Missing Number Series

Practice Sheet-2

By

Aashish Arora
1. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
8, 8, 24, 120, ?, 7560
(a) 540
(b) 840
(c) 600
(d) 1020
(e) 960

2. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the

following series?
23, ?, 138, 552, 2760, 16560
(a) 69
(b) 42
(c) 74
(d) 46
(e) 66

3. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the

following series?
12, 24, 72, ?, 2520, 27720
(a) 120
(b) 288
(c) 144
(d) 216
(e) 360
4. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
38, 42, 168, 172, 688, 692, ?
(a) 2768
(b) 3168
(c) 1244
(d) 976
(e) 2356

5. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the

following series?
36, 108, 324, ?, 2916, 8748
(a) 648
(b) 810
(c) 972
(d) 648
(e) 486

6. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the

following series?
13, 26, 104, 624, ?, 499220
(a) 3120
(b) 1296
(c) 1872
(d) 4992
(e) 4225
7. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
28, ?, 14, 21, 42, 105
(a) 20
(b) 28
(c) 14
(d) 42
(e) 35

8. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the

following series?
48, 72, 108, 162, ?, 364.5
(a) 256
(b) 342
(c) 225
(d) 216
(e) 243

9. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the

following series?
32, 16, ?, 60, 210, 945, 5197.5
(a) 48
(b) 24
(c) 30
(d) 28
(e) 32
10. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
4, 10, 33, 136, 685, ?
(a) 755
(b) 3894
(c) 945
(d) 1068
(e) 4116

11. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
41, 84, ?, 342, 686, 1374, 2750
(a) 216
(b) 170
(c) 274
(d) 184
(e) 243

12. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
49, ?, 39, 100, 353.5, 1595.25
(a) 37
(b) 23
(c) 41
(d) 25
(e) 31
13. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
7, ?, 84, 268, 829, 2523
(a) 25
(b) 44
(c) 36
(d) 28
(e) 21

14. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
14, 29, 88, 441, ?, 33969
(a) 1752
(b) 2189
(c) 4687
(d) 3088
(e) 2574

15. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
17, ?, 161, 784, 3921, 11764
(a) 52
(b) 75
(c) 49
(d) 111
(e) 47
16. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
12, 132, 924, ?, 13860, 27720
(a) 2777
(b) 4620
(c) 3685
(d) 3892
(e) 4270

17. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
113, 218, 429, 852, ?, 3394
(a) 1699
(b) 1498
(c) 1536
(d) 1827
(e) 1925

18. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
9, 5.5, 6.5, ?, 57, 457, 7313
(a) 14
(b) 22
(c) 19
(d) 37
(e) 29
19. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
17, 36, 106, 426, ?, 12770
(a) 1876
(b) 1958
(c) 2648
(d) 2128
(e) 2250

20. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
175, 140, 84, 33.6, ?
(a) 1.68
(b) 10.08
(c) 8.4
(d) 11.2
(e) 6.72

21. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
?, 9, 28, 142, 995, 8957
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 4
(e) 2
22. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
5, 15, 75, 525, ?, 51975
(a) 2189
(b) 4355
(c) 3924
(d) 2483
(e) 4725

23. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
3, 5, 13, 67, 467, ?
(a) 849
(b) 7283
(c) 4205
(d) 1382
(e) 5759

24. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
3, ?, 31, 191, 1535, 15359
(a) 19
(b) 7
(c) 12.5
(d) 24
(e) 12
25. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
16, 30, 28, 54, 52, ?
(a) 59
(b) 64
(c) 28
(d) 102
(e) 163

26. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
4, 7, 25, 145, ?, 11521
(a) 469
(b) 1153
(c) 281
(d) 975
(e) 1284

27. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
7500, 300, 15, 1, ?, 0.02
(a) 0.5
(b) 1
(c) 0.2
(d) 0.1
(e) 0.4
28. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
250, 126, 66, 34, 20, ?
(a) 8
(b) 15
(c) 7
(d) 11
(e) 6

29. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
4011, 1338, ?, 150, 51, 18, 7
(a) 529
(b) 447
(c) 264
(d) 536
(e) 338

30. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
2520, ?, 60, 12, 3, 1, 0.5
(a) 240
(b) 144
(c) 288
(d) 250
(e) 360
31. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
1155, 105, 15, ?, 1, 0.5
(a) 6
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 7.5
(e) 9

32. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
32253, 10750, 2149, 306, ?, 2
(a) 50
(b) 46
(c) 51
(d) 33
(e) 78

33. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
37516, 18760, 4692, 784, 100, ?
(a) 26
(b) 48
(c) 12
(d) 64
(e) 39
34. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
2, 2, 4, 6, 10, ?
(a) 20
(b) 24
(c) 16
(d) 18
(e) 15

35. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
12, 12, 24, 36, 60, ?, 156
(a) 84
(b) 96
(c) 108
(d) 64
(e) 88

36. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
7, 7, 14, 28, 56, ?
(a) 112
(b) 84
(c) 105
(d) 96
(e) 121
37. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
7500, 750, 150, 45, 18, ?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 6
(e) 9

38. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
3125, 625, 250, 150, 120, ?
(a) 100
(b) 120
(c) 80
(d) 60
(e) 75

39. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
240, 120, 80, 60, 48, ?
(a) 32
(b) 30
(c) 36
(d) 40
(e) 24
40. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
56, 63, 72, 84, 100.8, ?
(a) 102.4
(b) 122.5
(c) 126
(d) 115.6
(e) 104

41. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
521, 523, 529, 553, 673, ?
(a) 841
(b) 1589
(c) 961
(d) 1393
(e) 1248

42. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
1, 1, 2, 6, 24, ?
(a) 96
(b) 120
(c) 144
(d) 48
(e) 64
43. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
1, 2, 3, 7, 25, ?
(a) 76
(b) 49
(c) 99
(d) 121
(e) 51

44. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
0, 3, 20, 115, ?, 5033
(a) 460
(b) 714
(c) 520
(d) 872
(e) 690

45. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
469, 757, 486, 786, 505, 817, 528, ?
(a) 841
(b) 860
(c) 849
(d) 854
(e) 909
46. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
652, 351, 648, 339, 642, 323, ?, 303
(a) 634
(b) 652
(c) 640
(d) 666
(e) 679

47. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
10, 25, 20, 75, 60, 300, 240, ?
(a) 720
(b) 1200
(c) 1500
(d) 960
(e) 1225

48. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
72, 5040, 36, 504, 9, 42, 1.5, ?
(a) 8
(b) 21
(c) 6
(d) 15
(e) 3
49. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
52, 13, 88, 134, 137, 278, ?, 447
(a) 201
(b) 361
(c) 425
(d) 397
(e) 360

50. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following series?
42, 17, 83, 50, 165, 149, 329, ?
(a) 528
(b) 659
(c) 446
(d) 343
(e) 519

Solutions

(1)
8,
8×1=8
8 × 3 = 24
24 × 5 = 120
120 × 7 = 840
840 × 9 = 7560
Therefore, 840 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 840

(2)
23,
23 × 2 = 46
46 × 3 = 138
138 × 4 = 552
552 × 5 = 2760
2760 × 6 = 16560
Therefore, 46 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 46

(3)
12,
12 × 2 = 24
24 × 3 = 72
72 × 5 = 360
360 × 7 = 2520
2520 × 11 = 27720
Therefore, 360 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 360

(4)
38,
38 + 4 = 42
42 × 4 = 168
168 + 4 = 172
172 × 4 = 688
688 + 4 = 692
692 × 4 = 2768
Therefore, 2768 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (a) 2768

(5)
36,
36 × 3 = 108
108 × 3 = 324
324 × 3 = 972
972 × 3 = 2916
2916 × 3 = 8748
Therefore, 972 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (c) 972

(6)
13,
13 × 2 = 26
26 × 4 = 104
104 × 6 = 624
624 × 8 = 4992
4992 × 10 = 49920
Therefore, 4992 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 4992

(7)
28,
28 × 0.5 = 14
14 × 1 = 14
14 × 1.5 = 21
21 × 2 = 42
42 × 2.5 = 105
Therefore, 14 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (c) 14

(8)
48,
48 × 1.5 = 72
72 × 1.5 = 108
108 × 1.5 = 162
162 × 1.5 = 243
243 × 1.5 = 364.5
Therefore, 243 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 243

(9)
32,
32 × 0.5 = 16
16 × 1.5 = 24
24 × 2.5 = 60
60 × 3.5 = 210
210 × 4.5 = 945
945 × 5.5 = 5197.5
Therefore, 24 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 24

(10)
4,
(4 × 2) + 2 = 10
(10 × 3) + 3 = 33
(33 × 4) + 4 = 136
(136 × 5) + 5 = 685
(685 × 6) + 6 = 4116
Therefore, 4116 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 4116

(11)
41,
(41 × 2) + 2 = 84
(84 × 2) + 2 = 170
(170 × 2) + 2 = 342
(342 × 2) + 2 = 686
(686 × 2) + 2 = 1374
(1374 × 2) + 2 = 2750
Therefore, 170 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 170

(12)
49,
(49 × 0.5) + 0.5 = 25
(25 × 1.5) + 1.5 = 39
(39 × 2.5) + 2.5 = 100
(100 × 3.5) + 3.5 = 353.5
(353.5 × 4.5) + 4.5 = 1595.25
Therefore, 25 should come in place of ?.
Hence, option d.

