Here it is:
Any thoughts welcome!1, 2, 6, 15, 16, 16, —15, —17
Moderator: Michael Wallace
Any thoughts welcome!1, 2, 6, 15, 16, 16, —15, —17
Parsimony!JackHurst wrote:I absolutely despise these sort of questions, there are infinitely many formulas that will generate that sequence of numbers, so how are you meant to know which one is the one the question setter was thinking of?
Yeah, thats what I was thinking of.Gavin Chipper wrote:I remember at school we did this thing drawing lines through a circle or something and it was 31.
Nth term is:James Hall wrote:The head of maths here has presented me with a sequence. It was apparently in an old year 7 question sheet, and it has flummoxed the entire maths department. What are the next few terms and/or what is the formula for the sequence?
Here it is:Any thoughts welcome!1, 2, 6, 15, 16, 16, —15, —17
Or 30, if it's factors of (n+1)!.JackHurst wrote:Yeah, thats what I was thinking of.Gavin Chipper wrote:I remember at school we did this thing drawing lines through a circle or something and it was 31.
http://www.uz.ac.zw/science/maths/zimaths/seq3132.htm
I agree.Jon O'Neill wrote:Wat