First off, I’m not sure if this classifies as a game but I didn’t see an active game thread in MPSIMS so I’m hoping this is alright. Now, to the puzzle!
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
What is the pattern and what comes next?
Feel free to add any more brain teasers or puzzles after this one is solved.
Abracadabra
Abracadabr
Abracadab
Abracada
Abracad
Abraca
Abrac
Abra
Abr
Ab
A
No, wait, that’s not it. I’ve got no idea.
I cheated and found the answer, so I won’t post it. I’m more interested to find out how to figure it out. I’ve wasted about 20 minutes trying to.
This time, I did the actual work, so here ya go…
13112221 - one 3, one 1, two 2’s, and two 1’s
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
could the next 2 lines be:
13112221
1113213211 ?
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
Is this a coffin?
Parental, if I’m understanding your answer correctly, shouldn’t the pattern have gone like this?
1
11
21
1211
3231
231211
132231
A coffin?
Another teaser, Cliff Notes version[sup]*[/sup]:
Three guys walk into a hotel. Where’s the missing dollar?
Stranger
*Tell me you’ve heard this one, yes?
Correct!
Yep.
1211
3231 - This would be incorrect because there are not three 2’s in the previous set.
It starts with 1. In the next set, the first number is the number of 1’s in the first set.
1
11 - There are one 1’s in the first set.
21 - There are two 1’s in the previous set.
1211 - There is one 2 and one 1 in the previous set.
111221 - There is one 1, one 2, and two 1’s in the previous set.
312211 - There are three 1’s, two 2’s, and one 1 in the previous set.
13112221 - There is one 3, one 1, two 2’s, and two 1’s in the previous set.
Hope I explained that right…
Yup, that’s exactly right.
I missed it. I was going for totals, not sequences. And as you pointed out, I screwed up on that as well. My sequence should have been:
1
11
21
1211
1231
131221
132231
232221
134211