Figure Out The Pattern!

[Santa_Clause]

5, 7, 14, 11, 22, 27...

Anyone have any ideas?

[Seroko]

5, 7, 14, 11, 22, 27...

Anyone have any ideas?

54, 37...?

[Santa_Clause]

I don't know the answer...so you mind telling me why it's 54, 37?

[josh81193]

5, 7, 14, 11, 22, 27...

Anyone have any ideas?

I KNOW DA ANSWOR.

5, 7, 14, 11, 22, 27, 54, 49, 98, 104,
0, +2, x2, -3, x2, +4, x2, -5, x2, +6,

:p

[Santa_Clause]

I KNOW DA ANSWOR.

5, 7, 14, 11, 22, 27, 54, 49, 98, 104,
0, +2, x2, -3, x2, +4, x2, -5, x2, +6,

:p

22 - 27 is +5, not +4 :p Nice try though.

[josh81193]

22 - 27 is +5, not +4 :p Nice try though.

oops, then how is this a pattern...? you cant get the answer!

[Santa_Clause]

oops, then how is this a pattern...? you cant get the answer!

That's why I posted it here! It's been annoying me so badly...especially since maths is my specialty :D

[Seroko]

Sorry for my incorrect jumping to conclusions.
Odds start at +9 and decrease by 1, evens are increased by number*4 (starting at one)

5, 7,
5 + 9 = 14
7+(1*4) = 11
14 + 8 = 22
11 + (4*4) = 27
22 + 7 = 29
27 + (16*4) = 107
29 + 6 = 35
107 + (64*4) = 363

Is my final solution

[Santa_Clause]

Wow...nice! Extremely far-fetched though...we'll see what the teacher says.

[Metagen]

while his pattern works for the numbers, i don't think there are enough values to be conclusive with that. You have just taken the second difference of every second element... so you are effectively working with 2 numbers to come up with a pattern

as such: the eigth number could just as easily be 27 + 36, being t6 + 6^2

at that point it becomes a guessing game.

such as
http://img363.imageshack.us/my.php?image=equationaj2.png

[ShowerThoughts]

IT with aplhabetic like 4 = four and then the fourth letter of the word four OR just the first one.