorry technical issue. just patch it up :)

I never said you couldn't use 3(n), so I guess I have to give shade 100K.. :(

I like toitle's answer, so he gets 100K too.

neither of these winning sequences will be accepted as a correct answer anymore. nor will sequences from these two winners. (gotta make this fair :P mwahahaha!)

you cannot use someone else's sequence (the first to post the sequence gets the credit) and PLEASE! make a sequence to go with your answer!

I'm still looking for a good sequence, so that 100K's still there.

Meteor Hawk (Tinred Iaeun) 141.155.11.57 toitle (Kree) $100000 9:25 PM EST

Meteor Hawk (Tinred Iaeun) 141.155.11.57 AdminShade (Children of Hurin) $100000 9:30 PM EST

I'll post the sequence when someone wins. :)

oh, and it's not the lottery numbers.

27
3 (+) 6 (=) 9 / 12 (+) 15 (=) 27

i don't have anything further cause the post doesn't say it has to continue past "the next number".
Just a bit of fun. I'm not much on math.

/me patches....

The next number is pi.

Sequence is:
3(n) for n<6, where n is the # term of the sequence
0.523598776(n), where n > or = to 6

:)

Let n be the index of the numbers in the sequence.
Let An be the nth number in the sequence.
A1 = 3
A2 = 6
A3 = 9
For An with 6>= n > 3,

An = a*10+b such that a + b = A(n - 3)

A4 = 12, a = 1, b = 2, a+b = 3 = A1
A5 = 15, a = 1, b = 5, a+b = 6 = A2
A6 = 36, a = 3, b = 6, a+b = 9 = A3

Therefore, the 6th number in the sequence is 36.

Finite sequence counts right? :)

S(k) = k(n-1) + 3

S(k[n]) = k[n-1] + k[1]

Ok, this is a great one, but requires two control variables that are very hard to write out in this forum with no MathType support.

m=-2
n=1
S(k) = n*n - n*m

That's an awesome one...... Works real well, too:

k[1] = 1*1 - 1*-2 = 3
k[2] = 2*2 - 2*-1 = 6
k[3] = 3*3 - 3*0 = 9
k[4] = 4*4 - 4*1 = 12
k[5] = 5*5 - 5*2 = 15
k[6] = 6*6 - 6*3 = 18
k[7] = 7*7 - 7*4 = 21

etc.

btw, that does reduce to:

S(k) = n*n - n*m
S(k) = n ( n - m )

Since n - m is always 3, then it's S(k) = n * 3, or 3n.....

But still... it's cool.

Since I can't win again I have to ruin it for everyone now. The answer is, there is no next number. That is as high as I can count while standing. Think about it a sec, you'll figure it out :)

What, you can't bend down?

S(k) = 3 (5 - n % 5)

Cyclical! The next number is 3!

(% is mod... so (5 - n mod 5))

Wait.. I think there's a typo...

S(k) = n % 5 * 3 + 3, n is 0-based. If n is 1-based, make it (n - 1) instead of (n).

first: even if there is an infinite answers, not necessary for every number to be an answer. e.g. if all multiple of 2s are answers, that would still be infinite.

my answer would be 24. that sequence is actually 2 sequences.
T(2n)=T(2n-2)*2
and T(2n-1)=T(2n-3)+6
where n is any natural number (exclude 0)

Flexible Mbps increments: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 21, 27, 36

The one true solution is the segmented line. . .

y=3x; y=integer; x=number position in sequence

Y-Intercept = 0
X-Intercept = 0
Origin of (0,0)

it's 1008
We"re going back in time :-)
Or if you prefer the present, it's 2007
mind the numbers are dividable by 3 and 9
You can add an infinite amount of 0's and 3's, 6's and 9's to any part of a number that's dividable by 3 and it'll stay dividable by 3.
With 9, same goes for 0 and 9.
Or any multiples will do the trick too, so the next number is our fair year of 2007 which is about to make way for another long year(1 extra day in 2008)

I'll have to say... Mitt wins.. sorry, all.

Now for round 2!

the sequence is now 3,6,9,12,15,7218,__

What is the next number?

