Odd Man Out Questions

Here the given series is 396, 462, 572, 427, 671, 264.

In all the terms, the middle digit is the sum of first and third digit except 427.

So the Odd number in the given series is 427.

Each number is twice the preceding one with 1 added or subtracted alternatively.

So, the next number is (2 x 261 + 1) = 523.

Given 

6   3   3   6   24   ?

Here

6

6 x 0.5 = 3

3 x 1 = 3 

3 x 2 = 6

6 x 4 = 24 

24 x 8 = 192

The next number in the given series is 192.

Here the given series 7, 11, 19, 35, ?

follows a pattern that (x 2 - 3) i.e,

7

7 x 2 - 3 = 11

11 x 2 - 3 = 19

19 x 2 - 3 = 35

35 x 2 - 3 = 67

67 x 2 - 3 = 131

Hence the next number in the given number series is 67.

Arithmetic Series ::

An Arithmetic Series is a series of numbers in which each term increases by a constant amount.

How to find the sum of the Arithmetic Sequence or Series for the given Series ::

When the series contains a large amount of numbers, its impractical to add manually. You can quickly find the sum of any arithmetic sequence by multiplying the average of the first and last term by the number of terms in the sequence.

That is given by Sn = n(a1 + an)2 Where n = number of terms, a1 = first term, an = last term

Here Last term is given by an = a1 + n-1d where d = common difference

Now given Arithmetic Series is 

2, 5, 8, 11,...

Here a1 = 2,  d = 3, n = 36 

Now, $$\begin{gathered} an= a1 + n - 1d \\ a36= 2 + 36 - 13 = 105 + 2 = 107 \end{gathered}$$

Now, Sum to 36 terms is given by

S36 = 36(2 + 107)2 = 36 x 1092 = 39242 = 1962

Therefore, Sum to 36 terms of the series 2, 5, 8, 11,... is 1962.

Subtract 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 from successive numbers.

So, 34 is wrong.

The numbers are 7 x 8, 8 x 9, 9 x 10, 10 x 11, 11 x 12, 12 x 13.

So, 150 is wrong.

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