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For processes 1 to 4 you should be able to spot the odd one out simply by looking at the numbers carefully. For processes 5 and 6 you will need to experiment on a calculator. The processes are arranged in approximate order of difficulty.

You might first like to generate lots of sets of the random numbers so that you can get a feel for the the patterns in the randomness.

Start off by looking to see what sorts of things the numbers have in common and how they may logically be generated. Once you have a logical method of generation (which is only a guess, of course) you can check to see whether all but one of the numbers fits that method of generation. If you think that you have found an explanation, consider the likelihood of numbers generated by some other method accidentally fitting your pattern