Trends and patterns
A Z C X E V G
T I R - there are two alternating series of letters, one series skips a letter going up in the alphabet. the other series skips a letter going down in the alphabet.
D G F H K J L O N P S R .. .. ..
T W V - up 3 letters, down 1 letter, up 2 letters repeated.
1 2 3 6 11 20 37 .. .. ..
68 125 230 - each number is the sum of the three previous numbers
27 24 22 19 17 14 12 9 ___ ___ ___
7 4 2 - alternately subtract 3 or subtract 2.
4 14 21 26 36 43 48 58 65 .. .. ..
70 80 87 - add 10 add 7 add 5, repeat.
1 2 6 24 129 .. 5040 ..
720 40 320 - each entry is multiplied by 1 more than the previous entry was multiplied by.
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000x0x0 0000x0x - in each entry the x's are one position to the right compared to the previous entry.
120 115 109 102 94 ___ ___ ___
85 75 64 - each new number is obtained by subtracting 1 more than was subtracted in getting the previous number.
5000 6000 5900 6900 7800 7700 .. .. ..
8700 8600 9600 - alternately add 1000 and subtract 100
2 6 18 54 162 _ _
Each new number is three times the previous number
B A D C F E H G ___ ___ ___
J I L description- go down one letter then up 3 letters. repeated.
A A B B D D G G K _ _
K P P - each letter is repeated once, then the next letter is obtained by going up the alphabet one more letter than the last time.
J 1 P 3 M 5 J 8 P 1 M 3 J 5 P 8 M 1 J 3
P 5 M - the letters J, P M alternate with the numbers 1 3 5 and 8.
Q Q L Q Q Q Q L L L QQ L Q Q Q L L L Q ____ ___ ___
Q L Q description- Q's alternate with L's. With the Q's there are alternately 2 or 4. With the L's there are alternately 1 or 3.
1 21 121 1212 12121
121212 1212121 - each set becomes longer by alternately adding 1 or 2
147 144 137 141 138 131 135 132 125
129 126 119 - subtract 3, subtract 7, add 4, then repeat.
9 12 11 14 13 16 15 18 ___ ___ ___
17 20 19 description- alternately add 3 and subtract 1
1 3 4 7 11 18 2 30 32 5 8 13 5 12 .. 3 18 ..
17 21 - the third nubber is each set is the sum of the first two previous numbers
7 3 4 8 4 5 10 6 7 14 10 11 22 .. .. ..
18 19 38 - subtract 4 add 1 multiply by 2 then repeat.
32 27 29 24 26 21 23 ___ ___ ___
18 20 15 - alternately subtract 5 and add 2
64 32 16 8 4 _ _
2 1 1/2 1/4 each new number is one half the previous number.
5AA 10BB 12CD 17DG 19EK .. ..
24fp 26gv- each entry has a number and two letter, the umber are obtained by alternatelt adding 2 and 5, the first letter in each entry is one letter higher in the alphabet then the letter in the previous entry. the second letter in the entry is obtained by skipping one more letter than the letter than was skipped in getting the second letter of the previous entry.
49 48 46 43 39 34 _ _
28 21 13 - starting with the number 49, first 1 is subtracted then 2 is subtracted, then 3 is subtracted and in each case 1 more is subtracted than was subtracted last.
13 18 20 19 24 26 25 30 32 .. .. ..
31 36 38 - add 5 add 2 subtract 1 then repeat.
5 10 20 40 80 160 ___ ___ ___
320 640 1280 - each new number is twice the previous numbers.
2 4 3 6 5 10 9 18 17 _ _
34 33 66 - alternately multiply by 2 and subtract 1.
2 3 5 8 13 21 .. .. ..
34 55 89 - each number is the sum of the two previous numbers
1 3 6 8 16 18 36 ___ ___ ___
38 76 78- alternately add 2 and multiply by 2.
13r 16p 20n 25l 31j __ __
38h 46f - numbers alternate with letters, each new number is obtained by adding 1 more than was added getting the previous number. the letters run backwards in the alphabet, each time skipping a letter.
A2 3B B4 3A C2 3D D4 3C E2 _ _
3F F4 3E G2 - each entry consists of a letter and a number, and begins alternately with one or the other, the numbers are 2343234323 etc. the letters start with a and go up one letter, repeat that letter, then go down one letter. Next jump up two letters, go up one letter repeat that letter, go down one letter. next jump up two letters. etc.
8 9 7 10 6 11 5 12 __ __ __
4 13 3 starting with 8, first one is added, then 2 is subtracted, then 3 is added, and this patterns is alternately adding and subtracting 1 more number is continued.
2 7 10 15 18 23 26 31 34 39 ___ ___ ___
42 47 50. Description- Alternately add 5 and 3.
8 10 13 17 22 28 35
43 52 62 - each time add one more than was previously added.
A1 B2 D4 Z26 --- E, A, B, 3, 16
5 1 2 C P - Each letter is followed by number showing its position in the alphabet.
15 4 19 5 80 85 11 2 13 6 3 ..4 .. 14 .. 8 29
9 10 21 - the third number in each set is the sum of the first two numbers
A B A B B A B A B B A B ___ ___ ___
A B B Description- A single A alternates with alternately one or two B's
ACEG GACE EGAC CEGA _ _
ACEG GACE - starting with the letters ACEG, each successive entry has the letter from the back of the previous entry.
A B C _ A 1 2 3 2 1 A B C B A 1 _ 3 2 1 _ _ CB A
B 2 A B -groups of letters alternate with groups of numers, the letters are ABCBA, the numbers are 12321.
9 a 8 c 7 e 6 ___ ___ ___
G 5 I description- numbers running backwards alternate with letters that go up in the alphabet skipping a letter each time.
B M N _ B 2 13 14 13 2 B _ N M B 2 _ 14 13 2 _ _ N M B
Groups of letters alternate with groups of numbers, the letters are BMNMB the numbers are 2 13 14 13 2.
u n g t m f s - -
I e - three series of letters alternate, the first series begins with u and goes backwards through the alphabet, the second series begins with n and goes backwards through the alphabet.
a c e c e g e g I g _ _ _
I k I - up two letters, up 2 letters, down 2 letters repeated.
A Z B Y C X D ___ ___ ___
W E V - letters going up in the alphabet alternate with letters going down in the alphabet.
c I o d j p e k q - -
f 1 - thre independent series of letters alternate, the first letter begins with c and simply goes up the alphabet, c d e f. the second series begins with I and simply goes up the alphabet.
d a a e c c f e e - -
g g - single letters alternate with double letters, the single letters simply go up the alphabet, the double letters go up the alphabet but skip a letter each time.
1 11 20 _ 1 a _ t k a 1 _ 20 11 _ _ k t k _
sets of numbers alternate with sets of letters, the numbers are 1 11 20 11 1 and the letters are a k t k