For this round, I'm only accepting the answer I'm thinking of.

As a hint, the number is between 40,000 and 50,000.

winner gets 200K. (Let's see who's clairvoyant, shall we?)

Meteor Hawk (Tinred Iaeun) 70.18.34.169 Mitt (Mittar) $100000 11:16 AM EST

all yall are ridiculas; nothing in this post made sense at all except the words on the page. ur all insane

yup. CB leads to insanity. We have proven it. It is the purpose of this exercise anyway, right?

The first part: To see if people can follow directions AND think at the same time

The second part: to see if anyone's clairvoyant.

:P

I'll take a stab...42021. the last 2 digits follow what appeared to be the original pattern of 3n, with the entire number divisible by 3n

very close. it's between 43K and 44K

Screw random numbers and clairvoyancy.

The answer is obviously a foot and a half.

You know, I'm surprised noone has typed out all the numbers between 43K and 44K...

42k

I dont have time to write out 1000 numbers so ill guess 2.

43,021

43,420

43121 really, nothing more than random guesses. Does writing a program that prints all number between 43k and 44k counts? It will be in QB (Quick Basic)

43001,43002,43003,43004,43005,43006,43007,43008,43009,43010,43011,43012,43013,43014,43015,43016,43017,43018,43019,43020,43021,43022,43023,43024,43025,43026,43027,43028,43029,43030,43031,43032,43033,43034,43035,43036,43037,43038,43039,43040,43041,43042,43043,43044,43045,43046,43047,43048,43049,43050,43051,43052,43053,43054,43055,43056,43057,43058,43059,43060,43061, 43062, 43063,43064,43065,43066,43067,43068,43069,43070,43071,43072,43073,43074,43075,43076,43077,43078,43079,43080,43081,43082,43083,43084,43085,43086,43087,43088,43089,43090,43091,43092,43093,43094,43095,43096,43097,43098,43099,43100

43101,43102,43103,43104,43105,43106,43107,43108,43109,43110,43111,43112,43113,43114,43115,43116,430
117,43118,43119,43120,43121,43122,43123,43124,43125,43126,43127,43128,43129,43130,43131,43132,43133,43134,43135,43136,43137,43138,43139,43140,43141,43142,43143,43144,43145,43146,43147,43148,43149,43150,43151,43152,43153,43154,43155,43156,43157,43158,43159,43160,43161, 43162, 43163,43164,43165,43166,43167,43168,43169,43170,43171,43172,43173,43174,43175,43176,43177,43178,43179,43180,43181,43182,43183,43184,43185,43186,43187,43188,43189,43190,43191,43192,43193,43194,43195,43196,43197,43198,43199,43200

43001,
43002,
43003,
43004,
43005,
43006,
43007,
43008,
43009,
43010,
43011,
43012,
43013,
43014,
43015,
43016,
43017,
43018,
43019,
43020,
43021,
43022,
43023,
43024,
43025,
43026,
43027,
43028,
43029,
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43031,
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43045,
43046,
43047,
43048,
43049
,43050,
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43069,
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43071,
43072,
43073,
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43077,
43078,
43079,
43080,
43081,
43082,
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43088,
43089,
43090,
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43092,
43093,
43094,
43095,
43096,
43097,
43098,
43099,
43100,
43101,
43102,
43103,
43104,
43105,
43106,
43107,
43108,
43109,
43110,
43111,
43112,
43113,
43114,
43115,
43116,
43116,
43117,
43118,
43119,
43120,
43121,
43122,
43123,
43124,
43125,
43126
43127
43128
43129
43130
43131
43132
43133
43134
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43194
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43196
43197
43198
43199
43200

how about this... next person to post gets 50K and that's the end of the post?

yeah... not at all time-consuming... someone wins something..

I like the idea.

All right. Next person to post wins.

And for a REAL answer, I'd say..43,263

AM I RIGHT? :PO

43221

43200
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43202
43203
43204
43205
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43300

dang it, i was still typing when u posted

well.. I did say the next person to post would win.. so..

Meteor Hawk (Tinred Iaeun) 141.155.15.186 Fembley (Skyson) $50000 9:16 PM EST