(13)
7,
(7 × 3) + 22 = 25
(25 × 3) + 32 = 84
(84 × 3) + 42 = 268
(268 × 3) + 52 = 829
(829 × 3) + 62 = 2523
Therefore, 25 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (a) 25

(14)
14,
(14 × 2) + 1 = 29
(29 × 3) + 1 = 88
(88 × 5) + 1 = 441
(441 × 7) + 1 = 3088
(3088 × 11) + 1 = 33969
Therefore, 3088 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 3088

(15)
17,
(17 × 3) + 1 = 52
(52 × 5) + 1 = 261
(261 × 3) + 1 = 784
(784 × 5) + 1 = 3921
(3921 × 3) + 1 = 11764
Therefore, 52 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (a) 52

(16)
12,
12 × 11 = 132
132 × 7 = 924
924 × 5 = 4620
4620 × 3 = 13860
13860 × 2 = 27720
Therefore, 4620 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 4620

(17)
113,
(113 × 2) – 8 = 218
(218 × 2) – 7 = 429
(429 × 2) – 6 = 852
(852 × 2) – 5 = 1699
(1699 × 2) – 4 = 3394
Therefore, 1699 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (a) 1699

(18)
9,
(9 × 0.5) + 1 = 5.5
(5.5 × 1) + 1 = 6.5
(6.5 × 2) + 1 = 14
(14 × 4) + 1 = 57
(57 × 8) + 1 = 457
(457 × 16) + 1 = 7313

Therefore, 14 should come in place of ?.

Answer: (a) 14

(19)
17,
(17 × 2) + 2 = 36
(36 × 3) – 2 = 106
(106 × 4) + 2 = 426
(426 × 5) – 2 = 2128
(2128 × 6) + 2 = 12770
Therefore, 2128 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 2128

(20)
175,
175 × 1 = 175
175 × 0.8 = 140
140 × 0.6 = 84
84 × 0.4 = 33.6
33.6 × 0.2 = 6.72
Therefore, 6.72 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 6.72

(21)
(9 × 3) + 1 = 28
(28 × 5) + 2 = 142
(142 × 7) + 1 = 995
(995 × 9) + 2 = 8957

Let the first number of the series be ‘x’.

According to the given pattern,
(x × 1) + 2 = 9
Or, x = 9 – 2
So, x = 7
Therefore, 7 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 7

(22)
5,
5 × 3 = 15
15 × 5 = 75
75 × 7 = 525
525 × 9 = 4725
4725 × 11 = 51975
Therefore, 4725 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 4725

(23)
3,
(3 × 1) + 2 = 5
(5 × 3) – 2 = 13
(13 × 5) + 2 = 67
(67 × 7) – 2 = 467
(467 × 9) + 2 = 4205
Therefore, 4205 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (c) 4205

(24)
3,
(3 × 2) + 1 = 7
(7 × 4) + 3 = 31
(31 × 6) + 5 = 191
(191 × 8) + 7 = 1535
(1535 × 10) + 9 = 15359
Therefore, 7 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 7

(25)
16,
(16 × 2) – 2 = 30
(30 × 1) – 2 = 28
(28 × 2) – 2 = 54
(54 × 1) – 2 = 52
(52 × 2) – 2 = 102
Therefore, 102 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 102

(26)
4,
(4 × 2) – 1 = 7
(7 × 4) – 3 = 25
(25 × 6) – 5 = 145
(145 × 8) – 7 = 1153
(1153 × 10) – 9 = 11521
Therefore, 1153 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 1153

(27)
7500,
7500 ÷ 25 = 300
300 ÷ 20 = 15
15 ÷ 15 = 1
1 ÷ 10 = 0.1
0.1 ÷ 5 = 0.02
Therefore, 0.1 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 0.1

