Braingle: 'Guess the Pattern 2' Brain Teaser

Guess the Pattern 2

Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.

Puzzle ID:	#27210
Fun:	(2.69)
Difficulty:	(3.13)
Category:	Series
Submitted By:	cnmne

What are the next three numbers in this series?

4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, 72, 102, 108, ?, ?, ?

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Comments

cdrock Nov 29, 2005	Great teaser, I would have never got that without looking at answer
jinxman Dec 01, 2005	iliked it.go you!
sgtammo Dec 04, 2005	This made my head hurt. It's not used to thinking...
TheEarthling Dec 29, 2005	OH! Never would have thought of that. Great teaser.
exterminator Jan 01, 2006	I never thought of that Great Teaser! Congrats on the t.o.t.d
christine77 Jan 01, 2006	HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! and good teaser, i didnt get it, but...i didnt even try!
stephiesd Jan 01, 2006	i'm assuming flanked means between, that's not a word we use here. anyhow, that was really hard.
mrtickles Jan 01, 2006	What's wrong with 'flanked'? Made sense to me.
lmurray Jan 01, 2006	THANKS!! UR STARTING THE NEW YEAR RIGHT! PLEASE please KEEP IT UP. I LIKE CHALLENGES LIKE THIS.
xquisette44dd Jan 01, 2006	I really liked this one.....excellent brain game for the New Year.
Brainy_1 Jan 01, 2006	HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I can never get these teasers! Good one...you stumped me!!
vlerma Jan 01, 2006	What a great way to start 2006. Now let's see is this or is it not a prime number. Lord knows it was "flanked" by a rough 2005, but most of us made it one way or another. Glad we had Briangle to keep our brains addled. HAPPPPPPPY NEW YEARRRRR EVERY1!!!
bluehawk Jan 01, 2006	Interesting "guess the pattern2"!? Hard to guess this one . Especially on "NEW YEARS IN THE A.M. "HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE" AND HAVE A POSPEROUS ONE TO BOOT.
gali Jan 01, 2006	Great teaser!!! Didn't got that one!!!
coachpisco Jan 01, 2006	I knew it had something to do with prime numbers, but I couldn't figure it out fully enough. Very good.
thimblenoggin Jan 01, 2006	Wow. what a wakeup! I was convinced it was a series of additions-4+2=6+6=12+6=18+12=30+12=42 +18=60 etc. Nice One Happy New Year!
shawneeo Jan 01, 2006	Yeah, I thought it was a series of addition, but addition of what? Anyway, very hard, for math ret////, I mean math challenged people like me. Prime nos. are one of those things that we don't think of very much, heehee! Very good! Thanks! HAAAAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
iteachkids Jan 01, 2006	OUCH! I, too, was going for an adding pattern. Happy 2 6!!!
sequoia-mom Jan 01, 2006	I guessed the same pattern as thimblenoggin Oh well, great teaser and Happy New Year!!
saleprice Jan 01, 2006	I too was on the addition path with a couple of multiplication & minuses, but I was obviously on the wrong road Hee hee well Happy New Year to one & all!!
Bastet Jan 01, 2006	Like Thimblenoggin, I thought it had to do with addition, also. The teaser was hard, and therefore very fun.
mr_brainiac Jan 01, 2006	I wasn't even close to thinking in that diirection! Too busy looking for differences between numbers or looking for factors, I got stuck in a rut.
jabdr Jan 01, 2006	Well, you got me for sure. I was going crazy trying to figure out the add-on pattern. Prime huh? I like mine rare
lindquist_25 Jan 01, 2006	Whatever. I just wrote down how much each number differed from the next one and came up with a pattern. Henceforth, I came up with 114, 126, and 138.
lindquist_25 Jan 01, 2006	And it was wrong. But whatever. Smart thinking
Barticus Jan 01, 2006	Stumped me. The distribution of numbers reminded me of primes, but I was still trying to add subtract and multiply. Excellent puzzle.
bookerj07 Jan 01, 2006	that was hard, i went throught this whole other thing hahaha cool though i never even thought of prime numbers!
settra626 Jan 01, 2006	didnt get it myself, i thought adding 6 was part of the pattern, but what ever. great teaser.
(user deleted) Jan 01, 2006	This one was difficult, but could also be solved many other ways. Nontheless, a good teaser with a good possible answer. Happy New Year, Folks! Best wishes for 2006!
leroy_h Jan 01, 2006	QUICK AND EASY....HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
mogur Jan 01, 2006	Loved it, failed it, hated it, in that order. Good job, cenenemeemnemmmmene.
bootscooter58 Jan 01, 2006	I'm with all the adders... great puzzle to start the new year. Keep them coming!!!
WJSMama Jan 01, 2006	I thought it had something to do with adding too, but saw that it didn't work further in the pattern. Great one! You totally got me
ragethe3rd Jan 01, 2006	gaah I suck with numbers.
mrguyguy Jan 02, 2006	H A R D but fun
don_antonini Jan 04, 2006	doesnt make any sense
superben Jan 04, 2006	HARD!!!GOOD!!!
precious1026 Jan 08, 2006	Get Real, It's A New Year. My Brain Hurts, but I got one Write. I'll like to see what you come up with Next Year You See , It's like yes more, more, but then it's, No more. Especially, if it hurts to be Write. Teaser was OK.....
benjam Jan 21, 2006	This is my favorite teaser on Braingle!!! Math is my fav. I got it, but it took me 30 min. Like Thimblenoggin, I thought it was +!!!