This Teaser is Not Impossible.
Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.
89, 47, 13, 95, 18, 33, 85, 79, 5, ?
What is next in this pattern?
Answer
56. These are the numbers of the elements in the periodic table of elements when their symbols are put in alphabetical order.
89 Ac Actinium
47 Ag Silver
13 Al Aluminum
95 Am Americium
18 Ar Argon
33 As Arsenic
85 At Astatine
79 Au Gold
5 B Boron
56 Ba Barium
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Comments
deadeye823  
May 15, 2005
| i disagree with the title  |
Maimai
May 15, 2005
| Whoah... Confuuuuusiiiiinnnnng.... So many numbers...  |
lordske  
May 15, 2005
| very very original I love it!  |
Icecold 
May 15, 2005
| boring |
zonahobo   
May 16, 2005
| Creative trick but not really a series in a math sense in my opinion... also, your numbers don't seem right for this .. why isn't
Actinium (Ac) and Silver (Ag) at beginning of series? You seem to start with Rutherfordium (Rf) which is 104.. so, how do you get to Dysprosium (Dy) andd 66 at the end... what am I not understanding?  |
umhlobo  
May 16, 2005
| Sorry, I'm in the same boat as the comment above. I think what you've got is the order of elements you've put together to make the really strong drugs you must have been smoking when you came up with that one  |
darthforman  
May 16, 2005
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DummyisDumb   
May 16, 2005
| sorry, the table i looked at said that 104 was element 104 (unkown), yup, it was out of date, sry ppls |
GreatWarKeg  
May 17, 2005
| That may not be impossible but it is definitely the nastiest teaser I have seen on here yet! |
DummyisDumb   
May 17, 2005
| whyy........ |
zonahobo   
May 17, 2005
| There are elements of genius here -- but a little sloppy -- Like Einstein! -- google "periodic table" to find a really neat interactive and up to date one! -- I would never make the jump but I am definitely not Einstein!  |
JazzyJas   
May 18, 2005
| *yawn* it made me want to take a nap. this was not a FUN teaser. |
dbs241   
Jun 03, 2005
| I SO did not get this one until I read the comments. I guess it's obvious I slept through Chemistry class, huh? LOL Good teaser & very original. Way to go!
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hunnybunny8593 
Jul 06, 2005
| I think it is cofuzziling  |
h20untz   
Jul 07, 2005
| that was a confusing riddle but it was fun. |
TheEarthling    
Dec 29, 2005
| I think you should put a hint! Other than that, it was a very creative teaser.  |
MarcM1098   
Feb 11, 2007
| If the above comments are confusing, it is because the teaser has finally been corrected.
The elements (104-112) have been removed as they have been known for 10 years and are not alphabetically first, a missing element was added to the list, and the answer was corrected. |
stil   
Feb 14, 2007
| Suggested hint: Elementary, my dear Watson. Elementary, my dear teaser fan! |
javaguru   
Jan 05, 2009
| While I actually did solve this, I think the (somewhat) arbitrary nature of the teaser and the lack of any hint don't make this fun. The only reason I got it is because I've seen this series before. |
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