Find the next number in the series

[Greg Bernhardt]

Find the next number in the series:

2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, _

 

[meteor]

The next is 6
The series is the number of segments that takes to draw the numbers starting from 1 in a calculator

 

[Andy]

dammit first time i get the opurtunity to answer and i don't know it!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

meteor had you seen that series before?

 

[meteor]

Certainly not, he,he. Google is my friend

 

[Andy]

surely that's cheating!

Here i was with my simple brain being all mathsy only to be told that its something really stupid.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

What did you search for?? I searched using the series and got no relevant results. I need to buy a new book! They seem to be all online! Oh well, point for meteor.

 

[Andy]

I demand a recount!

 

[frankR]

So what's the series then?[?]

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

meteor got it correct for one point