can you get them?? lil puzzles

[simpson93]

find the next in sequence 1,11,21,1211,111221, ?????
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1=5
2=25
3=325
4=4325
5=????
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i have some parrots and some cages for the parrots. if i put 4 parrots into each cage i will have 1 cage left empty.
if i put 3 parrots in each cage i will have 1 parrot left over.
how many parrots and cages do i have??

 

[wallyanker]

is the middle one 5325??

bottom one 4 parrots, 2 cages??

 

[trev]

54325 for the middle one parrots are spot on though Wally

 

[Bobster]

First one is 312211

 

[simpson93]

First one is 312211

we have the answer to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd still no1 has got.

 

[Richard Burns]

find the next in sequence 1,11,21,1211,111221, ?????
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1=5
2=25
3=325
4=4325
5=????
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i have some parrots and some cages for the parrots. if i put 4 parrots into each cage i will have 1 cage left empty.
if i put 3 parrots in each cage i will have 1 parrot left over.
how many parrots and cages do i have??

312211
trick one


if 1=5 then 5=1


4 x (cages - 1) = parrots and (3 x cages) +1 = parrots
so 4 cages -4 = 3 cages + 1
so 4 cages = 3 cages +5
so cages = 5
therefore parrots = 16

 

[simpson93]

indeed,