Trying variants of a simple mathematical rule that yields interesting results can lead to additional discoveries and curiosities. The numbers 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and 55 belong to a famous ...

A Mega Millions drawing turned up 66, 67, 68 and 69. Is that unusual? By Victor Mather A total of 70 balls went into a drum for a lottery drawing. Five were pulled out: 56, 66, 67, 68 and 69. Maybe ...

Consecutive numbers are ones that follow on from each other in order, like 2, 3, 4 and 5. We can create certain numbers by adding together runs of consecutive numbers, e.g. 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 or 14 + 15 = ...

How hard is it picking lottery numbers? Sometimes it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. Literally. Consecutive numbers have cropped up in various drawings over the years, but at least twice in 2025, lottery ...

Creating a list of consecutive numbers is one of the easiest ways to create unique IDs for product lists, transaction IDs or event numbers. Of course, manually typing the next consecutive integer is ...