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What is Sixth?
What is the sixth number in this sequence?
5, 25, 125, 625, __, 15625, 78125, 390625.
5, 25, 125, 625, __, 15625, 78125, 390625.
Answer
15625. The gap is in the 5th place to confuse you but the 6th number in the sequence is actually 15625.Hide Answer Show Answer
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yay- first comment!
actually if you are being pedantic, the sixth number in the series is just the number 5
actually if you are being pedantic, the sixth number in the series is just the number 5
5 was my first thought too
I really need to start reading the categories, before trying to figure out the answer - it would save me so much time~! Anyway, good teaser!
I thought it was 5 as well.
I thought 5 also! Great minds I guess....
honestly the categories are the biggest hint in trick teasers i shouldhave read it nice one
Haha! That was great!! A very good trick teaser!!
tricky and a lot of brian useage
i dont get it, can someone explain...
I figured out what that was missing before I realized that it was the fifth number not the sixth.
i thought it was wanting the 5th too!
I'm lazy... so I noticed right off. I didn't want to figure it out. Good teaser!
Good teaser, though it's pretty easy. (Nothing wrong with that, just is)
That was good. For the people who said it should be 5, you are thinking of numerals and not numbers. A number is either a single numeral or a group of numerals...
Out of curiosity, what is the fifth number?
You Confused Me! Great minds think alike? Well...OooKaay!!
3125, lukeschett
I thought it was 5 as well .....To literal
sneaky... I like it
i don't get it...
The sixth number is already provided, the space is just there to confuse you. get it?
same here as thescorpian
sorry,thescorpion
easy and yet somewhat confusing
i feel like a preschooler. always good to be humbled
Got me...
my brain hurts.......
uhhh...this was weird...i dont get it..someone explain!!!
For god's sake!! The sixth number is already provided, the space is just there to confuse you
I got it right away . . . good one though
...I didn't even read the question... I just took out my trusty calculator and started multiplying... silly me.
nice quiz
Did not get it.
Lol, not that hard, but still cool.
i thought it was 78125, because this is a trick question, and technically the gap doesn't count as a number
very easy...
Whoa. I totally missed it.
I feel like an idiot now...
I feel like an idiot now...
Very clever
Like it!
lol you got me! Good thing I didn't waste my time and I just gave up
Almost got out my calculator but I figured it out, cause this is in the trick category.
Since you multiply each previous term by five, the missing one should be 3125, not 15625.
Never mind, I can multiply huge numbers by 5 but I can't count. Good one! Can't believe I fell for the trick even after reading the answer...
Can I quibble..? I agree with Buddyboy: " ___ " is not a number. So shouldn't the sixth number be 78125? Either way, you got me!
I got it right.
I thought it was 5, but still a good teaser
If you ignore the gap, the sixth number should be 78125.
You got me, for sure. Fun teaser. Thanks for posting.
I thought it was 5. it was the sixth number in the in sequence....
The teaser is wrong. The gap can be there to confuse you, but it is absolutely NOT a number. This is a tease of a teaser.
TECHNICALLY the sixth number is five...
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