Number Series Questions

Hello Aspirants, As we all know that Number Series Questions is a important part of quantitative aptitude section for every competitive exams.Different kind of Number Series questions asked in every competitative exam. (Like – Wrong Term Number Series, Missing Number Series).So here, In this article we will provide different Number Series questions.These Quant Number Series questions are important for Bank, SSC, SEBI, NABARD, RBI, LIC, and Other state exams. You can attempt these questions & boost your preparation for your examination.

What is Number Series?

Number series is a form of numbers in a certain sequence, where some numbers are mistakenly put into the series of numbers and some number is missing in that series, we need to observe first and then find the accurate number to that series of numbers.

In the Banking exams Number Series questions asked in the Prelims as well as Mains exam.There are 5 Number Series Questions asked in the Prelims exam (Bank).You want to score more in the Number Series section then you should practice more and more Quant Series questions.

Number Series Questions Quiz-4


1. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?
2 5 13 28 52 87 ?
A. 153
B. 145
C. 136
D. 122
E. None of these

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E. None of these

The series is generated in the following manner:
2 + (22– 1) =5, 5 + (32– 1) =13, 13 + (42– 1) =28, 28 + (52– 1) =52, 52 + (62– 1) =87
So the next term would be 87 + (72– 1) = 135

2. 868, 828, 774, 704, 616, ?
A. 484
B. 504
C. 508
D. 520
E. None of these

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C. 508

The pattern is:
868 – (8×5) = 828, 828 – (9×6) = 774, 774 – (10×7) = 704, 704 – (11×8) = 616.
So the next term is 616 – (12×9) = 508.

3. 7, 5, 8, 6, 12, 14, 21, 41, ?
A. 55
B. 81
C. 62
D. 79
E. 37

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E. 37

This is a composite series. The odd terms increase by 12, 22, 32 and so on and the even terms increase by 13, 23, 33 and so on.
Hence the next term is 21+16 = 37

4. 25 68 196 579 1727 ?
A. 5148
B. 5068
C. 5092
D. 5170
E. 5205

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D. 5170

The pattern is:
25×3 – 7 = 68, 68×3 – 8 = 196, 196×3 – 9 = 579, 579×3 – 10 = 1727, 1727×3 – 11 = 5170

5. Find the next term in the series.
5, 6, 28, 165, 916, ?
A. 5260
B. 5334
C. 5205
D. 5094
E. 5267

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C. 5205

The pattern is as follows:
(5 x 1) + 14 = 6
(6 x 2) + 24 = 28
(28 x 3) + 34 = 165
(165 x 4) + 44 = 916
(916 x 5) + 54 = 5205

6. 2 6 24 108 560 ?
A. 2760
B. 2640
C. 3350
D. 3390
E. None of these

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D. 3390

The series is generated in the below pattern:
(2 + 1) x 2 = 6, (6 + 2) x 3 = 24, (24 + 3) x 4 = 108, (108+ 4) x 5 = 560
So the next term will be (560 + 5) x 6 = 3390

7. 92, 140, 353, 1239.5, 5582.75, ?
A. 30711.125
B. 28976.625
C. 32409.375
D. 35614.875
E. 29984.625

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A. 30711.125

The pattern is,
92 x 1.5 + 2 = 140, 140 x 2.5 + 3 = 353, 353 x 3.5 + 4 = 1239.5, 1239.5 x 4.5 + 5 = 5582.75.
So next term is 5582.75 x 5.5 + 6 = 30711.125

8. 318, 476, ?, 936, 1250, 1628
A. 670
B. 672
C. 680
D. 695
E. 710

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C. 680

The pattern is:
73-52 = 318
83-62 = 476
93-72 = 680
103-82 = 936
113-92 = 1250
123-102 = 1628

9. 5555, 3358, 2027, 1684, ?, 1532
A. 1581
B. 1559
C. 1600
D. 1621
E. 1569

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B. 1559

In this series next term is obtained subtracting cube of a prime number and the series goes like this –
5555 – 133 = 3358
3358 – 113 = 2027
2027 – 73 = 1684
1684 – 53 = 1559
1559 – 33 = 1532
So the answer is option B

10. 729, 961, 1225, 1521, ?
A. 1889
B. 1925
C. 1905
D. 1841
E. 1849

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E. 1849

The series is 272, 312, 352, 392, 432


 

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