# Number Patterns IQ Test Practice

#### Question No 1

Which number is the odd one out, 396, 462, 572, 427, 671, 264

Solution!
In each number except 427, the middle digit is the sum of other two..

#### Question No 2

1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , ?

Solution!

#### Question No 3

3 , 6 , 9 , 12 , 15 , ?

Solution!
Add 3 in previous term to find next term..

#### Question No 4

36 , 72 , ? , 144 , 180 , 216 , 252

Solution!

#### Question No 5

8 , 16 , 32 , 64 , 128 , ?

Solution!
Multiply previous term with 2 to find next term..

#### Question No 6

B , C , E , G , K , ?

Solution!
Prime numbers 2, 3 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 13,....

#### Question No 7

N , N , P , L , S , I , W , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series. One with skipping 1 , 2 , 3,... alphabets in forward order and other with skipping same alphabets in reverse order..

#### Question No 8

17 , 34 , 51 , 68 , ?

Solution!

#### Question No 9

M , F , N , G , R , I , S , L , W , P , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series one with skipping 0 and 3 alphabets alternatively and other with skipping 0 , 1 , 2,....

#### Question No 10

7/2 , 4 , 7 , 14 , ?

Solution!
Multiply previous 2 numbers and divide by 2..

#### Question No 11

6 , 10 , 18 , 34 , 66 , ?

Solution!
Add 4 , 8 , 16 , 32,....

#### Question No 12

Which number is the odd one out, 6, 9, 15, 21, 24, 28, 30

Solution!
Each of the numbers except 28, is a multiple of 3..

#### Question No 13

Which two letters come next in the sequence A , D , I , P , Y , CF , DI , FD , ?

Solution!
take the numerical position of each letter in the alphabet to reveal the sequence of consecutive square numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81.

#### Question No 14

100 , 98 , 94 , 88 , 80 , 70 , ?

Solution!
Deduct 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.

#### Question No 15

-6 , 9 , -27/2 , 81/4 , -243/8 , ?

Solution!
Multiply previous term with -3/2 to find next term..

#### Question No 16

100 , 50 , 200 , 25 , 400 , ?

Solution!
There are two interwoven sequences.

Multiply 2 starting at 100 and devide by 2 starting at 50..

#### Question No 17

XYZ , WVV , VSR , UPN , ?

Solution!
Subtract 1 from first 3 from second and 4 from third character..

#### Question No 18

BZ , EW , HT , KQ , ?

Solution!
Skip 2 alphabets in forward order to find first alphabet and skip 2 alphabets in reverse order to find 2nd alphabet..

#### Question No 19

2 , 6 , 15 , 34 , 73 , ?

Solution!
Multiply with 2 and add 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6,....

#### Question No 20

2 , 20 , 42 , 68 , 98 , ?

Solution!
Add 18 , 22 , 26 , 30 , 34,....

#### Question No 21

0.67 , 0.69 , 0.48 , 0.88 , 0.29 , 1.07 , ?

Solution!
There are two series
Subtract 0.19 from the series starting with 0.67 and add 0.19 from the series starting with 0.69..

#### Question No 22

X , U , Q , N , J , G , ?

Solution!
Skip 2 and 3 alphabets alternatively in reverse..

#### Question No 23

Which number is the odd one out, 1, 4, 9, 16, 23, 25, 36

Solution!
Each of the numbers except 23, is perfect square..

#### Question No 24

3925 and 277 , 4697 and 2416 , 6257 and ?

Solution!
3 * 9 = 27
5 + 2 = 7
(277).

4 * 6 = 24
and 9 + 7 = 16
(2416)

Similarly,
6 * 2 = 12
and 5 + 7 = 12
(1212).

#### Question No 25

100 , 97 , 91 , 82 , ?

Solution!
-3 , -6 , -9 , -12
(Multiples of 3 are subtracted).

#### Question No 26

A , E , X , H , U , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series, one with skipping two alphabets in reverse order and other with skipping two alphabets in forward order.

#### Question No 27

180 , 140 , 179 , 138 , 177 , 134 , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series, one with subtracting 1,2,3,... and other with subtracting 2,4,6,....

#### Question No 28

5 , 2.5 , 1.25 , 0.625 , ?

Solution!
Divide previous term with 2 to find next term..

#### Question No 29

0 , 100 , 6 , 94 , 12 , 88 , 18 , 82 , ? , ?

Solution!
There are two sequences interwoven.

Add 6 starting at 0 and deduct 6 starting at 100..

#### Question No 30

O , P , R , U , ?

Solution!
Skip 0 , 1 , 2 , 3,... alphabets..

#### Question No 31

5 , 5 , 3 , -1 , -7 , ?

Solution!
Subtract 0 ,2 , 4,....

