Number Patterns

cmmiller63 · #1 Oct 3, 2007, 10:59 AM

Could you please tell me what three sets of numbers come next in the following number pattern problem?

700,500; 600,200; 499,900;

Thanks

ebaines · Oct 4, 2007, 10:53 AM

What you've been given are 3 numbers where there is a common difference between the first and the second, and between the second and the third. What may be confusing you is the language used - the problem talks about "sets of numbers," whereas each "set" is actually just a number with a comma between the hundreds place and the thousands place. Just continue subtracting the difference number three more times. Hint: the 6th term in term in the sequence is 199,000.

asterisk_man · Oct 5, 2007, 05:29 AM

nice catch ebaines!



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