Number Series and Patterns
Number Series and Patterns
NUMERICAL SKILLS
INSTRUCTIONS: SELECT THE OPTION THAT CONTAINS THE NUMBER OR NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE
SEQUENCES THAT ARE PRESENTED.
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 __. THE NUMBER THAT CONTINUES THE PREVIOUS SERIES IS:
A) 31 B) 33 C) 34 D) 36 E) 39
3. IN THE SEQUENCE 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, 48, THE NEXT NUMBER IS:
A) 60 B) 61 C) 62 D) 63 E) 64
4. IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11…, THE NUMBER THAT OCCUPIES PLACE 15 IS.
A) 22 B) 23 C) 25 D) 26 E) 28
IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES: 8, 14, 20, 26, ..., THE NUMBER IN POSITION 20 IS:
A) 120 B) 122 C) 124 D) 140 E) 142
11, 6, 14, 22, 30, 38, … THE NUMBER THAT WILL OCCUPY PLACE 25 IS:
A) 188 B) 196 C) 198 D) 206 E) 208
12. OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE: 15, 21, 27, 33, 39. THE NUMBER THAT WILL OCCUPY PLACE 17 IS:
76 B) 81 C) 89 D) 93 E) 111
13. IN THE SERIES 54, 114, 174, 234, 294, ... THE NUMBER THAT WILL OCCUPY POSITION 32 IS:
A) 1914 B) 2034 C) 2054 D) 2144 E) 2184
14. IN THE SEQUENCE 35, 75, 115, 155, 195,… THE NUMBER THAT WILL OCCUPY POSITION 50 IS:
A) 1645 B) 1755 C) 1815 D) 1995 E) 2115
15. IN THE SEQUENCE 65, 135, 205, 275, 345,… THE NUMBER THAT WILL OCCUPY POSITION 28 IS.
1895 1955 C) 2015 D) 2045 E) 2195
A) 1010 B) 111 C) 99 D) 77 E) 44
21. IN THE SEQUENCES 9, 25, 49 ___, ___, THE NEXT TWO TERMS ARE:
A) 73 AND 97 B) 81 and 97 C) 64 and 105 D) 81, 121 E) 97 and 121
22. IN THE SEQUENCE 4, 36, 100, 196 ___, ___, THE NEXT TWO TERMS ARE:
A) 324 AND 484 B) 292 and 444 C) 238 and 274 D) 388 and 484 E) 296 and 392
23. IN THE SEQUENCE 36, 71, 141, 281 ___, ___, THE NEXT TWO TERMS ARE:
A) 221 and 261 B) 351 and 391 C) 561 AND 1121 D) 781 AND 1151 E) 482 AND 781
2916
A) 648 AND 2624 3888 and 58320 2462 Y 28559
25. IN THE SEQUENCE 68, 168, 263, 373 ___, ___, THE NEXT TWO TERMS ARE:
A) 458 AND 538 B) 538 and 623 C) 748 and 833 D) 458 and 588 E) 623 and 713
A) 30 B) 40 C) 15 D) 6 E) 4
28. WHAT IS THE MISSING NUMBER IN THE BOX TO COMPLETE THE SEQUENCE?
20 . 120 . 2400
40 480 ?
A) B) C) D) E)
A) B) C) D) E)
31. IN THE SERIES 12, 23, ___, 45, 56, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 30 B) 32 C) 33 D) 34 E) 36
32. IN THE FOLLOWING BOX, THE HORIZONTAL CELLS SUM UP TO 34. WHAT ARE THE MISSING NUMBERS?
16 3 2
5 10 11 8
9 6 7 12
15 14 1
33. IN THE FOLLOWING MAGIC SQUARES IF WE PLACE NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 9, THE HORIZONTAL SUMS,
VERTICALS AND DIAGONALS RESULT IN 15; IF NUMBERS FROM 2 TO 10 ARE PLACED, THEY SUM TO 18, AND IF
IF YOU PLACE FROM 3 TO 8, THEY ADD UP TO 21. HOW MUCH WILL THEY ADD UP TO IF YOU PLACE THE NUMBERS FROM 7 TO 15?
