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» Jerry Lopper - Mind Exercise: Number Sequence 11

Exercise:

Replace the ? with the correct answer in this number sequence:

18, 9, 10, 2, 4, -3, ?

Solution: 0

Subtract 9 to get the second number, add 1 to get the third number, then -8, +2, -7, +3, etc.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mental Exercise: Number Sequence 12

Exercise:

Replace the ? with the correct answer in this number sequence:

25, 5, 10, 2, 7, ?

Solution: 1.4

Divide by 5 to get the second number, add 5 to get the third, and repeat divide by 5, add 5, etc.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mind Exercise Answer: Number Sequence 13

Exercise:

Replace the ? with the correct answer in this number sequence:

1, 3, 5,15, 17, ?

Solution: 51

Multiply by 3 to get the second number, then add 2 to get the third, and repeat x3, +2.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mental Exercise Answer: Number Sequence 14

Exercise:

Replace the ? with the correct answer in this number sequence:

100, 80, 70, 65, ?

Solution: 62.5

Subtract 20, then 10, then 5, then 2.5, repeat halving the difference.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mind Exercise Answer: Number Sequence 15

Exercise:

Replace the ? with the correct answer in this number sequence:

16, 17, 21, 30, 46, ?

Solution: 71

Add 1 squared (1x1) to the first number to get the second, then add 2 squared to the previous number to get the third, 3 squared, 4 squared, etc.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mental Exercise Answer: Vocabulary

Vocabulary Exercise:

1. Which of the words below is opposite to PLAUSIBLE?

(glib, incredible, banal, hostile)

2. Which of the following two words are closest in meaning?

(incision, nostrum, vignette, panacea, progeny)

Answer:

1. Incredible (beyond belief or understanding) is opposite in meaning to plausible (apparently reasonable and valid).

2. Nostrum (hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases) and panacea are close in meaning.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mind Exercise Answer: Number Sequence 16

Exercise:

Replace the ? with the correct answer in this number sequence:

79, 88, 96, 102, 104, ?

Solution: 108

Add the last digit of the first number to get the second, then repeat

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» Jerry Lopper - Mind Exercise Answer: Vocabulary

Exercise:

1. Two of the following words are most opposite in meaning. Which two words are they?

irrational, pleasing, privy, wise, perceptible

2. Two of the following words are closest in meaning.

Which two words are they?

change, stereotype, delete, pigeonhole, identify

Vocabulary Answers:

1. Irrational and Wise are the two most opposite in meaning.

2. Stereotype and Pigeonhole are the two words closest in meaning.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mind Exercise Answer: Number Sequence 17

Exercise:

Replace the ? with the correct answer in this number sequence:

12, 30, 75, ?

Solution: 187.5

Multiply by 2.5 to get each succeeding number.

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» Jerry Lopper - Mind Puzzle Answers

Find the hidden phrase in these three exercises drawn from The Big Book of Mind-Bending Puzzles, Terry Stickels

a) LOOK U LEAP: is the phrase look before you leap.

b) i e i e i e c e i e i e i: is the spelling rule of thumb, i before e except after c.

c) THOUDEEPGHT: is the phrase deep in thought.

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