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May 12, 2004

Patterns

Okay, math lesson. Give me the next two lines in this pattern, and I'll buy you a beer, coffee, send a prize, or perform some vaguely sexual act.

1
11
21
1211
111221

Posted by G at May 12, 2004 11:52 PM

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312211

Posted by: bob at May 13, 2004 12:52 AM

My zip code is 11211. Surely that warrants some kind of kinky, deviant, sexual act.

Or a beer, I don't care.

Posted by: Danny at May 13, 2004 01:20 AM

This reminds me of those Mensa puzzles my father used to give me to do, so I looked at this as a language problem rather than as a math problem and translated the numbers to words (one, two). The "number" then becomes adjectives and nouns describing each component of the previous number:

1 (one)
11 (one one)
21 (two one[s])
1211 (one two, one one)
111221 (one one, one two, two one[s])

Following that logic, the next lines would be

312211 (three ones, one one, two two[s], two one[s])
13112221 (one three, one one, two two[s], one one}

And the next one is

1113213211 (one one, one three, two one[s], three two[s], one one)

This seems to make sense to me. Is that right?

Posted by: kayo at May 13, 2004 12:05 PM

1221111211
1121111221111221
12211112211112111221111221

maybe? :)

Posted by: BJ at May 13, 2004 03:32 PM

Oh, see, I didn't fully read the question ... next two lines. Dang. I let Kayo win my prize.
*goes off to pout in corner*

Posted by: bob at May 14, 2004 01:05 PM

Looks like I'm doing something/buying something/fixing something for Bob and Kieran. I've been grading 8th grade tests all week, so I have to say that Kieran's solution was well done, complete with examples. Bob also did a good job, but like so many of our kids, lost a point for not following directions.

Basically, Kieran gets the Belgian beer, Bob gets the Bud Light.

Posted by: Glennorama Brooklyn at May 14, 2004 03:22 PM

I just want to know what "vaguely sexual acts" entail, precisely...

Posted by: Casey at May 14, 2004 04:51 PM

well what's the right damn answer? LOL

Posted by: BJ at May 15, 2004 02:15 AM