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Series Completion

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Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series.

28, 25, 5, 21, 18, 5, 14, _____.

  1. 11, 5

  2. 10, 7

  3. 11, 8

  4. 5, 10

  5. 10, 5


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is an alternating subtraction series with the interpolation of a random number 5 as every third number. In the subtraction series, 3 is subtracted, then 4, then 3, and so on.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 1, 10, 7, 20, 13, 30, 19, ...

  1. 26, 40

  2. 29, 36

  3. 40, 25

  4. 25, 31

  5. 40, 50


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, every other number follows a different pattern. In the first series, 6 is added to each number to arrive at the next. In the second series, 10 is added to each number to arrive at the next.

Directions: Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series:

75, 65, 85, 55, 45, 85, 35, ...

  1. 25, 15

  2. 25, 85

  3. 35, 25

  4. 85, 35

  5. 25, 75


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is a simple subtraction series in which a random number 85 is interpolated as every third number. In the subtraction series, 10 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 40, 40, 31, 31, 22, 22, 13, ....

  1. 13, 4

  2. 13, 5

  3. 4, 13

  4. 9, 4

  5. 4, 4


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is a subtraction series with repetition. Each number repeats itself and then decreases by 9.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 10, 20, 25, 35, 40, 50, 55, ...

  1. 70, 65

  2. 60, 70

  3. 60, 75

  4. 60, 65

  5. 65, 70


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is an alternating addition series in which 10 is added, then 5, then 10, and so on.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 17, 17, 34, 20, 20, 31, 23, ...

  1. 26, 23

  2. 34, 20

  3. 23, 33

  4. 27, 28

  5. 23, 28


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is an alternating subtraction series with repetition. There are two different patterns here. In the first, a number repeats itself; then 3 is added to that number to arrive at the next number, which also repeats. This gives the series 17, 17, 20, 20, 23, and so on. Every third number follows a second pattern, in which 3 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next: 34, 31, 28.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 61, 57, 50, 61, 43, 36, 61, ...

  1. 29, 61

  2. 27, 20

  3. 31, 61

  4. 22, 15

  5. 29, 22


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is an alternating repetition series in which a random number 61 is interpolated as every third number into an otherwise simple subtraction series. Starting with the second number, 57, each number (except 61) is 7 less than the previous number.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 41, ...

  1. 47, 52

  2. 46, 52

  3. 45, 49

  4. 46, 51

  5. 46, 52


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In this simple addition series, each number is 5 more than the previous number.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 9, 16, 23, 30, 37, 44, 51, ...

  1. 59, 66

  2. 56, 62

  3. 58, 66

  4. 58, 65

  5. 54, 61


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Here, is a simple addition series, which begins with 9 and adds 7.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 8, ...

  1. 9, 10

  2. 4, 8

  3. 10, 4

  4. 9, 4

  5. 8, 9


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is an alternating addition series with a random number 4 interpolated as every third number. In the main series, 1 is added, then 2 is added, then 1, then 2, and so on.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 8, 11, 21, 15, 18, 21, 22, ...

  1. 25, 18

  2. 25, 21

  3. 25, 29

  4. 24, 21

  5. 22, 26


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is an alternating addition series, with a random number, 21, interpolated as every third number. The addition series alternates between adding 3 and adding 4. The number 21 appears after each number arrived at by adding 3.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 8, 22, 12, 16, 22, 20, 24, ...

  1. 28, 32

  2. 28, 22

  3. 22, 28

  4. 32, 36

  5. 22, 26


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is an alternating repetition series, with a random number, 22, interpolated as every third number into an otherwise simple addition series. In the addition series, 4 is added to each number to arrive at the next number.

Directions: Choose the pair of the numbers, which comes next in the given series. 9, 12, 11, 14, 13, 16, 15, __

  1. 14, 13

  2. 18, 21

  3. 14, 17

  4. 12, 13

  5. 18, 17


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is a simple alternating addition and subtraction series. First, 3 is added, then 1 is subtracted, then 3 is added, 1 subtracted, and so on.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 6, 20, 8, 14, 10, 8, 12, ...

  1. 14, 10

  2. 2, 18

  3. 4, 12

  4. 2, 14

  5. 14, 14


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 2 is added to each number to arrive at the next; in the alternate pattern, 6 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 34, 30, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10, ...

  1. 8, 6

  2. 6, 4

  3. 14 18

  4. 6, 2

  5. 4, 0


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 32, 29, 26, 23, 20, 17, 14, ...

  1. 11, 8

  2. 12, 8

  3. 11, 7

  4. 32, 29

  5. 10, 9


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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

Directions: Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series.

44, 41, 38, 35, 32, 29, 26, ___

  1. 24, 21

  2. 22, 19

  3. 23, 19

  4. 29, 32

  5. 23, 20


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

12 + 22 = 5 22 + 32 = 13 32 + 42 = 25 42 + 52 = 41 52 + 62 =61 62 + 72 = 85 72 + 82 -=113 82 + 92 = 145

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 2, 44, 4, 41, 6, 38, 8, ...

  1. 10, 12

  2. 35, 32

  3. 34, 9

  4. 35, 10

  5. 10, 52


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 14, 14, 26, 26, 38, 38, 50, ...

  1. 60, 72

  2. 50, 62

  3. 50, 72

  4. 62, 62

  5. 62, 80


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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.

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, ..

  1. 26, 28

  2. 29, 34

  3. 29, 31

  4. 26, 31

  5. 26, 32


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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

Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series: 17, 14, 14, 11, 11, 8, 8,

  1. 8, 5

  2. 5, 2

  3. 8, 2

  4. 5, 5

  5. 5, 8


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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.

Directions: Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series:

4, 7, 26, 10, 13, 20, 16, ...

  1. 14, 4

  2. 14, 17

  3. 19, 14

  4. 19, 13

  5. 18, 14


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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.

Directions: Choose the pair of numbers which comes next in the given series:

8, 12, 9, 13, 10, 14, 11, ...

  1. 14, 11

  2. 15, 12

  3. 8, 15

  4. 15, 19

  5. 8, 5


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is an alternating addition and subtraction series in which the addition of 4 is alternated with the subtraction of 3.

Directions: Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series.

13, 29, 15, 26, 17, 23, 19, ...

  1. 21, 23

  2. 20, 21

  3. 20, 17

  4. 25, 27

  5. 22, 20


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

There are two alternating patterns with every other number following a different pattern. The first pattern begins with 13 and adds 2 to each number to arrive at the next; the alternating pattern begins with 29 and subtracts 3 each time.

Directions: Choose the pair of the numbers which comes next in the given series:

6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, ...

  1. 36, 40

  2. 34, 38

  3. 38, 42

  4. 34, 36

  5. 33, 37


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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

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