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Post by t-bob on Jun 15, 2009 13:35:50 GMT -5
If you're an engineer, you should be able to solve it in (under) three minutes (more like 30 seconds), if you're an architect, in three hours; if you're a doctor, in six hours; if you're an accountant, in three months and if you're a lawyer, probably never.
If you're good at math or logical problems, solve this challenge and the answer is the password to open the spreadsheet to which you can add your name to the hall of fame.
What is the missing number in this logical series?
1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, ____???
The answer is the password to open the spreadsheet that is attached to this email. If you figure it out, open the spreadsheet, type your name in, save it and resend it to your friends.
Don't know how to attach an Excel Worksheet here, but I do know the answer, took me about 30 secs to figure out and 90 secs to find a calculator. And I'm not an engineer!
Scroll down for the answer if you're stumped...
3263442
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Post by Greg B on Jun 15, 2009 13:42:15 GMT -5
Got it.
Slightly over one minute. But I'm a software engineer with a math degree.
I did use a calculator to figure out the answer.
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Post by billhammond on Jun 15, 2009 13:44:22 GMT -5
I got it in about 10 seconds, but it was expressed in pronouns.
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Post by loopysanchez on Jun 15, 2009 13:46:32 GMT -5
Got it... about a minute for me, too. ME degree and a longtime fan of number/logic puzzles, but I still used a calculator.
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Post by omaha on Jun 15, 2009 13:59:06 GMT -5
Same here. Pretty simple to guess the pattern, but unless you are talking about powers of two or something similar, I couldn't do the numbers in my head.
(Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1986).
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Post by david on Jun 15, 2009 14:24:58 GMT -5
Got it in about 30 seconds - I am an attorney, undergrad - BS in Political Science. Guess I should have been an engineer?
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Post by billhammond on Jun 15, 2009 14:29:38 GMT -5
Got it in about 30 seconds - I am an attorney, undergrad - BS in Political Science. Guess I should have been an engineer? Lawyers would have an advantage from computing their fees over the years.  |
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Post by mccoyblues on Jun 15, 2009 14:30:06 GMT -5
It would take me about 4 days to figure this out and I'd have to make a phone call to get the answer. Playing the blues does not prepare you for this type of problem solving.
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Post by aquaduct on Jun 15, 2009 14:37:11 GMT -5
About 15 seconds, but I had to answer the phone in the middle of figuring it out (BS- English Lit., Minors in Math and Physics). Automotive engineer by trade.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2009 14:47:27 GMT -5
Took me about a minute because I first did it longhand, and then ran around the house until I found a calculator so I could check it.
I'm a retired High School Chemistry teacher.
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Post by millring on Jun 15, 2009 14:51:45 GMT -5
It took me a fraction of a second. I know how to highlight yellow text to make it appear.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Jun 15, 2009 14:56:38 GMT -5
got it in under a minute - business major
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Post by Cornflake on Jun 15, 2009 15:01:31 GMT -5
English major here, no math since junior high. I gave up in only fifteen seconds.
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Post by millring on Jun 15, 2009 15:13:04 GMT -5
okay, smart-alekness aside...
when I decided that I'd like to know if I knew, it took be prolly a minute or so to figure out what the progression was. ...oh, and I am an art and religion guy. (college)
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Post by omaha on Jun 15, 2009 15:20:14 GMT -5
Here's one: 0, 1, 2, 6, 21, 110,  ? |
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Post by paulschlimm on Jun 15, 2009 15:24:25 GMT -5
Under 30 seconds, to include calling up the calculator. MBA here.
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Post by omaha on Jun 15, 2009 15:30:59 GMT -5
And if you want a real head scratcher, try this: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 32, 627, (although when you figure it out, you'll discover that the string of zero's gave it away...) |
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Post by Russell Letson on Jun 15, 2009 15:31:59 GMT -5
The innumerate English Ph.D. took something over 5 minutes, 4 of them doing addition with a calculator.
One, two, three, um, many.
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Post by omaha on Jun 15, 2009 15:37:54 GMT -5
Here's one that's deceptively simple: 0, 1, 16, 3, 1024, 1953125, 36, |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2009 15:40:35 GMT -5
Big number... I saw the pattern fairly quickly, but had to use a calc for the answer--- about a minute or so.
Not bad for an attorney, I guess.
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