1/4, 1/2, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, ?
2006-09-09 04:33:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
No correct answers yet, here are some clues
I did not make this up nor is it a mathematical series.
Anyone born before 1955 and living in the UK should find it easy to solve
1971 is the year these series went out of use.
2006-09-09 07:12:16 · update #1
30, they are the coins in the old monetary system before decimalisation, beginning with the farthing. 30d = 2/6d better known as a half crown which was a coin.
2006-09-09 14:59:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/4 X2 =1/2
1/2 X2 = 1
1 +2 = 3
3 X 2 = 6
6 X2 = 12
12 X 2 = 24
24 X 2 = 48
2006-09-09 11:39:18 · answer #2 · answered by tdm1175 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30
2006-09-09 23:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The next number in the series is 28 because the pattern is multiply by 2 2 times then add 2 then multiply by 2 4 times then add 4.
2006-09-09 11:38:33 · answer #4 · answered by angieb1008 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
26
2006-09-09 12:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is some more help
It is not a mathematical series
The series was in use within the UK before February 1971
2006-09-09 12:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by Mike S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50
2006-09-09 12:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by Cosmic_Merlin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its 48
24x2 is 48. not sure why you had the 1 plus 2 in there
2006-09-09 11:44:42 · answer #8 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
35 if...it's a growth function of an infinite cubic graph.
2006-09-09 12:01:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
42 cos you make it up as you go along ... lol
2006-09-09 13:14:49 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