CODEBREAKERS 17 ANSWERS

PRACTICE CODE

1 2 5 3 8 6 -4 10 7 12

0 3 24 8 63 35 15 99 48 143
Rule: n2-1

Round 1 Code 1

1 3 2 0 5 4 -1 10 6 7

0 26 7 -1 124 63 -2 999 215 342

Rule: n3-1

Round 1 Code 2

0 2 1 10 11 63 -5 ½ 44 100

0 10 1 1010 1011 111111 -101 0.1 10100 1100100

Rule: binary

Round 1 Code 3

3 5 4 6 8 10 7 15 160 2
51
or
120 72 90 60 45 36 51.4 24 2.25 NOTE
NOTE – acceptable answers include ‘undefined’ ‘not
possible’ ‘no answer’ etc. 180 is not acceptable, since the
sequence is polygons, not divisors
Rule: External angles of a regular polygon
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Round 1 Code 4
1 3 5 1/3 8 16 -4 10 77 1.2

14 20 26 12 35 59 -1 41 242 14.6
Rule: 3n + 11

Round 1 Code 5
5 3 10 4 3 6 9 7 11 8
1 1 1 3 2 5 2 2 3 3
20 33 10 75 67 83 22 29 27 38
Rule: bottom divided by top number, to 2dp, i.e. 1/5 = .20

Round 1 Code 6
1 2 5 3 90 6 0 89 7 12

3 3 4 5 6 3 4 10 5 6
Rule: letters in the word in English

Round 1 Code 7
2 4 10 6 1 5 -4 ½ 12 16

2 8 50 18 ½ 12.5 8 1/8 72 128

Rule: n2/2

Round 1 Code Tiebreaker 1

1 2 0 3 8 6 -4 10 13 ½
ROOT2
2 4 1 8 256 64 1/16 1024 8192 OR 1.414
Rule: 2^n
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Round 1 Code Tiebreaker 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3
Rule: digits of pi

Round 2 Code 1
2 4 5 3 8 7.9 -4 0 95 999

1 2 2 1 4 3 -2 0 47 499
Rule: Divide by 2 and round down to integer

Round 2 Code 2
2 4 5 6 8 10 12 7 7 15
1 2 2 3 6 2 0 4 3 14
2 6 10 20 28 45 1 35 35 15
Rule: nCr

Round 2 Code 3
1 2 11 10 99 100 123 303 2017 0

11 12 21 1110 29 1120 111213 131013 12101117 10

Rule: look and say pattern:
2 = one two = 12,
22 = two twos = 22,
23 = one two one three = 1213

Round 2 Code 4
A E F H W T X Y MATH O

3 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 12 0
Rule: # Straight lines in the letter as shown
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Round 2 Code 5
1 3 5 6 8 11 15 -5 ½ 111
23 29 35 38 44 53 65 5 21.5 353
Rule: 20+3n

Round 2 Code 6
1 2 5 3 8 6 -4 ½ 7 12
5/8 =
2 10 130 30 520 222 -68 .625 350 1740
Rule: n3+n

Round 2 Code 7
2
1 2 5 12 0 111 88 8.1 -1.5 11
10 9 6 -1 11 -100 -77 2.9 12.5 -110
Rule: 11 - n

Round 2 Code Tiebreaker 1

4 5 5 3 8 6 -4 10 7 12
1 2 4 4 2 ½ -2 7 10 99
2 1 -3 -5 4 5 0 -4 -13 -186
Rule: top – 2*bottom

Round 2 Code Tiebreaker 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55
Rule: Fibonacci: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55
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Round 3 Code 1
2 5 3 8 1 6 -4 ½ 27 41
-1.75
=
0 23 7 63 -1 34 14 -7/4 727 1679
Rule: n2-2

Round 3 Code 2
21 90 11 51 52 53 22 16 65 99
144 81 121 225 625 1225 484 3721 3136 9801
Rule: (n backwards)2

Round 3 Code 3
1 3 5 9 -1 6 -4 ½ 19 99
4 22 40 76 -14 49 -41 -1/2 176 886
Rule: 9n - 5

Round 3 Code 4
0 30 90 60 45 180 900 330 225 3720
1/√2= -1/√2
0 ½ 1 √3/2 √2/2 0 0 -1/2 =-√2/2 √3/2
Rule: sine (allow either value given, or any alternates,
including decimals)

Round 3 Code 5
1 2 5 3 8 -6 ½ 100 -½ 12
0 2 20 6 56 -42 -1/4 9900 3/4 132
Rule: n – n, or if you prefer, n(n-1)
2

Round 3 Code 6
1 2 7 13 12 81 19 21 60 72
1 2 2 2 6 5 2 4 12 12
Rule: number of factors, i.e. 6 has 4 factors: 1, 2, 3, & 6.
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Round 3 Code 7
1 2017 5 3 8 10 20 11 7 17
0 0 2 1 1 7 17 3 1 11
Rule: Remainder of 2017/n

Round 3 Code Tiebreaker 1

2 10 3 8 6 -4 -9 17 21 44
97 1 92 37 65 85 20 -188 -340 -1835
Rule: 101-n2

Round 3 Code Tiebreaker 2

1 2 3 5 8 6 10 12 18 25
2 3 5 11 19 13 29 37 61 97
Rule: nth prime number, where the first is 2

FINAL Code 1
1 3 4 5 8 12 10 15 ½ -4
6 4 3 2 1 5 3 8 6.5 11
Rule: |n-7|

FINAL Code 2
0 1 2 4 5 8 9 19 24 -1
0101 0108 0115 0129 0205 0226 0305 0514 0618 1225
Rule: assuming ‘week 0’ = 1st Jan, the date in monthday
format, i.e. week 0 starts on 0101 (Jan 1st). Week 1 would
start on 0108, and week 3 on 0122. Assume no leap year.

FINAL Code 3
2 4 3 5 8 12 -10 15 ½ -4
6 7 6.5 7.5 9 11 0 12.5 5.25 4
Rule: n/2 + 5. Accept decimals or fractions
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FINAL Code 4
74 67 70 88 97 99 81 111 121 30
11 13 7 16 16 18 9 3 4 3
Rule: Add the digits

FINAL Code 5
1 3 2 4 5 0 4 5 3 5
1 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 6 3
1 8 9 16 32 1 256 1024 216 243
Rule: lowerhigher So 2 3 is 23 = 8

FINAL Code Tiebreaker 1

B C F H G R J X M T
B E H F T E W F Z T
D H N N A W G D M N
Rule: Start at the first letter, and move forward the number
of spaces of the letter-position of the second. So A C is start
at A then move forward 3 (since C is 3rd) to D.

FINAL Code Tiebreaker 2

OCTOPUS
DOLPHIN

SNEAMC
SPLASH
BEACH
SANDY
SQUID

NEMO
WAVE
FIN

9 6 10 1 3 8 8 11 8 11
Rule: Vertices in the letters as written, where ‘N’ has two
vertices, ‘L’ has one, and ‘C’ has zero.