Number Series Formula

August 10, 2023

Formulas for Number series

Here on this page you will get to know about the Number Series formulas with its definition  and types. You will also get to learn, How to solve Questions with the help of formulas. 

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Number Series Formulas:

Number series is a sequence of numbers which is framed, using a particular system/rule, in which the numbers are not in a specific order. All we have to do is to find out the system/rule that a particular series is following and finding the number using that system/rule.

For Example : 3, 9, 27, 81 ?

It is Geometric series.

Each term is Multiplied by 3.

So , 81 x 3 = 243

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Number series formulas

Formulas for Number Series :

 Arithmetic ProgressionGeometric Progression
Sequencea, a+d, a+2d,……,a+(n-1)d,….a, ar, ar^{2},….,ar^{(n-1)},…
Common Difference or Ratio

Successive term – Preceding term

Common difference = d = a2 – a1

Successive term/Preceding term
Common ratio = r = ar^{(n-1)}/ar^{(n-2)}
General Term (nth Term)an = a + (n-1)dan = ar^{(n-1)}
nth term from the last terman = l – (n-1)dan = l/r^{(n-1)}
Sum of first n termssn = n/2(2a + (n-1)d)sn = a(1 – rn)/(1 – r) if |r| < 1
sn = a(rn -1)/(r – 1) if |r| > 1

Types of number series:-

Types of Number Series is given below:

  1. Arithmetic Sequence : A sequence in which every term is created by adding or subtracting a definite number to the preceding number is an arithmetic sequence.
  2. Geometric Sequence : A sequence in which every term is obtained by multiplying or dividing a definite number with the preceding number is known as a geometric sequence.
  3. Harmonic Sequences :
    A series of numbers is said to be in harmonic sequence if the reciprocals of all the elements of the sequence form an arithmetic sequence.
  4. Fibonacci Numbers : Fibonacci numbers form an interesting sequence of numbers in which each element is obtained by adding two preceding elements and the sequence starts with 0 and 1. 

Questions and Answers for Number Series :

Question : Find the missing number? 99, 121, 143, ___, 187, 199 .

A. 170
B. 165
C. 158
D. 172

Answer : 165

Explanation:
The given series is an AP with first term as 99 and common difference as 22.

Question : Find the next term in the series : 51,52,53,55,58,63,____.

A. 69
B. 77
C. 81
D. 71

Answer : 71

Explanation:

Fibonacci series is added to each term.
51 + 0 =51
51 + 1=52
52 + 1=53
53 + 2=55
55 + 3=58
58 + 5=63
63 + 8=71

Question : Find the missing terms? 97,122,107,132,__,__.

A. 117,142
B. 122,112
C. 141,131
D. 121,131

Answer : 117,142

Explanation:
This series is a result of alternate +25 and -15.
97 + 25=122
122 – 15=107
107 + 25=132
132 – 15=117
117 + 25=142

So, the next two terms are 117 and 142.

Question :  Fill the missing term in the series

100, 92, 86 ,82, 74, 68, 64, 56, 50, __, ___.

A. 44, 36
B. 40, 34
C. 46, 38
D. 44, 32

Answer : 46, 38

Explanation:

The number series are in successive subtraction series of – 8, -6, -4 and then again -8,-6,-4.
So, the next terms after 50 will be 50-4=46 and 46-8=38.

Question : Select the missing number from the given responses.
19, 35, 67, 131, 259, 515, ?

A. 1281
B. 1291
C. 1071
D. 1027

Explanation :

11 × 2 – 3 = 19
19 × 2 – 3 = 35
35 × 2 – 3 = 67
67 × 2 – 3 = 131
131 × 2 – 3 = 259
259 × 2 – 3 = 515
515× 2 – 3 = 1027

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