8 1 6 9 2 7 10 3 8
3 5 7 4 6 8 5 7 9
4 9 2 5 10 3 6 11 4
A) 27 B) 29 C) 30 D) 33 E) 35
34. IN THE NUMBER SERIES 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT TWO NUMBERS?
A) 17, 19 B) 17, 20 C) 18, 21 D) 19, 20 E) 20, 23
35. IN THE SERIES 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32,... WHAT NUMBER OCCUPIES POSITION 14?
A) 64 B) 1000 C) 4056 D) 6100 E) 8192
36. IN THE SERIES 4, 12, 24, 40, WHAT IS THE NEXT NUMBER?
A) 58 B) 60 C) 62 D) 64 E) 66
37. IN THIS SQUARE, THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SUMS ARE THE SAME. WHAT IS THE MISSING NUMBER?
16 3 2 ?
5 8
9 12
4 15 14 1
A) 6 B) 7 C) 10 D) 11 E) 13
38. THE MISSING NUMBER TO COMPLETE THE SERIES 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ___ IS:
A) 21 B) 22 C) 23 D) 24 E) 25
39. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SERIES DOES NOT FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN?
A) 8, 10, 12, 8, 10 B) 9, 12, 15, 12, 9 C) 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 D) 11, 15, 19, 15, 11 E) 12, 17, 22, 17, 12
40. THE NUMBER THAT COMPLETES THE SERIES 3, 14, 25, 36, 47, 58, IS:
A) 67 B) 69 C) 70 D) 72 E) 73
41. IN THE SERIES 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, … THE NUMBER 205 WILL OCCUPY THE PLACE:
A) 30 B) 46 C) 52 D) 59 E) 60
42. IN THIS SQUARE, THE VERTICALS, HORIZONTALS, AND DIAGONALS SUM TO THE SAME. WHAT IS THE NUMBER?
WHAT'S MISSING?
16 9 14
11 ? 15
12 17 10
A) 13 B) 14 C) 15 D) 16 E) 17
43. IN THE SERIES 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 32, 34, ... WHAT NUMBER OCCUPIES POSITION 23?
A) 62 B) 64 C) 66 D) 68 E) 70
44. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NUMBER SERIES DOES NOT FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN?
A) 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 B) 4, 5, 7, 10, 14 C) 7, 8, 10, 13, 17 D) 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 E) 10, 11, 13, 16, 20
45. IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES 53, 70, 87, 104,… THE NUMBER AT POSITION NUMBER 10 IS:
A) 200 B) 206 C) 223 D) 234 E) 247
IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES 9, 25, __, 81, 121, … THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 16 B) 24 C) 49 D) 63 E) 72
47. THE NUMBER THAT COMPLETES THE SERIES 24, 48, 96, __, 384, IS:
A) 192 B) 168 C) 144 D) 136 E) 120
48. IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES 81, __, 729, 1,729, 1,296, 2,025, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
162 B) 243 C) 288 D) 324 E) 369
49. IN THE SERIES 25, 100, 225, __, 625, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 300 B) 375 C) 400 D) 450 E) 525
50. IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES 49, 196, __, 784, 1,225, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 245 B) 341 C) 428 D) 441 E) 478
51. THE NUMBER THAT COMPLETES THE SERIES 65, 140, 225, __, 425, IS:
A) 295 B) 320 C) 315 D) 335 E) 350
52. IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES 99, 176, __, 336, 421, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 253 B) 255 C) 267 D) 285 E) 315
1425
A) 1410 B) 1415 C) 1425 D) 1445 E) 1450
2765
2650 B) 2665 C) 2685 D) 2705 E) 2715
55. THE NUMBER THAT COMPLETES THE SERIES 1520, __, 3060, 3830, 4600 IS:
A) 2150 B) 2290 C) 2350 D) 2720 E) 2910
FROM QUESTIONS 56 TO 62, FIND THE MISSING NUMBER TO COMPLETE THE SERIES
56. 36
20 50 70
10 12 18 20 28 30
24 ?
