Find the next number in the sequence: 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 6, 8, 8, 7,....
C Cari New member Joined Sep 29, 2007 Messages 1 Sep 29, 2007 #1 Find the next number in the sequence: 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 6, 8, 8, 7,....
S soroban Elite Member Joined Jan 28, 2005 Messages 5,586 Sep 29, 2007 #2 Re: Sequences Hello, Cari! This is a silly one . . . Find the next three terms of the following sequence: . . 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 6, 8, 8, 7, ...\displaystyle 3,\,3,\,5,\,4,\,4,\,3,\,5,\,5,\,4,\,3,\,6,\,6,\,8,\,8,\,7,\,...3,3,5,4,4,3,5,5,4,3,6,6,8,8,7,... Click to expand... Consider the English words for the positive integers: one, two, three, four, five, six, . . .\displaystyle \:\text{one, two, three, four, five, six, . . .}one, two, three, four, five, six, . . . . . and consider the number of letters in each word. The next three are: sixteen, seventeen, eighteen ⇒ 7, 9, 8\displaystyle \:\text{sixteen, seventeen, eighteen}\;\;\Rightarrow\;\;7,\,9,\,8sixteen, seventeen, eighteen⇒7,9,8
Re: Sequences Hello, Cari! This is a silly one . . . Find the next three terms of the following sequence: . . 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 6, 6, 8, 8, 7, ...\displaystyle 3,\,3,\,5,\,4,\,4,\,3,\,5,\,5,\,4,\,3,\,6,\,6,\,8,\,8,\,7,\,...3,3,5,4,4,3,5,5,4,3,6,6,8,8,7,... Click to expand... Consider the English words for the positive integers: one, two, three, four, five, six, . . .\displaystyle \:\text{one, two, three, four, five, six, . . .}one, two, three, four, five, six, . . . . . and consider the number of letters in each word. The next three are: sixteen, seventeen, eighteen ⇒ 7, 9, 8\displaystyle \:\text{sixteen, seventeen, eighteen}\;\;\Rightarrow\;\;7,\,9,\,8sixteen, seventeen, eighteen⇒7,9,8
