Sequences

What number comes next in the following sequence of positive integers?

1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 61 , 23 , 46 , 821 , \color{#3D99F6}{1},\color{#EC7300}{2},\color{#D61F06}{4},\color{#20A900}{8},\color{#69047E}{61},\color{#333333}{23},\color{#624F41}{46},\color{magenta}{821},\ldots


The answer is 652.

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6 solutions

Victor Loh
Aug 12, 2014

Note that the numbers are the powers of 2 2 with their digits in the reverse order. Since 821 821 flipped around gives 128 128 , and 2 × 128 = 256 2\times 128=256 , the desired answer is 652 \boxed{652} .

2^0= 1 2^1= 2 2^2= 4 2^3= 8 2^4= 16 write as 61 2^5=32 write as 23 2^6= 64 write as 46 2^7= 128 write as 821 2^8= 256 write as 652

just cheers.....................

mostafiz maruf - 6 years, 9 months ago

what I say about this is "A Gangster Series"

Junaid Akhtér - 6 years, 9 months ago

that's strange!!!

YASH KASAT - 6 years, 8 months ago

correct :)

math man - 6 years, 10 months ago

Oh my... How I could not know that?...

Jeremy Bansil - 6 years, 10 months ago
Kevin Mo
Sep 8, 2014

This is just a simple pattern of powers of 2, but notice that the digits are reversed. Going along your powers of 2 pattern line, you get:

1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 , 128 , 256... 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256...

Reverse the digits of all numbers now.

1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 61 , 23 , 46 , 821 , 652... 1, 2, 4, 8, 61, 23, 46, 821, 652...

Therefore, by looking at this pattern, we can see that the answer is 652 \boxed{652} . Ans. \textbf{Ans.}

Edward Jiang
Aug 23, 2014

The OEIS is a good resource for problems like these.

loooool ........................................

math man - 6 years, 9 months ago

Flip Each number after multiplying by 2 128 * 2 = 256 after flip 652

Joshua R
Nov 21, 2014

Digits in the reverse order , multiple of 2

The numbers are powers of 2. As soon the answer reaches a double digit number, the digits reverse. So the next number is 2 8 { 2 }^{ 8 } . Reverse its digits and you get 652. CHEERS!!!:)

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