Questions tagged [pattern]
A puzzle in which you spot the pattern that links a set of given data items (like numbers, letters, music tunes). Usually, you use your insights into the pattern to find one or more new elements of the set.
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Shadowed Dragon Ciphers: #2
This is the SHADOW Cipher in a small sample. One of my hardest, Good Luck!:
Z+b s v k v x w z d o x
-The Shadowed Dragon
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What pattern did Excel see in my data?
I was filling out the rightmost column of this set of cells from top to bottom. (The content of that column is intended to be manually calculated using the numbers to the left plus some hidden weights,...
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What is the pattern of this mystery box?
My friend and I found a mystery box, which requires a paper of number and gives us a ball written O or X.
Here are some results of my trial.
number
result
1
O
2
O
12
X
111
O
2222
O
342
O
351
X
432
X
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What is a Pasted Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
To be frank I only discovered this today because of the recent What is an Evil ...
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What is an Evil Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an Evil Word™.
Use the ...
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Pattern of the Chessy Sequence
Find the pattern of the chessy sequence.
Kn1 = 43x73x101x137
Kn2 = 25x41x26161
Kn3 = 43232323
Kn4 = 2x16170607
Kn5 = 32x4801369
Kn6 = 23x32x7x59x1087
Kn7 = 32x4801369
Kn8 = 2x16170607
(All of the ...
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What happens to her?
A nudnik says she uses Wiktionary as a thesaurus, and gets involved in a disagreement
A fishwife says she uses Wiktionary as a thesaurus, and gets involved in a clash of opinions
A scold says she uses ...
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What is a Short Integer™?
No, a Short Integer™ is not a Short Integer!
If an integer conforms to a special rule, I call it a Short Integer™.
Each integer can be tested. This is not a definitive list of Short Integers™.
Short ...
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Remember The Names
She placed the list in my hands and urged me to remember the names.
– How can I remember them when they’re erased?
– They’re not completely erased.
The paper was crumpled, torn, and even charred. ...
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Circle with five regions labelled 50, 122, 5, 10, ?
This question was in CUET UG exam this year.
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8 circles done, fill the remaining one
Below are 9 circles. How should the last circle be filled?
Below is link to the youtube video that inspired this puzzle. Very interesting to watch! It contains big spoilers what this puzzle is about ...
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What's his name? What did he learn?
Moreoff out fake death
Poor oversat this outbumpyyouoff subtracts from income
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Raven Test Matrices Pattern: circles on either side of a line
This is part 2 of my struggling with finding solutions raven matrices from this source
Part 1 got initially closed because it is frown upon to pose several problems at once; hope now the reasons for ...
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If OBX = G, TRA = A, CRBA = L, ABE = B , VDE = ?
Based on this sequence, what letter is for VDE? List of other given outputs:
Input
Output
OBX
G
TRA
A
CRBA
L
ABE
B
VDE
?
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If DXO=S, PXT=D, NXD=O... UXO=? [closed]
Context: I took this from a QUIZ held in Romania
IF:
DXO=S
PXT=D
NXD=O
DXP=O
UXN=N
THEN:
UXO=?
Original text:
DACA:
DXO=S
PXT=D
NXD=O
DXP=O
UXN=N
ATUNCI:
UXO=?
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Sequence of squares with letters in them
Which figure should replace the question mark (?) if the following series were to be continued?
This puzzle is taken from the monthly "competition success review" magazine, May 2025 issue ...
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Beating Harvard scientists [closed]
Long ago, Ivan Panin found 30 ways in which '7' is encoded in Genesis 1:1. He challenged Harvard scientists to create an English sentence with just as many multiples of 7. With all their wisdom and ...
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Raven's matrix: circles with loops inside or outside
Link: https://sep.stanford.edu/sep/jon/raven/
This is the last question on a Raven's Matrices style IQ puzzle. Question 60 of 60. What is the answer to this puzzle? My guess would be option 2... ...
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Progressive matrix: 3x3 grids with some cells shaded blue
It is a progressive matrix. You have to figure out what the bottom right panel should be based on the pattern in the other panels.
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Find the missing items in this receipt
Below is a receipt for 30 purchases made at five stores at the mall. Each store uses a different rule for setting the price of its items. The first five sales items, one from each store, are missing ...
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4x4 grids with stars in certain cells, corresponding to numbers
(Source: Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad 2024 Primary 6, Question 25)
Find the missing value.
I've tried using patterns such as the number of columns/row with star, or ascribing a numerical ...
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Can you find the trap?
-There is a trap in this previous puzzle.
-Previous puzzle's trap logic is the only logic in use here.
-All available choices in previous puzzle obey that trap logic.
(falling into the trap suggests ...
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Some odd ones to get out!
Just a random selection of odd ones out for your enjoyment - in each case specify the odd one out and why
A) Pippin B) Ben C) Tom D)Larry David
A) Keats' Truth B) Presidential Car C) Eddie Hall D) ...
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Continue the /sequence\
The infinite sequence begins with 0, 2, 1, 6, 3, 5, 4, 14, 7, 9, 8, 13, 10, 12, 11, 30, …
The full sequence contains every positive integer (and zero) exactly once.
What are the next 16 items of the ...
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Binary Search Trees: Spot the pattern!
Look at this random instance picture coding action on a binary search tree (BST)...
Explanation and your task follow. Explanation (tl;dr - you can skip it):
"Splay" and "Move to Root&...
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