Yeah, probably 99.9% of people won't get this, but it has less to do with patterns I think (spoiler) - Edit 2
Before modification by BlackAdder at 10/05/2010 12:25:53 AM
What are the next two numbers in this sequence?
110, 20, 12, 11, 10, ?, ?.
110, 20, 12, 11, 10, ?, ?.
110 = 1*2^2 + 1*2^1 + 0*2^0 = 6 (base 2)
20 = 2*3^1 + 0*3^0 = 6 (base 3)
12 = 1*4^1 + 2*4^0 = 6 (base 4)
11 = 1*5^1 + 1*5^0 = 6 (base 5)
10 = 1*6^1 + 0*6^0 = 6 (base 6)
? = 6 (base 7)
? = 6 (base 8 )
They really don't teach this stuff anymore, though. At least, not widely. If you don't know about bases, there is basically no way you can get the answer.