A slight deviation from the typical in-depth thought-provoking material I often blog about: a riddle of sorts, a numbers game. I happened upon this logic puzzle on StumbleUpon tonight, which was a comical occurrence since I just offered this game several hours ago to some friends while waiting for a meal to be served at a local eatery.
The game is the cosmic number, and the number is 4. No, not 42 as Hitchhiker's would recommend, but 4. Now I know one could simply cheat and Google the answer, but what would be the fun in that?
The goal is to solve the problem of why it is 4, and for you to figure that out I will give 5 sequences of numbers.
100 is 10. 10 is 3. 3 is 5. 5 is 4. 4 is the cosmic number.
12 is 6. 6 is 3. 3 is 5. 5 is 4. 4 is the cosmic number.
11 however is also 6. 6 is 3. 3 is 5. 5 is 4. 4 is the cosmic number.
17 is 9. 9 is 4. 4 is the cosmic number.
And finally, 19 is 8. 8 is 5. 5 is 4. 4 is the cosmic number.
It appears to be easier when written out like this instead of spoken. It's more things to try and remember anyway. I remember the first time someone riddled this me it took forever to figure out, so best of luck to you! Message me if you think you've figured it out, but don't comment so as not to spoil it for the other 51ish people that stat-counter informs me read these entries.
Enjoy!
No comments:
Post a Comment