#### Question No 32

2 , 6 , 18 , 54 , 162 , ?

Solution!
Multiply previous term with 2 to find next term..

#### Question No 33

63 , 35 , 15 , 3 , ?

Solution!
8^2 - 1 = 63
and
6^2 - 1 = 35
and
4^2 - 1 = 15
and
2^2 - 1 = 3
in the same way
0^2 - 1 = -1.

#### Question No 34

Which number is the odd one out, 1, 4, 9, 16, 20, 36, 49

Solution!
All other numbers are perfect square of numbers but 20 is not perfect square of any number..

#### Question No 35

20 , 30 , 45 , ?

Solution!
Multiply previous term with 1.5 to find next term..

#### Question No 36

14 , 16 , 28 , 32 , 42 , 48 , 56 , 64 , ? , ?

Solution!
There are two interwoven sequences, add 14 starting at 14 and add 16 starting at 16..

#### Question No 37

A , Y , W , U , S , Q , ?

Solution!
Skip one alphabet in reverse order..

#### Question No 38

Find the odd man out, 3, 5, 11, 14, 17, 21

Solution!
Each of the numbers except 14 is an odd number.

The number '14' is the only EVEN number..

#### Question No 39

1/3 , 3/7 , 6/13 , 10/21 , 15/31 , ?

Solution!
Add 2 , 3 , 4,... in numerator and add 4 , 6 , 8,... in denominator..

#### Question No 40

Which number is the odd one out, 10, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26

Solution!
All numbers are even except 21..

#### Question No 41

9 , 18 , 27 , ? , 45 , ? , 63

Solution!

#### Question No 42

B , L , R , T , ?

Solution!
Skip alphabets 10 , 6 , 2 , -2 , -6,....

#### Question No 43

156 , 76 , 36 , 16 , ?

Solution!
Subtract 4 from previous term and then divide it with 2 to find next term..

#### Question No 44

78214 and 292 , 38421 and 459 , 69517 and ?

Solution!
78 + 214 = 292
38 + 421 = 459

So, 69 + 517 = 586.

#### Question No 45

100 , 96.75 , 93.5 , 90.25 , 87 , ?

Solution!
Deduct 3.25 each time..

#### Question No 46

64521 is to 41256 as 38297 is to..

Solution!
A B C D E
6 4 5 2 1

B E D C A
4 1 2 5 6

A B C D E
3 8 2 9 7

B E D C A
8 7 9 2 3.

#### Question No 47

Which number is the odd one out, 3, 5, 7, 12, 17, 19

Solution!
Each of the numbers is a prime number except 12..

#### Question No 48

B , W , F , P , M , E , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series one with skipping 3 , 6,... alphabets and other with skipping 6 , 12,... alphabets..

#### Question No 49

What four-digit number should replace the question mark? 4342 (3176) 1726, 7995 (7516) 2162, 8418 (????) 1725

Solution!
Delete the digits outside the brackets that appear twice, and insert the remaining digits in the brackets in the same order that they appear outside the brackets
8418 (4725) 1725.

#### Question No 50

1/32 , 1/16 , 1/4 , 1/2 , 2 , 4 , ?

Solution!
Multiply with 2 and 4 alternatively.

#### Question No 51

7964325 is to 6975234 , 5822139 is to 2859312 as 7469851 is to ?

Solution!
Reverse the first three digits then reverse the last four digits..

#### Question No 52

7 , 12 , 19 , 28 , ?

Solution!
add 5 , 7 , 9 , 11,....

#### Question No 53

1 , 4 , 9 , 61 , 52 , ?

Solution!
Square 1 , 2 , 3,... and change the sequence of digits..

#### Question No 54

1 , 1 , 2 , ? , 24 , 120 , 720

Solution!
Multiply by 1, 2, 3 and so on....

#### Question No 55

0 , 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , 25 , 36 , 49 , ?

Solution!
Add 1, 3, 5, 7, etc..

#### Question No 56

AZ , DX , HU , MQ , ?

Solution!
skip 2 , 3 , 4,... alphabets to find first character and subtract 1 , 2 , 3,... alphabets to find second character..

#### Question No 57

F , O , T , W , ?

Solution!
Skip 8 , 4 , 2 , 1 alphabets..

#### Question No 58

9 , 11 , 17 , 35 , ?

Solution!
Add 2 , 6 , 18 , 54,...
here
6 = 2*3
18 = 6*3
and
54 = 18*3.

#### Question No 59

71 , 25 , 83 , 37 , 95 , 49 , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series both with adding 12..

#### Question No 60

6 , 8 , 10 , 14 , 18 , 26 , 34 , 50 , 66 , ?

Solution!
Add 2, 4, 4, 8, 8, 16, 16,....

