Yesterday’s Problem:
What is the next entry in this sequence? -2 4 -12 48 -240
Answer:
The answer is “1440” – each number is multiplied by
an increasing negative number:
-2X(-2)=4, 4X(-3)=-12, -12X(-4)=48, 48X(-5)=-240, -240X(-6)=1440
Today’s Problem:
Read the following poem:
My first is in blue, but not in glue;
My second is in ton but not in new;
My third in look but not in see
My last in ask but not in pea
My whole has leaves but not a flower
‘Twill help you pass an idle hour.
What is it?