A new brain teaser is leaving people baffled as they struggle to work out what the next number should be in this complicated sequence – can you find the correct answer?
Calling all maths geniuses – this one’s for you.
We all know that keeping your brain healthy is just as important as making sure your body is healthy too. But exercising your mind is a bit different to hitting the gym – you need to solve puzzles, conquer brain teasers, and test yourself with optical illusions that challenge you to think in different ways. Playing these fun games every day can help boost your cognitive function and help keep degenerative diseases like dementia at bay.
So if you’re looking for a way to boost your brain power today, why not try out this baffling puzzle? You’ll need to be something of a maths whizz to work out the answer!
All you have to do to solve this puzzle is work out which number comes next in the sequence shown in the picture above. The sequence is as follows: “1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, (?)”.
How would you start to work it out? There are some recurring themes in the sequence, such as 1 and 4 being next to each other which add up to make the next number, 5. But there’s no way of getting to the 9 using this method unless you add the 4 and 5 together, but this follows a different sequence of adding every other number together.
The sequence was posted by Brain Bashers, and on the website, you can click a button to ask for a hint. When you do, you get the following clue: “The full sequence starts with 3.”
Does this help you work it out? If you’re still thinking, don’t scroll any further as we’re about to show you the answer.
Answer
The next number in the sequence is 6. The sequence was actually the decimal places of Pi, and the clue meant that Pi starts with 3 before going into the decimal places. The full answer was 3.1415926.
If you’re in the mood to try out more puzzles, why not give this one a go and try to find the hidden object in the serene woodland scene? Or this one, which challenges you to find the seahorse hiding in the aquarium.
There are also different types of puzzles you can try, such as this fiendishly difficult quiz shared by the question editor for BBC Two’s Only Connect, or this maths equation that is said to be so tricky that only those with the IQ of Albert Einstein can solve it, or even this Who Wants To Be A Millionaire jackpot question that saw one contestant miss out on £1 million.
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