#### Question No 61

2 , -1 , 2 , -1 , 2 , ?

Solution!

#### Question No 62

6 , H , 9 , K , 11 , M , 14 , P , 16 , R , 19 , U , 21 , ?

Solution!
Add 3 and 2 alternatively in number series and skip 2 and 1 alphabets alternatively.

#### Question No 63

1 , 4 , 2 , 5 , 3 , 6 , 4 , ?

Solution!
There are two interwoven sequences.

First starts with 1 and second with 4

#### Question No 64

Which number is the odd one out, 835, 734, 642, 751, 853, 981, 532

Solution!
In each number except 751, the difference of third and first digit is the middle one..

#### Question No 65

Which number is the odd one out, 41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 71, 73, 81

Solution!
Each of the numbers except 81 is a prime number..

#### Question No 66

1 , 2.65 , 4.3 , 5.95 , 7.6 , ?

Solution!
1.65 is adding in each term..

#### Question No 67

1000 , 971.4 , 942.8 , 914.2 , 885.6 , ?

Solution!
Deduct 28.6 each time..

#### Question No 68

492 , 366 , 189 , 810 , ?

Solution!
8 * 1 = 8, 8 + 0 = 8.

#### Question No 69

C , F , J , O , ?

Solution!
Skip 2 , 3 , 4,... alphabets..

#### Question No 70

O , R , M , T , K , V , I , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series one with skipping one alphabet in reverse order and other with skipping one alphabet in forward order..

#### Question No 71

B , D , F , H , J , L , ?

Solution!
Skip one alphabet..

#### Question No 72

E , H , K , N , Q , T , ?

Solution!
Skip two alphabets..

#### Question No 73

Which number is the odd one out, 10, 25, 45, 54, 60, 75, 80

Solution!
Each of the numbers except 54 is multiple of 5..

#### Question No 74

2 , 5 , 10 , 17 , 26 , ?

Solution!
add 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 , 11,....

#### Question No 75

0 , 3 , 8 , 15 , ?

Solution!
Add 3 , 5 , 7,....

#### Question No 76

A , B , D , I , ?

Solution!
Multiply position of previous alphabet with 3 and subtract 1 , 2 , 3,... respectively..

#### Question No 77

3 , 10 , 33 , 104 , ?

Solution!
Multiply with 3 and add 1, 3, 5, 7,....

#### Question No 78

7 , 13 , 24 , 45 , 86 , ?

Solution!
Multiply previous term with 2 and subtract 1 , 2 , 3,... to find next term..

#### Question No 79

17 , 20 , 19 , 22 , 21 , 24 , 23 , ?

Solution!
Add 3 and subtract 1 alternatively..

#### Question No 80

12 , 14 , 34 , 36 , 56 , 58 , 78 , ?

Solution!

#### Question No 81

1.5 , 3 , 5.5 , 9 , 13.5 , ?

Solution!
Add 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5.

#### Question No 82

Which number is the odd one out, 8, 27, 64, 100, 125, 216, 343

Solution!
All others are perfect cube of any number but 100 is not the perfect cube of any number..

#### Question No 83

9 , 16 , 13 , 13 , 17 , 10 , 21 , 7 , ?

Solution!
There are two interwoven sequences

and subtract 3 starting with 16..

#### Question No 84

2 , 7 , 5 , 5 , 8 , 3 , 11 , ?

Solution!
Two parallel series one with adding 3 and other with subtracting 2..

#### Question No 85

Which is the odd number out, 9421 , 7532 , 9854 , 8612 , 6531 , 8541 ?

Solution!
All the other numbers have their digits in descending order..

#### Question No 86

25 , 50 , 27 , 46 , 31 , 38 , 39 , ?

Solution!
There are two interwoven sequences.
Add 2, 4 and 8 from the sequence starting with 25
and subtract 4, 8 and 16 from the sequence starting with 50.

#### Question No 87

7 , 10 , 25 , 94 , 463 , ?

Solution!
7*2 - 4 = 10
and
10*3 - 5 = 25
and
25*4 - 6 = 94
and
94*5 - 7 = 463
In the same way
463*6 - 8 = 2770.

#### Question No 88

3 , 7 , 2 , 47 , ?

Solution!
3^2 - 7 = 2
7^2 - 2 = 47
In the same way
2^2 - 47 = -43.

#### Question No 89

1 , 1 , 2.5 , 3.5 , 4 , 6 , 5.5 , 8.5 , ? , ?

Solution!
There are two interwoven sequences.

+1.5 starting at the first 1, and +2.5 starting at the second 1..

#### Question No 90

1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 10 , 13 , 17 , 21 , ? , ?

Solution!
+1, +1, +2, +2, +3, +3, +4, +4, +5, +5.

