Questions tagged [pattern]
A puzzle in which you spot the pattern that links a set of given data items (like numbers, letters, music tunes). Usually, you use your insights into the pattern to find one or more new elements of the set.
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What is a Pendulum word™?
This puzzle is inspired by the What is a Word™ and What is a Phrase™ series started by JLee and their spin-off What is a Number™ series.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Pendulum ...
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What is a Productive Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
Here are some words, both examples of Productive Words™ and non-examples. What ...
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Complete the integer sequence: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, ?, ?, ?, ?
Here is a sequence I happened to work out, although I am certainly not the first one.
Can you fill in the missing numbers?
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, ?, ?, ?, ?
NB: The sequence ends after the last ...
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Shadowed Dragon Ciphers: #2
This is the SHADOW Cipher in a small sample. One of my hardest, Good Luck!:
Z+b s v k v x w z d o x
-The Shadowed Dragon
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What is a CCC word?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
This table shows some, but not all, CCC words and several similar non-CCC ...
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What pattern did Excel see in my data?
I was filling out the rightmost column of this set of cells from top to bottom. (The content of that column is intended to be manually calculated using the numbers to the left plus some hidden weights,...
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Progressive matrix of squares and circles
I've tried to see any progression between rows or columns without luck
I also noticed that we could have a cell formed by combining two other cells, like:
cell (1, 1) is a combination of cells (2, 2)...
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What is the pattern of this mystery box?
My friend and I found a mystery box, which requires a paper of number and gives us a ball written O or X.
Here are some results of my trial.
number
result
1
O
2
O
12
X
111
O
2222
O
342
O
351
X
432
X
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Progressive matrix with blue bars, green dots, and yellow stars
This is from a question asked on Reddit. Personally I believe the answer is 2, but I think my logic is flawed.
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What is a Pasted Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
To be frank I only discovered this today because of the recent What is an Evil ...
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Rotating Flower petals pattern matching [closed]
Working through a puzzle book - I came across the following two puzzles, and can't work out the solution or explanation. (I don't have the answer section).
Puzzle 1:
and
Puzzle 2:
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What is an Evil Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an Evil Word™.
Use the ...
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Sequence of triangular matrices with dots in them
A friend sent me this picture from a kid's math competition (this is a chinese competition for kindergarten kids so the answer is unlikely to involve fibonacci triangles or anything beyond elementary ...
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Pattern of the Chessy Sequence
Find the pattern of the chessy sequence.
Kn1 = 43x73x101x137
Kn2 = 25x41x26161
Kn3 = 43232323
Kn4 = 2x16170607
Kn5 = 32x4801369
Kn6 = 23x32x7x59x1087
Kn7 = 32x4801369
Kn8 = 2x16170607
(All of the ...
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Number grid with bottom row blank [closed]
Sharing a numerical grid problem I found on the internet.
The answers are released, but not the solutions.
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What happens to her?
A nudnik says she uses Wiktionary as a thesaurus, and gets involved in a disagreement
A fishwife says she uses Wiktionary as a thesaurus, and gets involved in a clash of opinions
A scold says she uses ...
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What do these lines mean and why?
What do each of these lines mean and why?
🌞☀️
💵💷💴⛔️🌞💶
2️⃣2️⃣🌞2️⃣
🗓️❓➕
🔨🦸♂️🤨
🍟➖
🪐➖
Note: The bullet points are not part of the lines. Emoji rendering on different platforms should not ...
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What is a Short Integer™?
No, a Short Integer™ is not a Short Integer!
If an integer conforms to a special rule, I call it a Short Integer™.
Each integer can be tested. This is not a definitive list of Short Integers™.
Short ...
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Wealthy ratios?
$$\begin{align}
&\text{Since 1987, }\frac{\text{France}}{\text{USA}} = 0.08 \\\\
&\text{Since 1984, }\frac{\text{UK}}{\text{USA}} = 0.2 \\\\
&\text{Since 1957, }\frac{\text{Japan}}{\text{...
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Remember The Names
She placed the list in my hands and urged me to remember the names.
– How can I remember them when they’re erased?
– They’re not completely erased.
The paper was crumpled, torn, and even charred. ...
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Missing Game Archive 2 - What was the pattern?
This puzzle is one of the Missing Game Archive Series, which is my first PSE series. This series is about guessing the missing pieces in the game archive. Have fun!
« Previous Puzzle: Missing Game ...
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Circle with five regions labelled 50, 122, 5, 10, ?
This question was in CUET UG exam this year.
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Mensa Hungary IQ test question: white and black dots in capped rectangle, with jagged lines alongside
This is a question from Mensa HungarIQa and I can't seem to find the answer. I figured this much:
The main shape in the middle is rotating 180 degrees so it will be pointing down, so we can eliminate ...
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8 circles done, fill the remaining one
Below are 9 circles. How should the last circle be filled?
Below is link to the youtube video that inspired this puzzle. Very interesting to watch! It contains big spoilers what this puzzle is about ...
