Sequences (Daily Fast Games)

About Sequences (Daily Fast Games)

Sequences is the main game on Daily Fast Games, a small site of quick brain teasers that also hosts ManyWords, Ladders and Bouncepath.

Each day there is one numbered puzzle. The game shows the first terms of a number sequence and asks for the next number, and you have three attempts. Rules vary from simple arithmetic or geometric patterns to alternating ones, such as adding one and then multiplying by three in turn.

An archive lets you play any earlier puzzle, and a separate answers page lists each day's full sequence with its rule written out and explained. The site's blog has tips on solving sequences quickly.

It suits people who enjoy maths patterns and want a one-minute puzzle a day.

How to play Sequences (Daily Fast Games)

1. Open Sequences to see today's numbered puzzle.
2. Look at the numbers shown and work out the rule that links them.
3. Type the next number in the sequence and submit it.
4. If you are wrong, try again; you have three attempts in all.
5. Check the answers page afterwards to see the rule explained.

Tips

• Write down the differences between terms; then the differences of those.
• If the numbers jump unevenly, test whether odd and even positions follow different rules.
• Check for multiplication when the terms grow quickly.

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