Well, I can't find a word which matches all of the 4 conditions :( or my english vocabulary is too low...

I just learned two weeks ago that English is the language among all the existing languages that contains the greatest number of words (nearly a million I think now, or something like that)

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

We need more math ones.

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I thought this was kind of interesting:

What row of numbers comes next in this series?


1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

I know this one! I've done this one. Should I tell?

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

I know this one! I've done this one. Should I tell?

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No - let's see if someone else can get it.

I know the answer to Hexxie's riddle but I don't want to spoil it for someone else.

Does it involve the Fibonacci series?

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

does it involve the Fibonacci series?

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I had to look that up to see what it was. No, I don't believe it does.

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Originally Posted by Just Looking

I thought this was kind of interesting:

What row of numbers comes next in this series?


1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

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I guess I asked for it wanting more math ones. But I'm terrible at sequences. :rolleyes:

Space occurred to me, except that doesn't fit the present & past tense thing, even if it's also a verb.

A hint for the sequence. Read it aloud ;)

And there is no Fibonacci in this.

Smoke? Hint!

Nothing I was trying, mathematically, was working. Then last night my daughter was counting out her dolls in a way that had not occurred to me.

Is the next number:

1113213211?

Ok, here's a hint on mine:

It's something you ride. Wait, one of the clues already told you that didn't it. Ok, actually, it's more like you sit on it (it doesn't go anywhere).

Good luck.

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

Space occured to me, except that doesn't fit the present & past tense thing, even if it's also a verb.

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Glad to see you are giving it a go.. . even if it isn't about numbers.

No, it is not space.

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

Nothing I was trying, mathematically, was working. Then last night my daughter was counting out her dolls in a way that had not occured to me.

Is the next number:

1113213211?

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Yes, you got it! Makes me wonder what your daughter was doing. :)

I'm not sure of how to call it in English... (French: Caroussel)

http://www.stephanepoinsot.com/previ..._caroussel.jpg

Is that it? Except that I don't think it matches with the past/present part of the riddle...

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

Glad to see you are giving it a go . . .even if it isn't about numbers.

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Of course I'm giving it a go. ;) I do like math stuff, but I like puzzles of all sorts. I'm actually usually pretty good at this time (the "what am I?" sort of thing), but this one has me stumped.

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

A hint for the sequence. Read it aloud ;)

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I read it out loud. Both just reading the numbers in the sequence (one, two, one, one) and read the number properly (one thousand two hundred eleven), and that means nothing to me. I don't get the answer. I'm telling you, I'm terrible at sequences, unless they're pretty easy.

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

I'm not sure of how to call it in English... (French: Caroussel)

http://www.stephanepoinsot.com/previ..._caroussel.jpg

Is that it? Except that I don't think it matches with the past/present part of the riddle...

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Hmm, curious. I'd been thinking about a teeter-totter. Except that still doesn't cover the tense thing. And a teeter-totter needs more than just "me" and you - it needs another person.

But it's another line of thinking anyway cause I've been concentrating on stuff like air - got to learn to think of other types of stuff. I think I've also been taking "sky" a little to literally, like all the way to the sky, instead of towards it.

A swing? But that isn't past tense as well.

Hey, I just thought of something. Anyone here into those lateral thinking puzzles? For instance, you get a scenario that's pretty vague. You get just a little information that tells you about nothing at all. And then everyone asks yes or no questions. The answers are yes, no, and irrelevant. They're very difficult cause you get so little info that it's like finding a needle in a haystack, until maybe you start getting a little more information from the questions. Really, they need several people working on them to get different angles and different sorts of questions. I find they're about impossible with only one person.

Just for example, there's one about a guy at a circus, who was found dead, and something about a pole and something under his cot in his tent, and you have to guess what killed the guy. Don't remember the details (I could find out), but just an example of how little info you get.

If anyone's game, I've already got a couple. (Though I'd prefer starting a new thread just for that.)

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

I read it out loud. Both just reading the numbers in the sequence (one, two, one, one) and read the number properly (one thousand two hundred eleven), and that means nothing to me. I don't get the answer. I'm telling you, I'm terrible at sequences, unless they're pretty easy.

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The one two one one is the right track.