******************************************************************** ****** Congratulations to all who entered! ******* ******************************************************************** ~ Winners/Solvers of puzzle #405 ~ ******************************************************************** Barry Spence Red Deer, AB - CANADA Mrs. Spence's 3/4 Class Joseph Welsh School - Red Deer, AB - Canada Aaron D and James R SOMS - Blauvelt, USA The answer I found is 18, 11, 15, 14, 19, 17, 16, _10_, _13_, _12_, _20_ and this is how I found it: I wrote the numbers in letters like this: eighteen eleven fifteen fourteen nineteen seventeen sixteen and I saw that they are in alphabetical order and that the missing numbers fit in alphabetical order after that: ten thirteen twelve twenty. Francisco A. Cicero, 9 years old, bilingual 4th grade, San Elizario Elementary School - El Paso, Texas, USA ******************************************************************** Jonathan Pasco - Grade 5 Pine Grove Public School/Ecole Pine Grove - Oakville, Ontario Canada 18, 11, 15, 14, 19, 17, 16, 20, 20, 23, 17 to go from 18 to 15 subtract 3 to go from15 to 19 add 4 to go from 19 to 16 subtract 3 to go from 16 to 20 add 4 ( the pattern is subtract 3 plus 4 for every other number) to go from 11 to 14 add 3 to go from 14 to 17 add 3 to go from 17 to 20 add 3 (the pattern is add 3 for the other numbers) ******************************************************************** Spenser Smith from Oakville Canada. This is my answer to #405. 10, 12, 13, 20 I added up the digits in each number. Then I looked for the difference between each number in order. The sum of the digits plus or minus the difference between each number gave me the next number. For example I added one plus 6 in 16 to get 7. Then I took 6 away to get one plus zero in the TEN. This is hard to explain! ******************************************************************** ****** Congratulations to all who entered! ******* ********************************************************************