@cosmic-energy4 saidBecause you slept through elementary school math class.
Count your fingers from one to ten,then back from ten to 5 on one hand and add 5 fingers from the other hand,why the answer is 11 ??
@cosmic-energy4 saidbecause the "six" is not the sixth but the fifth.
Count your fingers from one to ten,then back from ten to 5 on one hand and add 5 fingers from the other hand,why the answer is 11 ??
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@Ponderable saidHere is an analogous 'puzzle': count backwards on one hand, 10,9,8,7,6, then multiply by 2 because you can do the same thing on the other hand (10,9,8,7,6); 6x2=12. Right? Wrong. Same fallacy in both cases. The 'puzzle' confuses two separate arithmetical operations: counting and addition (or counting and multiplication). It's an equivocation fallacy. If you start counting on one hand, you must carry on counting on the other hand, too: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. Ten digits, both figuratively and anatomically.
because the "six" is not the sixth but the fifth.
@Martin saidThere is no right answer to this sort of problem. For any series, any number could be the next number given some algorithm or other. It is impossible to prove that there is no possible algorithm which generates the series 7 8 5 5 3 4 4 6 9 7 8 n, for any n.
This should get your brain cells working.
What is the next number in this sequence and why?
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 6 9 7 8 ?
In the simplest case, a 'print string' command qualifies as a valid algorithm for the series "7 8 5 5 3 4 4 6 9 7 8 3.1415926535"
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@moonbus saidPaul has given you a clue.
There is no right answer to this sort of problem. For any series, any number could be the next number given some algorithm or other. It is impossible to prove that there is no possible algorithm which generates the series 7 8 5 5 3 4 4 6 9 7 8 n, for any n.
In the simplest case, a 'print string' command qualifies as a valid algorithm for the series "7 8 5 5 3 4 4 6 9 7 8 3.1415926535"
Count the number of letters in each month of the year
December has 8
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@Paul-Martin said11
What's next?
3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3,
???
the numbers given represent the number of letters in the sequence 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
@Martin saidYes.
11
the numbers given represent the number of letters in the sequence 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
But you must be spelling 11 strangely to get 11 letters!
Do you get "The 1% Club" where you live?
Questions like this every week.
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@Paul-Martin saidMy typo;
Yes.
But you must be spelling 11 strangely to get 11 letters!
Do you get "The 1% Club" where you live?
Questions like this every week.
Yes the number in the sequence is 8 as it represents the number of letters in 11.
Yes, we do get the 1% club but I record it so I can fast forward through the crap; the host is an objectionable prick in my opinion (the Australian version)
@Martin said8 ? You must be well into a nice bottle of Shiraz!
Yes the number in the sequence is 8 as it represents the number of letters in 11.
Yes, we do get the 1% club but I record it so I can fast forward through the crap; the host is an objectionable prick in my opinion (the Australian version)
Lee Mack presents the UK version.
I think he is great.
We also get the Australian one.
I agree that presenter is a real dick.