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Puzzle involving circles around numbers
Source: It is from the book The IQ Testbook by Philip Carter and Ken Russell
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What's his name? What did he learn?
Moreoff out fake death
Poor oversat this outbumpyyouoff subtracts from income
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Raven's Matrix: 3x3 grids of dots with lines connecting points
Does anybody see a logic pattern in following raven test matrix which I took from here?
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Raven Test Matrices Pattern: circles on either side of a line
This is part 2 of my struggling with finding solutions raven matrices from this source
Part 1 got initially closed because it is frown upon to pose several problems at once; hope now the reasons for ...
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Raven Matrix: 3x3 grids with some cells shaded black
I have here a raven test matrix for which I couldn't find the right answer and I would be happy if someone could explain it to me. Here the source
(The discussion there only adresses the first two ...
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If OBX = G, TRA = A, CRBA = L, ABE = B , VDE = ?
Based on this sequence, what letter is for VDE? List of other given outputs:
Input
Output
OBX
G
TRA
A
CRBA
L
ABE
B
VDE
?
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If A=ψ, K=ν, then ?=ξ
Can you guess what corresponds to the Xi greek letter (ξ)? List of given other letters:
English
Greek
A
ψ
K
ν
?
ξ
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If DXO=S, PXT=D, NXD=O... UXO=? [closed]
Context: I took this from a QUIZ held in Romania
IF:
DXO=S
PXT=D
NXD=O
DXP=O
UXN=N
THEN:
UXO=?
Original text:
DACA:
DXO=S
PXT=D
NXD=O
DXP=O
UXN=N
ATUNCI:
UXO=?
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Infer the colored cube count
How many cubes are in the visualized pattern? Some cubes are hidden behind others as this is rendered using an orthographic projection. Both shown (55) and hidden (?) cubes should be counted in the ...
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Sequence of squares with letters in them
Which figure should replace the question mark (?) if the following series were to be continued?
This puzzle is taken from the monthly "competition success review" magazine, May 2025 issue ...
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Beating Harvard scientists [closed]
Long ago, Ivan Panin found 30 ways in which '7' is encoded in Genesis 1:1. He challenged Harvard scientists to create an English sentence with just as many multiples of 7. With all their wisdom and ...
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2014 MIT Aquarium Hunt Puzzle #8
Here is the content of the puzzle (or see https://puzzles.mit.edu/aquarium/2014/8.pdf):
Title: MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION
Flavor: Dear Travel Log, This island is inhabited by solemn beings who look like ...
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Raven's matrix: circles with loops inside or outside
Link: https://sep.stanford.edu/sep/jon/raven/
This is the last question on a Raven's Matrices style IQ puzzle. Question 60 of 60. What is the answer to this puzzle? My guess would be option 2... ...
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What is a Good Word™?
This is inspired by the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Good Word™.
Use the ...
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Progressive matrix: 3x3 grids with some cells shaded blue
It is a progressive matrix. You have to figure out what the bottom right panel should be based on the pattern in the other panels.
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two-by-two grids with red or blue cells, or no cell at all
A !challenging puzzle
Source: Noetica Discord server.
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Find the missing items in this receipt
Below is a receipt for 30 purchases made at five stores at the mall. Each store uses a different rule for setting the price of its items. The first five sales items, one from each store, are missing ...
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1x5 grids with clear, hatched, or filled-in tiles
(Source: Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad 2024 Primary 6, Question 18)
Find the missing value of the pattern below
I resorted to using systems of equations to solve for this problem and got ...
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4x4 grids with stars in certain cells, corresponding to numbers
(Source: Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad 2024 Primary 6, Question 25)
Find the missing value.
I've tried using patterns such as the number of columns/row with star, or ascribing a numerical ...
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The rate is rising
This is an original puzzle. Given the row of numbers
2
2222222
1
11111111
2
22222222
1
11111111
2
22222222
4
44444
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What does this represent? What are the ...
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Can you find the trap?
-There is a trap in this previous puzzle.
-Previous puzzle's trap logic is the only logic in use here.
-All available choices in previous puzzle obey that trap logic.
(falling into the trap suggests ...
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Pick a correct answer
I made this puzzle, no idea if it's widespread as a matrix principle, if so it'll be easy to solve, if not I'll add tags as hints
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Some odd ones to get out!
Just a random selection of odd ones out for your enjoyment - in each case specify the odd one out and why
A) Pippin B) Ben C) Tom D)Larry David
A) Keats' Truth B) Presidential Car C) Eddie Hall D) ...
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SUNNY SEAWEED GROWS TALLER: Fill in the missing numbers in the sequence
Fill in the missing item in the sequence:
08176
27660
62450
98305
71729
65793
69649
36834
24588
0????
Remember the rule :)
This one has one correct answer.
Here's ...
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Continue the /sequence\
The infinite sequence begins with 0, 2, 1, 6, 3, 5, 4, 14, 7, 9, 8, 13, 10, 12, 11, 30, …
The full sequence contains every positive integer (and zero) exactly once.
What are the next 16 items of the ...
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