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Directions :
Number series questions measure your ability to reason without
words. To answer these questions, you must determine
the pattern of the numbers in each series before you will
be able to choose which number comes next. In each series, look for the degree and
direction of change between the numbers. In other
words, do the numbers increase or decrease, and by
how much?
6.
Look at this series: 5.2, 4.8, 4.4, 4, . . . What number should come next?
- A.3
- C.3.5
- B.3.3
- D.3.6
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [D]
Explanation :
Explanation :
| This is a simple subtraction series: Each number decreases by 0.4. |
7.
Look at this series: 8, 22, 8, 28, 8, . . . What number should come next?
- A.9
- C.32
- B.29
- D.34
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [D]
Explanation :
Explanation :
|
This is a simple addition series with a random number, 8, interpolated as every other number. In the series, 6 is added to each number except 8, to arrive at the next number. |
8.
Look at this series: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, . . . What number should come next?
- A.7
- C.14
- B.10
- D.15
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [D]
Explanation :
Explanation :
|
This alternating addition series begins with 3; then 1 is added to give 4; then 3 is added to give 7; then 1 is added, and so on. |
9.
Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, . . . What number should come next?
- A.12
- C.27
- B.14
- D.53
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [B]
Explanation :
Explanation :
| In this series, each number is repeated, then 13 issubtracted to arrive at the next number. |
10.
Look at this series: 40, 40, 47, 47, 54, . . . What number should come next?
- A.40
- C.54
- B.44
- D.61
- Answer & Explanation
- Report
Answer : [C]
Explanation :
Explanation :
| This is an alternation with repetition series in which each number repeats itself and then increases by 7. |
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