A new brain teaser is leaving people baffled as they struggle to work out what the next number should be in this complicated sequence - can you find the correct answer?

Calling all maths geniuses - this one's for you.

We all know that keeping your brain healthyis just as important as making sure your body is healthy too. But exercising your mind is a bit different to hitting the gym - you need to solve puzzles, conquer brain teasers, and test yourself with optical illusions that challenge you to think in different ways. Playing these fun games every day can help boost your cognitive function and help keep degenerative diseases like dementia at bay.

So if you're looking for a way to boost your brain power today, why not try out this baffling puzzle? You'll need to be something of a maths whizz to work out the answer!

Can you work out the answer? (

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All you have to do to solve this puzzle is work out which number comes next in the sequence shown in the picture above. The sequence is as follows: "1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, (?)".

How would you start to work it out? There are some recurring themes in the sequence, such as 1 and 4 being next to each other which add up to make the next number, 5. But there's no way of getting to the 9 using this method unless you add the 4 and 5 together, but this follows a different sequence of adding every other number together.