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NUMBER AND LETTER SERIES : LOGICAL REASONING MCQs

Number Series, Letter Series

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Question 271. What number should come next?
6 10 14 18 22 26 30
  1.    38 42
  2.    34 38
  3.    34 36
  4.    36 40
  5.    33 37
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 34 38

This simple addition series adds 4 to each number to arrive at the next.


Question 272. What number should come next?
14 14 26 26 38 38 50
  1.    62 62
  2.    50 62
  3.    62 80
  4.    50 72
  5.    60 72
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 50 62

In this simple addition with repetition series, each number in the series repeats itself, and then increases by 12 to arrive at the next number.


Question 273. What number should come next?
34 30 26 22 18 14 10
  1.    6 4
  2.    14 18
  3.    4 0
  4.    8 6
  5.    6 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option E. -> 6 2

This is a simple subtraction series, in which 4 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.


Question 274. What number should come next?
44 41 38 35 32 29 26
  1.    23 20
  2.    23 19
  3.    29 32
  4.    22 19
  5.    24 21
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 23 20

This is a simple subtraction series, in which 3 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.


Question 275. What number should come next?
7 9 66 12 14 66 17
  1.    19 66
  2.    66 20
  3.    20 66
  4.    66 19
  5.    19 22
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 19 66

This is an alternating addition series with repetition, in which a random number, 66, is interpolated as every third number. The regular series adds 2, then 3, then 2, and so on, with 66 repeated after each "add 2" step.


Question 276. What number should come next?
32 31 32 29 32 27 32
  1.    29 30
  2.    25 32
  3.    29 32
  4.    25 30
  5.    31 32
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 25 32

This is an alternating repetition series. The number 32 alternates with a series in which each number decreases by 2.


Question 277. What number should come next?
2 44 4 41 6 38 8
  1.    35 10
  2.    35 32
  3.    34 9
  4.    10 52
  5.    10 12
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 35 10

Here, there are two alternating patterns, one addition and one subtraction. The first starts with 2 and increases by 2; the second starts with 44 and decreases by 3.


Question 278. What number should come next?
4 7 26 10 13 20 16
  1.    19 14
  2.    14 17
  3.    19 13
  4.    14 4
  5.    18 14
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 19 14

Two patterns alternate here, with every third number following the alternate pattern. In the main series, beginning with 4, 3 is added to each number to arrive at the next. In the alternating series, beginning with 26, 6 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.


Question 279. What number should come next?
16 26 56 36 46 68 56
  1.    66 80
  2.    66 82
  3.    78 68
  4.    80 66
  5.    64 82
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 66 80

Here, every third number follows a different pattern from the main series. In the main series, beginning with 16, 10 is added to each number to arrive at the next. In the alternating series, beginning with 56, 12 is added to each number to arrive at the next.


Question 280. What number should come next?
32 29 26 23 20 17 14
  1.    32 29
  2.    10 9
  3.    11 7
  4.    12 8
  5.    11 8
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option E. -> 11 8

In this simple subtraction series, the numbers decrease by 3.


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