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Number Series Worksheet for Maths Olympiad

Maths Olympiad topic 2: Number patterns: what comes next? · Set 26 · 40 questions
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How to solve it (Look at the gaps): Write the gap between each pair of neighbours (+4, +4, … or −3, −3, …). Same gap? Add it again. Growing gap (+2, +3, +4)? The next gap is one more. Gaps that take turns (+5, −2, +5, −2)? Use the next one in turn. Numbers growing fast? Try × 2 or × 3.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.What comes next? 8, 11, 9, 12, 10, 13, ? (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 16
  2. 2.What comes next? 1, 3, 9, 27, ? (a) 72 (b) 90 (c) 45 (d) 81
  3. 3.What comes next? 2, 6, 18, 54, ? (a) 90 (b) 144 (c) 162 (d) 180
  4. 4.What comes next? 15, 19, 24, 30, 37, ? (a) 44 (b) 46 (c) 45 (d) 47
  5. 5.What comes next? 5, 8, 12, 17, 23, ? (a) 32 (b) 29 (c) 30 (d) 31
  6. 6.What comes next? 14, 18, 17, 21, 20, 24, ? (a) 28 (b) 25 (c) 22 (d) 23
  7. 7.What comes next? 16, 28, 40, 52, 64, ? (a) 88 (b) 77 (c) 75 (d) 76
  8. 8.What comes next? 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, ? (a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 20
  9. 9.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 40 (d) 32
  10. 10.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ? (a) 129 (b) 96 (c) 128 (d) 160
  11. 11.What comes next? 58, 51, 44, 37, 30, ? (a) 24 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 16
  12. 12.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, ? (a) 120 (b) 200 (c) 161 (d) 160
  13. 13.What comes next? 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ? (a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 11
  14. 14.What comes next? 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, ? (a) 20 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 18
  15. 15.What comes next? 39, 33, 27, 21, 15, ? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 9 (d) 3
  16. 16.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, ? (a) 72 (b) 120 (c) 97 (d) 96
  17. 17.What comes next? 25, 21, 17, 13, 9, ? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 5
  18. 18.What comes next? 3, 8, 5, 10, 7, 12, ? (a) 17 (b) 8 (c) 15 (d) 9
  19. 19.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 64 (b) 80 (c) 48 (d) 65
  20. 20.What comes next? 13, 15, 18, 22, 27, ? (a) 32 (b) 33 (c) 35 (d) 34
  21. 21.What comes next? 34, 31, 28, 25, 22, ? (a) 19 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 16
  22. 22.What comes next? 5, 12, 9, 16, 13, 20, ? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) 16
  23. 23.What comes next? 18, 23, 21, 26, 24, 29, ? (a) 31 (b) 34 (c) 26 (d) 27
  24. 24.What comes next? 6, 7, 9, 12, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 22 (c) 21 (d) 20
  25. 25.What comes next? 5, 16, 27, 38, 49, ? (a) 59 (b) 71 (c) 61 (d) 60
  26. 26.What comes next? 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, ? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 15
  27. 27.What comes next? 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, ? (a) 36 (b) 38 (c) 42 (d) 37
  28. 28.What comes next? 45, 41, 37, 33, 29, ? (a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 21
  29. 29.What comes next? 1, 7, 2, 8, 3, 9, ? (a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 4
  30. 30.What comes next? 20, 22, 25, 29, 34, ? (a) 42 (b) 41 (c) 40 (d) 39
  31. 31.What comes next? 38, 35, 32, 29, 26, ? (a) 24 (b) 23 (c) 22 (d) 20
  32. 32.What comes next? 19, 20, 22, 25, 29, ? (a) 36 (b) 35 (c) 33 (d) 34
  33. 33.What comes next? 35, 29, 23, 17, 11, ? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 7
  34. 34.What comes next? 5, 10, 7, 12, 9, 14, ? (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 19
  35. 35.What comes next? 23, 21, 19, 17, 15, ? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 13 (d) 11
  36. 36.What comes next? 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, ? (a) 50 (b) 51 (c) 55 (d) 49
  37. 37.What comes next? 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ? (a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 12
  38. 38.What comes next? 23, 19, 15, 11, 7, ? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
  39. 39.What comes next? 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 13, ? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 11 (d) 12
  40. 40.What comes next? 52, 43, 34, 25, 16, ? (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. 81
  3. 162
  4. 45
  5. 30
  6. 23
  7. 76
  8. 19
  9. 32
  10. 128
  11. 23
  12. 160
  13. 12
  14. 18
  15. 9
  16. 96
  17. 5
  18. 9
  19. 64
  20. 33
  21. 19
  22. 17
  23. 27
  24. 21
  25. 60
  26. 15
  27. 37
  28. 25
  29. 4
  30. 40
  31. 23
  32. 34
  33. 5
  34. 11
  35. 13
  36. 50
  37. 13
  38. 3
  39. 12
  40. 7

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