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M&M (Posted on 2004-11-26)

What comes next in the following sequence?

1212210202001, 224000000, 11333311, 623351, 290221, ...?

Submitted by Erik O.

Rating: 2.0000 (2 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Each number you see is a representation of one million in a prime numbered base. The first number is in base 3, the second one is in base 5, next comes base 7, then base 11, and base 13.

The next value should be the value one million written in base 17, which is BG939.

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2007-03-11 12:53:23
Thanks Larry, Thanks Charlie,	Hugo	2004-11-26 21:16:30
re: solution, except that..	Larry	2004-11-26 20:57:40
solution	Charlie	2004-11-26 20:08:07

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