All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #31 : How To Work With Number Series
What number should fill in the blank in this series?
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The pattern is to subtract each time. The operation before the blank is
Example Question #32 : How To Work With Number Series
What number should come next in this series?
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The pattern is subtract , then multiply by . The last operation is .
Example Question #33 : How To Work With Number Series
What number should come next in this series?
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There are two alternating patterns in this series. The first is add each time:
The second is to multiply by each time:
The blank belongs to the second pattern. The last operation is
Example Question #34 : How To Work With Number Series
What number should come next in this series?
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The main pattern in this series is to subtract each time. However, every two elements a is inserted in between the numbers. Ignoring the s, you have:
and the next number will be
Example Question #35 : How To Work With Number Series
What number should come next in this series?
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In this series, each of the numbers is a perfect square. is the square of , is the square of , is the square of , etc. The last number should be the square of :
Example Question #31 : Number Series*
What number should fill in the blank in this series?
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The pattern is to add each time. The operation before the blank is .
Example Question #37 : How To Work With Number Series
What number should come next in this series?
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The pattern is to multiply by , then subtract . The last operation is .
Example Question #32 : Number Series*
What number should come next in this series?
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The pattern is multiply by , then add . The last operation is .
Example Question #33 : Number Series*
What number should fill in the blank in this series?
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The pattern for this series is to multiply by each time. The operation before the blank is .
Example Question #34 : Number Series*
What number should come next in this series?
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The pattern is to add , then multiply by . The last operation is .