Logical Problems


Direction: Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next. Note also that you will be choosing from five options instead of four.

  1. 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 4 , 8











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    This is an alternating addition series with a random number, 4, interpolated as every third number.

    Correct Option: D

    This is an alternating addition series with a random number, 4, interpolated as every third number. In the main series, 1 is added, then 2 is added, then 1, then 2, and so on.


  1. 17 , 17 , 34 , 20 . 20 , 31 , 23











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    This is an alternating subtraction series with repetition. There are two different patterns here. In the first, a number repeats itself; then 3 is added to that number to arrive at the next number, which also repeats.

    Correct Option: E

    This is an alternating subtraction series with repetition. There are two different patterns here. In the first, a number repeats itself; then 3 is added to that number to arrive at the next number, which also repeats. This gives the series 17, 17, 20, 20, 23, and so on. Every third number follows a second pattern, in which 3 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next : 34, 31, 28.



  1. Look at this series: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, . . . . . What number should come next?









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    This alternating addition series begins with 3; then 1 is added to give 4;

    Correct Option: D

    This alternating addition series begins with 3; then 1 is added to give 4; then 3 is added to give 7; then 1 is added, and so on.


  1. Look at this series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, . . . . . What number should come next?









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    This is a simple alternating subtraction series,

    Correct Option: A

    This is a simple alternating subtraction series, which subtracts 2, then 5.



  1. Look at this series: 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13,... What number should come next?









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    In this alternating repetition series, the random number 21 is interpolated every other number into an otherwise

    Correct Option: C

    In this alternating repetition series, the random number 21 is interpolated every other number into an otherwise simple addition series that increases by 2, beginning with the number 9.