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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, _______
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, _______
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, _______
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, _______
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, _______
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, _______
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, ______
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, _________
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?
_____
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?
____
The pattern is to divide by three each time. For the last operation, .