What is the next date in this series?
A few weeks ago, on March 3, everyone was excited about the date being a math problem. 3/3/2009 is the same as 3/3/09 if you ignore the first two digits of the year, and 3*3=9. Pretty cool, huh?
But here is a more interesting series:
October 3, 1000
February 10, 1024
April 5, 1024
June 4, 1296
November 3, 1331
December 3, 1728
What is the next date in this series?
How many such dates are there with four digit years (from 1000 AD to 9999 AD)?
As you can see above, some of these dates are only a few months apart. Others are many years apart. What is the longest gap between dates, again limited to four digit years?
Post your guess/answer in the comments and we’ll see who gets it right first. I know this is a little different than our normal number freaking, but I thought it was a fun puzzle.
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The next date is February 11, 2048. The longest gap is 900,173 days. Also, the shortest gap is 54 days and the most in any one year is 3.