Martin’s champagne brain teaser

amistupid

MSE_Martin wrote: »

What’s the next number in the sequence & why? 106, 107,108,109,111,112,113,114… (clue, it's not 116 or 117). First correct answer with explanation posted here gets a bottle of champagne.

As a clue, the answer has charm, it's not the obvious “four numbers in a row then miss one” type answer.

131 it's the number of stripes on the last nine shirts you've worn and you're a right charmer.

marfy

Just tweeted Mr Lewis - he's been in meetings today and will check in tomorrow so I guess we all stay on tenterhooks until then.

Had a busy day checking bible chapters, history websites, working through every sequence that I know of and googling every meaning of charm I could find. I really really want that champagne :drool:

VoucherMan

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

I'm going for 118.
It's a list of channels on Sky that are "swapped with others" on HD.
See Notes column on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_channels_on_Sky.

Probably the best I've seen so far. But where does

MSE_Martin wrote: »

the answer has charm

fit in?

winnanan

This is part of a sequence of pixels. The charm is it creates a happy face, the next number is 127:
Define Face Shapes: Large Face p.happy= [ ... 69; 70; 71; 73; 74; 75; 86; 87; 88; 89; 91; 92; 93; 94; 106; 107; 108; 109; 111; 112; 113; 114; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 133; 134; 135; 136; 137; 147; 151; 152; 153; 154; 155; 157; 158; 159; 160; 161; 165; 171; 172; 176; 177; 178; 179; 180; 183; 184; 185; 186; 187; 192; 193; 199; 200; 220; 221; 227; 228; 229; 251; 252; 253; 259; 260; 261; 283; 284; 285; 292; 293; 319; 320];
I reckon I deserve:j the Champers so I can get pixelated!

flimsier

winnanan wrote: »

This is part of a sequence of pixels. The charm is it creates a happy face, the next number is 127:
Define Face Shapes: Large Face p.happy= [ ... 69; 70; 71; 73; 74; 75; 86; 87; 88; 89; 91; 92; 93; 94; 106; 107; 108; 109; 111; 112; 113; 114; 127; 128; 129; 130; 131; 133; 134; 135; 136; 137; 147; 151; 152; 153; 154; 155; 157; 158; 159; 160; 161; 165; 171; 172; 176; 177; 178; 179; 180; 183; 184; 185; 186; 187; 192; 193; 199; 200; 220; 221; 227; 228; 229; 251; 252; 253; 259; 260; 261; 283; 284; 285; 292; 293; 319; 320];
I reckon I deserve:j the Champers so I can get pixelated!

That's what I got when I googled as well:

http://eidors3d.sourceforge.net/tutorial/cheating_EIDORS/tutorial210-cheating.shtml

DingBat_3

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Martin’s champagne brain teaser

What’s the next number in the sequence & why? 106, 107,108,109,111,112,113,114… (clue, it's not 116 or 117). First correct answer with explanation posted here gets a bottle of champagne.

NOTE: As with many sequences there is more than one answer, but I'm looking for a specific one. As a clue, the answer has charm, it's not the obvious “four numbers in a row then miss one” type answer.

Good luck

Martin Lewis

I think it's 115, then 116, 117 right through to 299, because they've all got an 'o' in them, as in one hundred and three etc

junesavage

Hi Martin,
I think the answer to the brain teaser for today is 120 as that would be the next number that is a factor of 3.

procyon_2

Are we simply counting?

ten six 106
ten seven 107
ten eight 108
ten nine 109
don't use ten ten or higher cause it's not in order 1010 etc
start again...
eleven one 111
eleven two 112
so the answer would be eleven five or 115

just my tuppence worth ;-)

rosiem9703

115. 106, add the first and last numbers,1 + 6 (7) so next number is 107. add first and last numbers,1 + 7 (8) so next number is 108. 1+8 (9)next number is 109. 1 + 9 (10). as it is a 3 number sequence, you can't use that because it would be 1010 so you skip that and drop a 0. but 1 + 10 (11) so next number is 111. 1 + 11 (12) so next number is 112. 1 + 12 (13) so next number is 113. 1 + 13 (14) so next number is 114. 1 + 14 (15) so next number is 115. so i think (and hope!) the answer is 115...

miss_scrooge

Just looked on internet was going to say 120 but has been guessed with good explanation would never of been able to explain aswell as that oh well no champagne for me.Need to teach myself some maths will have one more guess 580 because it goes up in 5ths.