A Small Puzzlet For You.

smam · August 10, 2004, 10:51am

3215987 258123 1478963 1472365 258 147268 258 258123 ???

What is the next number and why? Answers on a postcard please to PO box… oh actually maybe it would be easier just to post your replys in here.

Mangetout · August 10, 2004, 11:05am

814563

Mangetout · August 10, 2004, 11:07am

Or maybe just 1538

smam · August 10, 2004, 11:35am

I am accepting both these answers as correct. I would also have accepted 15357. Well done.

Coldfire · August 10, 2004, 11:37am

So, for those of us with IQ’s below 150… whut?

smam · August 11, 2004, 11:28am

Each group of numbers spells out a letter on a push button telephone.So if you trace the first set of numbers on the keypad you will make an ‘S’ shape, and so on.

nocturnal_tick · August 11, 2004, 3:56pm

I got the main idea. I just tried it on my keyboard though. :wally