A123587 Number of bars that must change on a standard digital clock when the minutes change from n-1 to n.

5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 7, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 4, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 7, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 4, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1, 5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5, 4, 1

Offset: 0

Author

Danny Rorabaugh, Nov 13 2006

Keywords

• easy
• nonn
• base
• dumb

Comments

Cyclic with period 60.

Examples

			a(20)=7 because when the clock changes from 19 to 20 minutes, 1 bar turns off and 4 bars turn on in the tens digit for the "0" to become a "1" and 1 bar turns off and 1 turns on in the units digit for the "9" to become a "0". 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 = 7.
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A006942, A010371, A063720.