A) 48 B) 40 C) 30 D) 58 E) 90
57.
40 ?
85 ?
130 265
175 220
58.
15 4 ?
16 14 3 5 31 27
-7 B) 11 C) 30 D) 29 E) 31
59.
56
86 ?
146 506
266
60.
5 2 3 8 3 5 12 ? 4
A) 6 B) 8 C) 10 D) 14 E) 16
61.
45 20 25 75 30 45 105 50 ?
A) 25 B) 45 C) 55 D) 75 E) 155
62.
?
15 85
31 66
48
64. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 1, 6, 2, 12, 3, 18, __, ___ ARE:
4, 24 C) 24, 5 D) 5, 24 E) 5, 30
65. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, __, ___ ARE:
A) 6, 1 B) 2.6 C) 1, 6 D) 6, 7 E) 1, 8
66. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 1, 10, 2, 9, 3, 8, __, ___ ARE:
A) 5,6 B) 4, 7 C) 7, 7 D) 2, 11 E) 1, 3
68. ¿QUÉ NÚMEROS FALTAN PARA COMPLETAR LA SIGUIENTE SERIE? 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, __, __
A) 12, 13 B) 15, 16 C) 13, 14 D) 11, 12 E) 12, 14
69. WHAT NUMBER COMPLETES THE NEXT SEQUENCE? 42, 36, 31, 27, __
A) 21 B) 23 C) 24 D) 25 E) 26
70. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, __, __ ARE:
A) 1.10, 1.12 B) 1.10, 1.11 C) 1.09, 1.10 D) 1.09, 1.11 E) 1.09, 1.12
A D) , , , E) ,
A) D)
, , 2 , C) E) ,
73. WHAT NUMBERS COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SERIES? 2400, 1200, 600, ___, ___
A) 300, 150 B) 300, 200 C) 500, 400 D) 300, 100 E) 400, 50
74. IN THE SERIES 0.2, 0.02, 0.002, 0.0002, _____, _____, THE MISSING NUMBERS ARE:
A) 0.00020 B) 0.00002 C) 0.0020, D) 0.000002, E) 0.000200
0.000200 0.000002 0.00020 0.00002 0.000020
75. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES , , , , ___, ___ ARE:
A , , , , E) ,
76. IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES 1.9, 2.8, 3.7, 4.6,___, ____, THE NEXT NUMBERS ARE:
4.8, 4.8 C) 5.6, 6.8 D) 5.5, 6.4 E) 5.5, 6.7
77. WHAT NUMBERS ARE MISSING TO CONTINUE THE SERIES 1, 3, 12, 60, ___, ___?
A) 30, 40 B) 36, 72 C) 120, 240 D) 120, 700 E) 360, 2520
78. THE NUMBERS THAT CONTINUE IN THE SERIES 1, 4, 16, 64, ___, __ ARE:
A) 256, 1024 B) 81, 243 C) 212, 1240 D) 256, 512 E) 256, 2048
79. IN THE SERIES 1, 8, 27, 64, ___, THE NEXT NUMBER IS:
A) 96 B) 125 C) 128 D) 136 E) 225
80. THE NUMBERS THAT CONTINUE THE SERIES 9095, 9096, 9097, 9098, ___, ____ ARE:
9099, 9100 C) 9099, 1000 D) 9099, 1001 E) 9099, 10001
81. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 0.1, 0.03, 0.006, 0.00012, ____, ____ ARE:
0.00024, B) 0.000024 C) 0.0024 D) 0.00024 E) 0.000024
0.00048 0.0000048 0.0048 0.000048 0.000048
82. WHAT NUMBERS CONTINUE THE SERIES 0.3, 0.6, 1.2, 2.4, ___, ___ ?
4.8, 12.2 C) 9.6, 19.2 D) 4.8, 9.6 E) 4.8, 14.4
83. ¿QUÉ NÚMEROS FALTAN PARA CONTINUAR LA SERIE 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, ____, ___ ?
