SOLUTION: Choose the number that does not follow the pattern 40, 140, 239, 340 The answer is 239. Why? How do you solve this?

SOLUTION: Choose the number that does not follow the pattern 40, 140, 239, 340 The answer is 239. Why? How do you solve this?

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Question 255560: Choose the number that does not follow the pattern
40, 140, 239, 340
The answer is 239. Why? How do you solve this?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the pattern should be add 100
40, 140, 240, 340.
All the others end in 40
the difference between 40 and 140 is 100
the difference between 140 and 340 is 200
A lot of discovering patterns is luck but you also have to be open to patterns
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