# Number Series Practice Set 1

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# Number Series Practice Set 1

### Introduction

Number Series is one of the important topic in the Quantitative Aptitude section. Number Series is the arrangement of numbers in a certain order where some numbers are wrongly kept or some numbers are missing from that series. So accurate series are to be found. Number Series in competitive exams are divided into two. One is missing series and the other is the wrong series. A number series is given in which a number is wrongly placed in the wrong series. Candidates are asked to identify that particular wrong number. A number series in which a specific number is missing is the missing series. Candidates have to identify the missing number. The article Number Series Practice Set 1 lists important Number series practice questions for competitive exams like RRB ALP/Technical Exams/Junior Engineer Recruitment Exams, SSC, IBPS PO Exams and etc.

### Quiz

Q1. 4, 5, 6, 14, ?, 100.5

A. 32.5
B. 47.5
C. 67.5
D. 37.5

Explanation:
$$4 \times 1 + 1$$ = 5

$$5 \times 1.5 – 1.5$$ = 6

$$6 \times 2 + 2$$ = 14

$$14 \times 2.5 – 2.5$$ = 32.5

$$32.5 \times 3 + 3$$ = 100.5

Q2. 8 4 4 8 32 ?

A. 354
B. 384
C. 294
D. 256

Explanation:
$$8 \times 0.5$$ = 4

$$4 \times 1$$ = 4

$$4 \times 2$$= 8

$$8 \times 4$$ = 32

$$32 \times 8$$= 256

Q3. 2, 2, 7, ?, 87, 342

A. 21
B. 26
C. 23
D. 22

Explanation:
2 + 1² – 1 = 2

2 + 2² + 1= 7

7 + 4² – 1= 22

Q4. 6, 8, 8, 22, ?, 151

A. 43
B. 42
C. 44
D. 47

Explanation:
$$6 \times 1 + 2$$ = 8

$$8 \times 1.5 – 4$$ = 8

$$8 \times 2 + 6$$ = 22

$$22 \times 2.5 – 8$$ = 47

$$47 \times 3 + 10$$= 151

Q5. 4, ?, 14, 40, 88, 170

A. 9
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

Explanation:
4 + 1² + 1 = 6

6 + 3² – 1 = 14

14 + 5² + 1 = 40 …

Q1. 6, 6, 7, ?, 91, 463

A. 33
B. 43
C. 38
D. 25

Explanation:
$$6 \times 1 – 1 + 1$$ = 6

$$6 \times 2 – 2 – 3$$ = 7

$$7 \times 3 – 1 + 5$$ = 25

Q2. 2, 5, 17, 50, 122, ?

A. 252
B. 258
C. 257
D. 225

Explanation:
2 + 1³ + 2 = 5

5 + 2³ + 4 = 17

17 + 3³ + 6 = 50

50 + 4³ + 8 = 122

Q3. 2, 9, 39, 161, ?, 2613

A. 675
B. 670
C. 665
D. 651

Explanation:
$$2 \times 4 + 1$$ = 9

$$9 \times 4 + 3$$ = 39

$$39 \times 4 + 5$$ = 161

$$161 \times 4 + 7$$ = 651

$$651 \times 4 + 9$$ = 2613

Q4. 5, ?, 20, 34, 76, 142

A. 4
B. 5
C. 7
D. 8

Explanation:
$$5 \times 2 – 2$$ = 8

$$8 \times 2 + 4$$ = 20

$$20 \times 2 – 6$$ = 34

Q5. 5, 6, 8, 30, 136, ?

A. 645
B. 680
C. 650
D. 690

Explanation:
$$5 \times 1 + 1$$= 6
$$6 \times 2 – 2$$= 10
$$10 \times 3 + 3$$= 33
$$33 \times 4 – 4$$= 128
$$128 \times 5 + 5$$= 645

Q1. 4, 4, 6, 12, 30, ?

A. 97
B. 92
C. 95
D. 90

Explanation:
$$4 \times 1$$= 4

$$4 \times 1.5$$ = 6

$$6 \times 2$$ = 12

$$12 \times 2.5$$ = 30

$$30 \times 3$$ = 90

Q2. 10, 5, 5, 10, 40, ?

A. 350
B. 320
C. 360
D. 370

Explanation:
$$10 \times 0.5$$= 5

$$5 \times 1$$ = 5

$$5 \times 2$$ = 10

$$10 \times 4$$ = 40

$$40 \times 8$$ = 320

Q3. 3, 5, ?, 27, 92, 349

A. 12
B. 18
C. 15
D. 10

Explanation:
3 + 1² + 1 = 5

5 + 2² + 1 = 10

10 + 4² + 1 = 27

Q4. 1, 2, 6, 17, ?, 157.5

A. 40.5
B. 42.5
C. 49.5
D. 51.5

Explanation:
$$1 \times 1 + 1$$= 2

$$2 \times 1.5 + 3$$ = 6

$$6 \times 2 + 5$$ = 17

$$17 \times 2.5 + 7$$ = 49.5

$$49.5 \times 3 + 9$$= 157.5

Q5. 7, ?, 19, 45, 95, 177

A. 8
B. 5
C. 6
D. 9

Explanation:
7 + 1² + 1 = 9

9 + 3² + 1 = 19

19 + 5² + 1 = 45 ….

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