Ready for your first puzzle adventure? Help complete the "countdown" by discovering the pattern. In each case, what number comes next.
48,40,32,24,16...A 160,80,40,20,10....B
53,44,36,29,23....C 10,34,11,34,12....D ANSWER
When two people shake hands, there is one hand shake between them. How many handshakes are there when three people shake hands? Four People shake hands? Five people shake hands? ANSWER
A. 8 (subtract 8 from each number)
B. 5 ( Divide each number by 2)
C. 18 ( Subtract 1 less than the time before)
D. 34( Every other number increases by 1. The other number is always 34)
When three people shake hands there are 3 (2+1)
When four people shake hands there are 6 (3+2+1)
When five people shake hands are are 10 (4+3+2+1)
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