[Mister Data]

Number series​

These numbers are taken from the middle of a series of numbers, much longer than that shown below.


What does the series represent and what numbers come before and after the numbers shown to replace the question marks?

HINT - It has nothing to do with mathematics!


? ? 1 12 1 1 1 2 ? ?

 

[Wandiwa]

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If your looking for the look and say logic, the spacings arnt right ... I suspect the last 2 digits will only have 1,2,3 in them. Unsure about the first 2 missing digits.

 

[Wandiwa]

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Hopscotch game ?

 

[Mister Data]

The full series of numbers is

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12 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12

And it represents

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the chiming of a clock at the half hour and hour over a full day

 

[Littleboy8]

The full series of numbers is

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12 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12

And it represents

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the chiming of a clock at the half hour and hour over a full day

Wow

 

[sylfield]

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12 and 11?/SPOILER]

 

[Helen171]

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the chiming of a clock at the half hour and hour over a full day

 

[Bob Patterson]

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21 and 11 ; 21112111 211

 

[MadNan]

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12 112 1112 11112

 

[Frog1958]

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12 before, 11 after.

 

[BJM]

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12 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12

The sequence of numbers represent a cook’s chiming half hourly and hourly

 

[Crestwood 96]

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Chiming clock

 

[sreidkjc]

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2111

 

[Veggiepatch]

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It looked like a mathematical concept called a Conway Sequence.

Maybe I was wrong....

 

[Veggiepatch]

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If it is a chiming clock as described, the sequence would be:-

12 12.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 etc....

 

[Reet]

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The first two numbers are 11 and the last two numbers are 21

 

[ironmask]

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2111211121

 

[RoseMHR]

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1 2 beginning
1 1 end

 

[MadNan]

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12 11