Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Her the given number series is 11, 17, 39, 85, ?

$$\begin{gathered} 11 \\ 11 + 32 - 3 = 17 \\ 17 + (52 - 3) = 39 \\ 39 + (72 - 3) = 85 \\ 85 + (92 - 3) = 163 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the next number in the given sequence is 163.

Sum of place value in a row is 30.

So the letter which comes in place of '?' is 'I'. 

Alliteration is the one-word substitute for Commencement of words with the same letter.

Alliteration is a figure of speech which is identified as the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Let’s break it down. The product of their ages is 72. So what are the possible choices?

2, 2, 18 – sum(2, 2, 18) = 22
2, 4, 9 – sum(2, 4, 9) = 15
2, 6, 6 – sum(2, 6, 6) = 14
2, 3, 12 – sum(2, 3, 12) = 17
3, 4, 6 – sum(3, 4, 6) = 13
3, 3, 8 – sum(3, 3, 8 ) = 14
1, 8, 9 – sum(1,8,9) = 18
1, 3, 24 – sum(1, 3, 24) = 28
1, 4, 18 – sum(1, 4, 18) = 23
1, 2, 36 – sum(1, 2, 36) = 39
1, 6, 12 – sum(1, 6, 12) = 19

The sum of their ages is the same as your birth date. That could be anything from 1 to 31 but the fact that Jack was unable to find out the ages, it means there are two or more combinations with the same sum. From the choices above, only two of them are possible now.

2, 6, 6 – sum(2, 6, 6) = 14
3, 3, 8 – sum(3, 3, 8 ) = 14

Since the eldest kid is taking piano lessons, we can eliminate combination 1 since there are two eldest ones. The answer is 3, 3 and 8.

The series follow the rule,

21 = 
77 = 92-4
165 = 132-4
285 = 172-4

5,9,13,17,21,(+4)...
In the same way next no. will be
212-4 = 441 - 4 = 437