(28)
250,
(250 ÷ 2) + 1 = 126
(126 ÷ 2) + 3 = 66
(66 ÷ 2) + 1 = 34
(34 ÷ 2) + 3 = 20
(20 ÷ 2) + 1 = 11
Therefore, 11 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 11

(29)
4011,
(4011 ÷ 3) + 1 = 1338
(1338 ÷ 3) + 1 = 447
(447 ÷ 3) + 1 = 150
(150 ÷ 3) + 1 = 51
(51 ÷ 3) + 1 = 18
(18 ÷ 3) + 1 = 7
Therefore, 447 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 447

(30)
2520,
2520 ÷ 7 = 360
360 ÷ 6 = 60
60 ÷ 5 = 12
12 ÷ 4 = 3
3÷3=1
1 ÷ 2 = 0.5
Therefore, 360 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 360

(31)
1155,
1155 ÷ 11 = 105
105 ÷ 7 = 15
15 ÷ 5 = 3
3÷3=1
1 ÷ 2 = 0.5
Therefore, 3 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 3

(32)
32253,
(32253 ÷ 3) – 1 = 10750
(10750 ÷ 5) – 1 = 2149
(2149 ÷ 7) – 1 = 306
(306 ÷ 9) – 1 = 33
(33 ÷ 11) – 1 = 2
Therefore, 33 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 33

(33)
37516,
(37516 ÷ 2) + 2 = 18760
(18760 ÷ 4) + 2 = 4692
(4692 ÷ 6) + 2 = 784
(784 ÷ 8) + 2 = 100
(100 ÷ 10) + 2 = 12
Therefore, 12 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (c) 12

(34)
2,
0+2=2
(Because first number is 2, so we added 0 to find second
number)
2+2=4
2 + 4 = 6,
4 + 6 = 10
6 + 10 = 16
Therefore, 16 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (c) 16

(35)
12,
0 + 12 = 12
(Because first number is 12, so we added 0 to find second
number)
12 + 12 = 24
12 + 24 = 36
24 + 36 = 60
36 + 60 = 96
60 + 96 = 156
Therefore, 1 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 96
(36)
7,
0+7=7
(Because first number is 7, so we added 0 to find second
number)
7 + 7 = 14
7 + 7 + 14 = 28
7 + 7 + 14 + 28 = 56
7 + 7 + 14 + 28 + 56 = 112
Therefore, 112 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (a) 112

(37)
7500,
10% of 7500 = 0.1 × 7500 = 750
20% of 750 = 0.2 × 750 = 150
30% of 150 = 0.3 × 150 = 45
40% of 45 = 0.4 × 45 = 18
50% of 18 = 0.5 × 18 = 9
Therefore, 9 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 9

(38)
3125,
20% of 3125 = 0.2 × 3125 = 625
40% of 625 = 0.4 × 625 = 250
60% of 250 = 0.6 × 250 = 150
80% of 150 = 0.8 × 150 = 120
100% of 120 = 1 × 120 = 120
Therefore, 120 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 120

(39)
240,
240 × (1/2) = 120
120 × (2/3) = 80
80 × (3/4) = 60
60 × (4/5) = 48
48 × (5/6) = 40
Therefore, 40 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 40

(40)
56,
56 × (9/8) = 63
63 × (8/7) = 72
72 × (7/6) = 84
84 × (6/5) = 100.8
100.8 × (5/4) = 126
Therefore, 126 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (c) 126
(41)

Therefore, 1393 should come in place of ?.

Answer: (d) 1393

(42)
0! = 1
1! = 1
2! = 2
3! = 6
4! = 24
5! = 120
Therefore, 120 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 120

(43)
0! + 1 = 1
1! + 1 = 2
2! + 1 = 3
3! + 1 = 7
4! + 1 = 25
5! + 1 = 121
Therefore, 121 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (d) 121

(44)
2! – 2 = 0
3! – 3 = 3
4! – 4 = 20
5! – 5 = 115
6! – 6 = 714
7! – 7 = 5033
Therefore, 714 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (b) 714

(45)

Therefore, 854 should come in place of ?.

Answer: (d) 854
(46)

Therefore, 634 should come in place of ?.

Answer: (a) 634

(47)

Therefore, 1500 should come in place of ?.

Answer: (c) 1500

(48)
Therefore, 3 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (e) 3

(49)

Therefore, 201 should come in place of ?.

Answer: (a) 201

(50)
Therefore, 446 should come in place of ?.
Answer: (c) 446