#### Question No 91

Which number is the odd one out, 16, 25, 36, 72, 144, 196, 225

Solution!
Each of the numbers except 72 is a perfect square..

#### Question No 92

0 , 7 , 15 , 24 , 34 , ?

Solution!
add 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11,....

#### Question No 93

T , Q , M , H , ?

Solution!
Skip 2 , 3 , 4,... alphabets in reverse order..

#### Question No 94

C , G , L , R , ?

Solution!
Skip 3 , 4 , 5,... alphabets..

#### Question No 95

F , G , I , L , P , ?

Solution!
Skip alphabets 0,1,2,....

#### Question No 96

5 , 26 , 131 , 656 , ?

Solution!
Multiply by 5 and add 1 each time..

#### Question No 97

108 , 189 , 216 , 225 , ?

Solution!
Add 81 , 27 , 9 , 3,....

#### Question No 98

3.4 , 6.3 , 9.2 , 12.1 , 15 , ?

Solution!
Add 2.9 in previous term to find next term..

#### Question No 99

87 , 102 , 119 , 138 , 159 , ?

Solution!
Adding 15 , 17 , 19,....

#### Question No 100

2 , 5.75 , ? , 13.25 , 17 , 20.75

Solution!

#### Question No 101

C , F , K , R , ?

Solution!
Skip 2 , 4 , 6 , 8,... alphabets.

#### Question No 102

4 , 7 , 15 , 29 , 59 , 117 , ?

Solution!
Multiply with 2 and subtract and add 1 alternatively..

#### Question No 103

Which number is the odd one out, 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64

Solution!
(1*1)+1 , (2*2)+1 , (3*3)+1 , (4*4)+1 , (5*5)+1 , (6*6)+1 , (7*7)+1 , (8*8)+1

But, 64 is out of pattern..

#### Question No 104

3/81 , 4/256 , 5/625 , ?

Solution!
Add 1 in numerator and in denominator
(3*3)^2 = 81
(4*4)^2 = 256
(5*5)^2 = 625
in the same way
(6*6)^2 = 1296.

#### Question No 105

100 , 1 , 97.5 , 3.5 , 92.5 , 8.5 , 85 , 16 , ? , ?

Solution!
There are two interwoven sequences.

subtract 2.5, 5, 7.5 starting at 100 and Add 2.5, 5, 7.5 starting at 1..

#### Question No 106

759 , 675 , 335 , 165 , ?

Solution!
Each number is formed by multiplying the number formed by the first two digits of the previous number by its third digit.

So, 16 * 5 = 80.

#### Question No 107

Which number is the odd one out, 159, 248, 963, 357, 951, 852 ?

Solution!
In the rest there is the same difference between each digit
eg 8 (-3) 5 (-3) 2.

#### Question No 108

Which number is the odd one out, 331, 482, 551, 263, 383, 362, 284

Solution!
In each number except 383, the product of first and third digits is the middle one..

#### Question No 109

2 , 14 , 32 , 56 , 86 , ?

Solution!
Add 12 , 18 , 24 , 30 , 36,....

#### Question No 110

B , D , G , K , P , ?

Solution!
Skip 1 , 2 , 3,... alphabets..

#### Question No 111

110 , ? , 99 , 81 , 72 , 63 , 54 , 45

Solution!
Deduct the sum of the digits of the previous number each time..

#### Question No 112

1 , 1 , 3 , 15 , 105 , ?

Solution!
Multiply by 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.

#### Question No 113

F , I , M , P , T , W , ?

Solution!
Skip 2 and 3 alphabets alternatively..
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## Tips to Solve IQ Series & Number Patterns Test

A number pattern is another IQ series test pattern that checks the numerical ability of the candidate. This is used in many entrance exams too under verbal reasoning. So, what is the number pattern? It is a sequence or pattern followed by a series of numbers. This pattern established a common type of relation among the numbers provided in a series. But, these number patterns also follow certain mathematical rules like addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. You need to carefully analyze the rules used and follow different hypotheses to get your answer.

Let us analyze this number pattern through an example. Like, there is a number series of 1, 4, 7, 10, 13….. So the next numbers given in solutions would be 16, 19, 22, and 25. Here, the right answer is 16 because in this series the numbers jump 3 each time as 13+3 = 16. This way there can be subtraction, or multiplication, and even division patterns. Even there can be example series where the numbers are getting doubled each time.

To solve these types of number pattern questions your arithmetic or mental math must be strong enough. It is indeed necessary to check each type of IQ series provided in the interview or entrance exams as the questions will vary. Moreover, the latest patterns followed nowadays are nothing much but the pattern of the missing numbers. So, you must be abreast of the basics of the number series. This article will help you to know how solve the number pattern questions easily and tell how shortcut tricks can be used.