what comes next

[GRENDONIAN]

c,e,h,l, what comes next?

oxford,cambridge,st andrew's,glasgow,what comes next?

1,8,27,64 what comes next?

1,12,132,1320 what comes next?

[sarumite]

c, e, h, l, q

[sarumite]

1, 8, 27, 64, 125

[kettledrum]

1 x 12, 12 x 11, 132 x 10, 1320 x 9 ?

[sarumite]

1,12,132,1320, 11880

[kettledrum]

Aberdeen ( 1495 - date of foundation )

[GRENDONIAN]

thanks ,could you explain your reasoning

[kettledrum]

Universities: Oxford founded


































The oldest universities in the UK: oxford founded 1249 - University college: cambridge ( clare college 1326 ); st andrew's 1411: glasgow 1451.

[kettledrum]

1 cubed ie 1 x 1 x 1 = 1; 2 x 2 x 2 = 8; 3 x 3 x 3 = 27 etc

[sarumite]

Grendonian, are you referring to any of my replies?
If so in first answer the number of letters missing between each character increases by one each time.
second answer is simply consecutive numbers cubed, e.g.5x5x5 =125.
I think the other answers have been explained.
Cheers

[kettledrum]

1 cubed - ie 1 x 1 x 1 = 1; 2 x 2 x 2 = 8; 3 x 3 x 3 = 27 etc

[kettledrum]

sorry grendonian & sarumite: I seem to have inserted vast expanses of white inadvertantly, which meant I couldn't see my own answers and consequently posted them twice !

[sarumite]

No problem kettledrum, at least I now know that my machine is not contemplating a breakdown!