Useful Tricks to Solve Number Series Questions – Download in PDF

Important Points to remember:

i). If numbers are in ascending order in the number series.

     SET – I:

       Step 1 : Check whether it is ascending , descending or mixed order.

Step 2 : It is  in ascending order. So add or multiply by certain numbers from the first number.

Step 3 : The difference between first number and second, and difference between second and third and so on., are in increasing order of +4 and +3

Step 4: Hence the answer for above series is 37.

Step 1 : Check whether it is ascending , descending or mixed order.

Step 2 : It is  in ascending order. So add or multiply by certain numbers from the first number.

Step 3 : By adding  first number and second, and  second and third and so on., it is not in the sequence of increasing order. Try multiplication

Step 4: Take 1 and 3, let’s start multiplying 1*3=3, by seeing this we get to know, by multiplying 3*4 it gives 12, and 12*5=60.

Step 4: Hence the answer for above series is 360.

           Step 1 : Find whether the given number is in descending order.

Step 2 : It is in  descending order . So subtract or divide by certain numbers  from the first number.

 Step 3: The difference between first number and second, and difference between second and third and so on, are in order of -16,-8,-4,-2

 Step 4: Hence the answer for above series is 3.

Step 1 : Check whether it is ascending , descending or mixed order.

Step 2 : It is  in descending order. So subtract or divide by certain numbers from the first number.

Step 3 : By dividing  first number by 6 it gives 120.

Divide 120/ 5 =24, 24/4=6, 6/3=2, 2/2=1 .It is in decreasing order.

Step 4: Hence the answer for above series is 1.

Step 1 : Check whether it is ascending , descending or mixed order.

Step 2 : It is  in mixing order. So it may be in addition, subtraction, division and multiplication, squares and cubes.

Step 3 : In above series it is mixing of square, addition and subtraction.

(14)2= 196+4= 200

(13)2=169. By adding 4 it gives 173. Try subtraction.

169-4=165

Here we found it is in order of squaring a number, adding by 4 and subtracting by 4.

Step 4: Hence the answer for above series is 77.

Step 1 : Check whether it is ascending , descending or mixed order.

Step 2 : It is  in ascending  order. So add or multiply by certain numbers from the first number.

Step 3 : In above series lets add first number with 3 i.e.,14+3= 17

But with second number we can’t able to add +3 and so on.

Let’s try adding first number and second number i.e. 14+17=31

Second and third, i.e. 17+31 =48 and so on

This series is in the form of miscellaneous

Step 4: Hence the answer for above series is 79

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