What is the next number in this sequence:

ONE
EIGHT
FIFTEEN
TWENTY TWO
TWENTY FIVE
THIRTY

Start with ONE - count the number of lines needed to write ONE in upper case: 1 for the O, 3 for the N and 4 for the E, giving a total of 8 (EIGHT).
The total for EIGHT is 15
The total for FIFTEEN is 22
The total for TWENTY TWO is 25
The total for TWENTY FIVE is 30
The total for THIRTY is 16

So, the next number in the sequence is SIXTEEN.

Posted by Bender on 2005-10-10 13:07:15