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NUMBER AND LETTER SERIES : LOGICAL REASONING MCQs

Number Series, Letter Series

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Question 281. What number should come next?
3 8 10 15 17 22 24
  1.    29 34
  2.    26 28
  3.    26 31
  4.    29 31
  5.    26 32
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 29 31

This is an alternating addition series that adds 5, then 2, then 5, and so on.


Question 282. What number should come next?
17 32 19 29 21 26 23
  1.    23 25
  2.    27 32
  3.    20 22
  4.    25 25
  5.    25 22
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 23 25

Here, there are two alternating patterns. The first begins with 17 and adds 2; the second begins with 32 and subtracts 3.


Question 283. What number should come next?
10 34 12 31 14 28 16
  1.    18 20
  2.    25 18
  3.    25 22
  4.    19 26
  5.    30 13
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 25 18

Two patterns alternate here. The first pattern begins with 10 and adds 2 to each number to arrive at the next; the alternating pattern begins with 34 and subtracts 3 each time.


Question 284. What number should come next?
11 14 14 17 17 20 20
  1.    23 23
  2.    24 27
  3.    23 26
  4.    24 24
  5.    21 24
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 23 23

This is a simple addition series with repetition. It adds 3 to each number to arrive at the next, which is repeated before 3 is added again.


Question 285. What number should come next?
17 14 14 11 11 8 8
  1.    5 8
  2.    5 5
  3.    8 2
  4.    8 5
  5.    5 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 5 5

In this simple subtraction with repetition series, each number is repeated, then 3 is subtracted to give the next number, which is then repeated, and so on.


Question 286. Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, ... What number should fill the blank?
  1.    A16
  2.    G4
  3.    E4
  4.    E3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> E4

The letters decrease by 1; the numbers are multiplied by 2.


Question 287. Look at this series: 664, 332, 340, 170, ____, 89, ... What number should fill the blank?
  1.    178
  2.    85
  3.    97
  4.    109
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 178

This is an alternating division and addition series: First, divide by 2, and then add 8.


Question 288. Look at this series: 8, 43, 11, 41, __, 39, 17, ... What number should fill in the blank?
  1.    44
  2.    43
  3.    8
  4.    14
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 14

This is a simple alternating addition and subtraction series. The first series begins with 8 and adds 3; the second begins with 43 and subtracts 2.


Question 289. Look at this series: 70, 71, 76, __, 81, 86, 70, 91, ... What number should fill the blank?
  1.    96
  2.    80
  3.    71
  4.    70
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 70

In this series, 5 is added to the previous number; the number 70 is inserted as every third number.


Question 290. Look at this series: V, VIII, XI, XIV, __, XX, ... What number should fill the blank?
  1.    IX
  2.    XXIII
  3.    XVII
  4.    XV
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> XVII

This is a simple addition series; each number is 3 more than the previous number.


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