A) 1.5, 2.1 B) 1.6, 2.2 1.5, 3.0 E) 1.5, 1.8
84. EN LA SERIE SIGUIENTE 192, 282, 372, 462, ___, ___, LOS NÚMEROS QUE FALTAN SON:
362, 452 122, 322 E) 142, 132
85. 123, 233, 343, 453, ___, ___. THE NUMBERS THAT CONTINUE THE PREVIOUS SERIES ARE:
A) 333, 443 B) 543, 633 C) 563, 673 D) 554, 645 E) 573, 643
86. WHAT NUMBERS CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING SERIES? 10, 21, 32, 43, ___, ___
54, 65 55, 67 E) 64, 64
87. WHAT NUMBERS COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SERIES 4, 8, ___, ___, 20, 24?
A) 10, 16 B) 14, 16 C) 12, 16 D) 10, 12 E) 12, 14
88. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 1, 3, 6, ___, ___, 15, 18 ARE:
A) 9, 12 B) 9, 10 C) 8, 12 D) 7, 9 E) 9, 13
89. IN THE SEQUENCE 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, ___, ___, 2.6, 2.7, THE MISSING NUMBERS ARE:
2.3, 2.5 C) 2.8, 2.2 D) 2.4, 2.5 2.4, 2.6
90. IN THE FOLLOWING SERIES 0, 1, 8, ___, ___, 125, 216, 343, WHAT ARE THE MISSING NUMBERS FOR
TO COMPLETE IT?
A) 9, 10 B) 16, 32 C) 27, 81 D) 25, 64 E) 27, 64
91. IN THE SEQUENCE 81, 9, 64, 8, ___, ___, 36, 6, 25, 5, THE MISSING NUMBERS ARE:
16, 4 7, 14
92. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 1, 4, 9, 16, ___, ___, 49, 64 ARE:
16, 25 25, 36 E) 26, 32
93. WHICH NUMBERS COMPLETE THE SERIES 640, 320, 160, ___, ___, 20, 10?
A) 50, 25 B) 80, 40 C) 100, 80 D) 60, 30 E) 40, 20
94. WHAT NUMBERS ARE MISSING TO COMPLETE THE SERIES , , , ___, ? ___, ,
A) , B) , C) , D) , E) ,
95. , , , ___, ___, , THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE PREVIOUS SERIES ARE:
A) , B) , C) , D) , E) ,
A) 1, 2 B) 1, 1 2, 2 E) 1, 1
A) , B) , C) , D) , E) ,
99. WHAT NUMBERS COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SERIES? 2, 1.75, 1, 1, ____. ____.
100. EN LA SECUENCIA 1, 12, 2, 11, ___, ___, 4, 9, 5, 8, LOS NÚMEROS QUE FALTAN SON:
A) 3, 10 B) 2, 12 C) 4, 8 D) 3, 11 E) 3, 9
101. THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SERIES 2.9, 2.8, ___, ___, 2.5, 2.4 ARE:
2.6, 2.5 2.7, 2.6 E) 2.3, 2.2
102. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE SEQUENCE, ___, ___,, ?
A , , , , ,
103. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE? , , , ___,
, ___,
A D), E) , , ,
104. IN THE SEQUENCE 1, 6, 2, 12, ___, ___, 4, 24, THE MISSING NUMBERS ARE:
3, 15 4, 20 E) 3, 18
105. LOS NÚMEROS QUE COMPLETAN LA SECUENCIA 90, 45, 80, 40, ___, ___, 60, 30 SON:
90, 30 50, 25 E) 80, 20
106. WHAT NUMBERS ARE MISSING IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE TO COMPLETE IT? 1, 3, 5, ___, ___, 11, 13
