Re: 11-plus grammar

K. Edgcombe wrote:

In article <4868c75b$0$2534$da0feed9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Philip Eden <philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom> wrote:

I didn't get the odd one out in the sequence of numbers
which was slightly worrying as I'm supposed to be good
with figures. And I still can't see why it's 23. Maybe I'm
trying too hard .... I came up with reasons for several of the
other numbers to be wrong.

Indeed. I could, given a few minutes, produce plausible arguments for any
of
the numbers to be the odd one out. This type of question is designed for
people who have had plenty of practice in the kind of criterion the
setters have in mind, and who avoid any sort of divergent thinking like
the plague.

Why was it 23, anyway? (I'm a mathematician, which puts me at an
immeidate disadvantage).

Two words: finite differences.

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