Thursday Puzzle: Petals on a Rose

[Pondlife]

6

Correct

I googled it initially as I wanted to be sure you had the details right, this link explains the background without giving the answer away.

It also convinced me that no-one on here worked it out in 10 minutes!

True

2 3 3 4 5 = ?

[Halo Jones]

True

2 3 3 4 5 = ?

8?

[Pondlife]

8?

8 is correct

1 2 2 2 4 = ?

[gingerjedi]

Anyone who works in pattern matching would be able to spot that in seconds. It's acutely easy to be frank.

Have you ever thought about taking on Microsoft? Should be a piece of cake for a great mind like yours.

[Halo Jones]

8 is correct

1 2 2 2 4 = ?

0?

[Pondlife]

0?

Zero is correct

1 2 4 5 6 = ?

[Scoi]

It also convinced me that no-one on here worked it out in 10 minutes!

When you take the important line from the OP and a few examples and clues from here it all becomes quite clear pretty quickly.

[Old Hack]

Have you ever thought about taking on Microsoft? Should be a piece of cake for a great mind like yours.

Oh dear, is that it? If you can't see how easy this is, then you're a PM, or server boy. In my field, you are trained for pattern matching from the word go, and that's about as simple as it gets. I genuinely think if you gave this to O Level maths students, they could work it out pretty quickly. It's annoying only if you don't understand ways to pattern match.

[Halo Jones]

Zero is correct

Now smug & happy for the day, best go do some work, or should I just go annoy my colleagues with this, hmm not a difficult choice

[Pondlife]

Now smug & happy for the day, best go do some work, or should I just go annoy my colleagues with this, hmm not a difficult choice

You know you want to.