Can someone help me with this?
What comes next in this sequence-
52, 28, 33, 63, 73, 23, 56
I think it's 32 but I'm not sure...
Thanks in Advance
2007-02-17 08:16:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Sorry the question is : What is the next number in this sequence
2007-02-17 09:23:24 · update #1
The question SHOULD read "What is the next number in this sequence?"
Convert each letter in the question to a number, making A=1, B=2, etc. through Z=26.
"What" becomes 23+8+1+20, thus 52
"is" becomes 9+19, thus 28
"the" becomes 20+8+5, thus 33
keep going until "this" becomes 20+8+9+19, thus 56
"sequence" becomes 19+5+17+21+5+14+3+5, thus 89
so 89 is the next number.
This is a really hard one, especially so, since the question has to be restated to make it the classic answer.
Hope that helped!
2007-02-17 16:53:09 · answer #1 · answered by hp-answers.yahoo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The exact wording for the question is:
What is the next number in this sequence?
This is important to the answer.
2007-02-17 17:05:15 · answer #2 · answered by Tom :: Athier than Thou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think 36 or 30 something
2007-02-17 19:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by meme123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you leaned the summation notation, it would help.
i cant figure out the pattern.:( sorry
2007-02-17 17:21:25 · answer #4 · answered by bluemonkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody already asked this the other day
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkKhpVqRxAzdKmayI0eOmw4jzKIX?qid=20070215051359AA2BCGj
2007-02-17 16:22:33 · answer #5 · answered by bksrbttr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