A) 6, 8 B) 7, 10 7, 9 E) 7, 11
_,_
A) 9, 11 B) 13, 15 10, 12 E) 8, 10
108. IN THE SEQUENCE 1, 1, 2, 4, ___, ___, 4, 16, 5, 25, THE MISSING NUMBERS ARE:
3, 6 C) 3, 8 D) 4, 12 E) 3, 9
109. WHAT ARE THE MISSING NUMBERS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE?
0.1, 0.01, ___, ___, 0.00001
A) 0.2, 0.02 B) 0.001, 0.002 C) 0.02, 0.002 D) 0.001, 0.0001 E) 0.02, 0.001
110. EN LA SIGUIENTE SECUENCIA 1.9, 2.8, ___, ___, 5.5, 6.4, LOS NÚMEROS FALTANTES SON:
3.7, 4.6 4.5, 3.6 E) 3.8, 4.7
111. 0.25, 0.50, ___, ___, 1.25, LOS NÚMEROS QUE FALTAN PARA COMPLETAR LA SERIE ANTERIOR SON:
A) .060, 080 B) 135, 246432, 543 E) 357, 468
456, 567
248, 369 432, 543 E) 357, 468
113. 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 40, 45, … THE NUMBER THAT WILL OCCUPY THE 15TH PLACE IS:
A) 75 B) 80 C) 85 D) 90 E) 95
114. LOS NÚMEROS QUE FALTAN PARA COMPLETAR LA SECUENCIA 900, 450, ___, ___, 56.25 SON:
300, 150 225, 112.5 E) 112.5, 28.12
115. 1024, 512, ___, ___, 64, 32. EN LA SECUENCIA ANTERIOR LOS NÚMEROS FALTANTES SON:
A) 150, 250 B) 360, 180 C) 128, 132 D) 341, 113 E) 256, 128
116. EN LA SECUENCIA 36, 6, 25, 5, ___, ___, 9, 3, LOS NÚMEROS QUE FALTAN SON:
5, 30 6, 42 E) 4, 16
117. IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE 281.25, 391, ___, 610.5, WHAT IS THE MISSING NUMBER?
A) 505.5 B) 500.75 C) 499.25 D) 495.25 E) 491.5
118. 79, ___, 150.6, 186.4. THE MISSING NUMBER TO COMPLETE THE PREVIOUS SERIES IS:
A) 100 B) 109.4 C) 114.8 D) 118.2 E) 128.6
119. IN THE SEQUENCE 571.6, 616.8, 662, ___, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 689.4 B) 690.4 C) 698.6 D) 707.2 E) 712.8
284.9
A) 356.9 B) 314.9 C) 300.5 D) 295.6 E) 258.2
121. IN THE SEQUENCE 95, 97.7, 103.0, ___, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 124.7 B) 119.3 C) 116.6 D) 113.9 E) 111.2
122. IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE 60, 185, ___, 510, THE NEXT NUMBER IS:
A) 210 B) 260 C) 285 D) 335 E) 360
123. 15.2, ___, 28.52, 35.18 WHAT IS THE MISSING NUMBER IN THE PREVIOUS SEQUENCE?
December 19 B) 21.86 C) 23.52 D) 24.18 E) 27.36
124. WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT STARTS THE FOLLOWING SERIES? ___, 54.18, 64.17, 74.16
A) 42.29 B) 52.19 C) 46.09 D) 44.19 E) 48.39
125. IN THE SEQUENCE 18, 98, ___, 578, 898, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 248 B) 258 C) 278 D) 298 E) 328
126. WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT COMPLETES THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE? 71, 101.5, ___, 254, 376
A) 132 B) 187.5 C) 162.5 D) 193 E) 223.5
127. IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE 63, 93, 153, ___, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 78 B) 123 C) 143 D) 188 E) 273
811
A) 821 B) 866 C) 896 D) 791 E) 751
129. IN THE SEQUENCE 1280, 1250, 1190, 1070, ___, THE MISSING NUMBER IS:
A) 950 B) 890 C) 830 D) 740 E) 710