HSPT Quantitative : HSPT Quantitative Skills

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Example Questions

Example Question #175 : Number Series*

Which number should come next in the sequence?

9.1, 8.5, 5.8, 5.2, 2.5, _______

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is to subtract .6 and then invert the next number.  (To invert a number, you merely reverse the digits.)

5.8 is the inverse of 8.5

2.5 is the inverse of 5.2

 

Example Question #173 : How To Work With Number Series

What number should be next in the sequence?

111, 107, 103, 100, 99, 95, 91, 100, 87, _______

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is to subtract 4. 

The number 100 appears every 4th number in the regular pattern. 

If we ignore the number 100, the last operation should be:

Example Question #174 : How To Work With Number Series

Which number should be next in the sequence?

791, 778, 765, 752, 739, _______

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is to subtract 13 from each number.

 

 

Example Question #324 : Hspt Quantitative Skills

Which number should be next in the sequence?

47, 104, 72, 129, 97, _______

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is add 57, then subtract 32. 

 

Example Question #175 : How To Work With Number Series

Which number should come next in the sequence?

109, 113, 127, 131, 137, _______

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This sequence is simply a list, in order, of prime numbers beginning with 109. 

A prime number is a number which can only be divided evenly by itself and 1.

Example Question #181 : Number Series*

Which number should come next in the sequence?

8, 56, 47, 329, 320, _______

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is to multiply by 7, then subtract 9. 

Example Question #324 : Hspt Quantitative Skills

Which number should come next in the sequence?

84, 42, 252, 126, 756, ______

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is divide by 2 then multiply by 6.

Example Question #183 : Number Series*

Which number should come next in the sequence?

7, 7, 14, 42, 168, 840, _________

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Each number in this sequence is multiplied by one more than the number before it.

Example Question #181 : How To Work With Number Series

What number should come next in this series?

_____

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is to multiply by  and then to multiply by 

The last operation is .

Example Question #182 : How To Work With Number Series

What number should come next in this series?

____

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The pattern is to divide by three each time. For the last operation, .

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