QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

NUMBER SERIES

Pro. SHISHIR RANJAN

 Types of NUMBER SERIES
1. MISSING NUMBER SERIES
2. WRONG NUMBER SERIES
3. DOUBLE OR MULTIPLE LINE NUMBER
SERIES
4. NUMBER ANALOGY
5. ABSOLUTE VALUE
Types of arrangements
1. Difference between the numbers

2. Difference of difference between the numbers

3. Series of prime numbers

4. Series of Square of the numbers in specific pattern

 5. Series of Cube of the numbers in specific pattern

6. Series of number to the power number

7. Sum of previous number series

8. Consecutive numbers are multiplied with either fixed number or series of number

9. Consecutive numbers are multiplied with either fixed number or series of number
and added or subtracted with a series of number
10. Number multiplied with decimal number

11. Number multiplied with fraction

 1. MISSING NUMBER SERIES
Directions : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

121 144 190 259 ? 466

(1) 351
(2) 349
(3) 374
(4) 328
(5) None of these
Directions : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

1 ? 27 64 125
(1) 8
(2) 4
(3) 6
(4) 9
(5) None of these
Directions : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

5 6 ? 57 244
(1) 21
(2) 16
(3) 17
(4) 15
(5) None of these
Directions : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

5 11 ? 55 117

(1) 21
(2) 27
(3) 23
(4) 25
(5) None of these
Directions : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

1 ? 27 64 125
(1) 8
(2) 4
(3) 6
(4) 9
(5) None of these
Directions : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

1 6 36 240 1960 ?

(1) 19660
(2) 3680
(3) 36800
(4) 19600
(5) None of these
Directions : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

12 14 17 13 8 14 21 13 4 ?

(1) 14
(2) 13
(3) 15
(4) 2
(5) None of these
 2. WRONG NUMBER SERIES
Directions (1-5): In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number.

2 11 38 197 1172 8227 65806

(1) 11
(2) 38
(3) 197
(4) 1172
(5) 8227
Directions (1-5): In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number.

16 19 21 30 46 71 107
(1) 19
(2) 21
(3) 30
(4) 46
(5) 71
Directions (1-5): In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number.

7 9 16 25 41 68 107 173
(1)107
(2) 16
(3) 41
(4) 68
(5) 25
Directions (1-5): In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number.

4 2 3.5 7.5 26.25 118.125

(1) 118.125
(2) 26.25
(3) 3.5
(4) 2
(5) 7.5
Directions (1-5): In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number.

16 4 2 1.5 1.75 1.875

(1) 1.875
(2) 1.75
(3) 1.5
(4) 2
(5) 4
 3. DOUBLE OR MULTIPLE LINE NUMBER SERIES
Directions : In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series a number is given followed
by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete the series starting with the number given, following the sequence of
the original series and answer the questions that follow the series.

12 30 120 460 1368 2730

16 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What will come in place of (d) ?

(1) 1384
(2) 2642
(3) 2808
(4) 1988
(5) None of these
 Directions : In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series a number is given followed
by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete the series starting with the number given, following the sequence of
the original series and answer the questions that follow the series.

154 462 231 693 346.5 1039.5

276 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

What will come in place of (e) ?

(1) 1746
(2) 621
(3) 1242
(4) 983
(5) None of these
 Directions : In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series a number is given followed
by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete the series starting with the number given, following the sequence of
the original series and answer the questions that follow the series.

7 91 1001 7007 35035 105105

14.5 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What will come in place of (c) ?

(1) 21132.5
(2) 14514.5
(3) 20020.5
(4) 13864.5
(5) None of these
 Directions : In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series a number is given followed
by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete the series starting with the number given, following the sequence of
the original series and answer the questions that follow the series.

582 574 601 537 662 446

204 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What will come in place of (d) ?
(1) 284
(2) 68
(3) 174
(4) 331
(5) None of these
 Directions : In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series a number is given followed
by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete the series starting with the number given, following the sequence of
the original series and answer the questions that follow the series.

85 43 44 67.5 137 345

125 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What will come in place of (c) ?
(1) 86
(2) 107.5
(3) 112.5
(4) 97.5
(5) None of these
Directions : In each of the following number-series only one number is wrong. If the wrong number is
corrected, the series gets established following a certain logic. Below the series a number is given followed by (a),
(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f). You have to complete the series following the same logic as in the given series after correcting
the wrong number, now answer the following questions giving the correct values for the letter in the questions.

2 3 2 15 76 245 1434
3 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
What will come in place of (c) ?
(1) 18
(2) 22
(3) 24
(4) 21
(5) None of these
Directions : In each of the following number-series only one number is wrong. If the wrong number is corrected, the
series gets established following a certain logic. Below the series a number is given followed by (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)
and (f). You have to complete the series following the same logic as in the given series after correcting the wrong
number, now answer the following questions giving the correct values for the letter in the questions.

1 2 8 33 148 740 4626

2 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

What will come in place of (d) ?

(1) 156
(2) 164
(3) 168
(4) 152
(5) None of these
Directions : In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series a number is given followed
by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete the series starting with the given number, following the sequence of
original series and answer the questions that follow the series.

3 19 103 439 1381 2887

5 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What will come in place of (b) ?
(1) 139
(2) 163
(3) 161
(4) 157
(5) None of these
Directions : In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series a number is given followed
by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete the series starting with the given number, following the sequence of
original series and answer the questions that follow the series.

4 13 40 135 552 2765

2 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What will come in place of (c) ?
(1) 123
(2) 133
(3) 127
(4) 131
(5) None of these
Direction:
A missing number series is given below:

86, 81, 88, 79………..

A, B, C, D, E, F
If x and y are next two terms after F, then find the value of y.
Options :
1. 93
2. 92
3. 85
4. 75
5. None of these
Direction:
A missing number series is given below:

86, 81, 88, 79………..

A, B, C, D, E, F
What should be added to (F+20) in order to make a perfect square.
1. 1
2. 5
3. 7
4. 3
5. 2
 4. NUMBER ANALOGY
Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term
and the sixth term is related to the fifth term.

169 : 14 :: ? : 16 :: 289 : 18
(a) 225
(b) 205
(c) 230
(d) 125
Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term
and the sixth term is related to the fifth term.

19 : 34 :: 5 : 6 :: 27 : ?
(a) 50
(b) 63
(c) 52
(d) 67
Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term
and the sixth term is related to the fifth term.

17 : 189 :: 13 : 69 :: 18 : ?

(a) 242
(b) 241
(c) 214
(d) 224
Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE :
Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent
digits. E.g 13 - Operations on 13 such as adding / subtracting / multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking
down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed)

(55, 11, 25)

(64, 16, 16)
(a) (33, 11, 22)
(b) (33, 11, 3)
(c) (33, 11, 9)
(d) (33, 11, 10)
Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE :
Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent
digits. E.g 13 - Operations on 13 such as adding / subtracting / multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking
down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed)

(3, 9, 30)
(10, 3, 33)
(a) (8, 8, 74)
(b) (6, 9, 40)
(c) (12, 3, 39)
(d) (9, 7, 98)
Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE :
Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent
digits. E.g 13 - Operations on 13 such as adding / subtracting / multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking
down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed)

(9, 6, 25)
(14, 5, 29)
(a) (27, 8, 29)
(b) (18, 4, 42)
(c) (12, 8, 20)
(d) (13, 9, 32)
5. ABSOLUTE VALUE