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STUMPER #1.4: LETTER MATH
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What’s the missing letter in each sequence below?
• A D G J ? P • A B D ? K P • A Z B ? C X • O T ? F F S • I V ? L C D M
* Solution
A-D-G-J-M-P (each letter is 3 letters after the one before). A-B-D-G-K-P (the second letter is 1 after the first; the third is 2 after the second; the fourth is 3 after the third, and so on). A-Z-B-Y-C-X (the first pair are the first and last letters of the alphabet; the second pair are the second and second-to-last, etc.) O-T-T-F-F-S (They're the first letters of the counting numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six). I-V-X-L-C-D-M (the different letters used in Roman Numerals, in order). |