Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
4681012 ⇒
A) 18 B) 12 C) 17 D) 14 E) 15
[Correct Answer]:D
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
98765 ⇒
A) 4 B) 7 C) 0 D) 6 E) 3
[Correct Answer]:A
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1235813 ⇒
A) 25 B) 20 C) 21 D) 24 E) 19
[Correct Answer]:C
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
0120120120 ⇒
A) 4 B) 2 C) 1 D) 3 E) 0
[Correct Answer]:C
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

147714471147 ⇒
A) 13 B) 4 C) 7 D) 10 E) 1
[Correct Answer]:C
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
8

1
7

1
6

1
5

1
8

1
7

1
6

1
5

1
8

1
7

1
6

1
5

1
8

1
7

1
6
⇒
A)
1
9
B)
1
7
C)
1
8
D)
1
10
E)
1
5

[Correct Answer]:E
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
12342234323442⇒
A) 1 B) 5 C) 2 D) 4 E) 3
[Correct Answer]:E
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

1
2

2
3

3
4

4
5

5
6

6
7

7
8
⇒
A)
10
9
B)
8
9
C)
7
9
D)
8
10
E)
8
7

[Correct Answer]:B
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

14916 ⇒
A) 30 B) 25 C) 35 D) 45 E) 40
[Correct Answer]:B
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
525252225222522 ⇒
A) 222522 B) 2225222 C) 22252 D) 25222 E) 225222
[Correct Answer]:A