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Number Series Worksheet for Maths Olympiad

Maths Olympiad topic 2: Number patterns: what comes next? · Set 624 · 40 questions
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How to solve it (Look at the gaps): Look at two numbers side by side and find the jump: 5 → 10 is a jump of +5. Is the jump the same every time? Then add the same jump once more to the last number. Going down? Take away the same jump. Harder patterns: the jump can grow (+2, +3, +4 …) or the numbers can double (2, 4, 8, 16 …).

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  1. 1.What comes next? 1, 3, 9, 27, ? (a) 90 (b) 72 (c) 45 (d) 81
  2. 2.What comes next? 40, 37, 34, 31, 28, ? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) 22
  3. 3.What comes next? 11, 17, 13, 19, 15, 21, ? (a) 16 (b) 25 (c) 27 (d) 17
  4. 4.What comes next? 28, 34, 40, 46, 52, ? (a) 64 (b) 57 (c) 59 (d) 58
  5. 5.What comes next? 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, ? (a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 28
  6. 6.What comes next? 7, 18, 29, 40, 51, ? (a) 63 (b) 62 (c) 61 (d) 73
  7. 7.What comes next? 16, 17, 19, 22, 26, ? (a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 33
  8. 8.What comes next? 13, 21, 29, 37, 45, ? (a) 61 (b) 54 (c) 52 (d) 53
  9. 9.What comes next? 3, 9, 27, 81, ? (a) 135 (b) 216 (c) 270 (d) 243
  10. 10.What comes next? 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ? (a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 22 (d) 23
  11. 11.What comes next? 36, 32, 28, 24, 20, ? (a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 15
  12. 12.What comes next? 18, 26, 34, 42, 50, ? (a) 59 (b) 66 (c) 58 (d) 57
  13. 13.What comes next? 20, 28, 27, 35, 34, 42, ? (a) 41 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 50
  14. 14.What comes next? 19, 31, 43, 55, 67, ? (a) 91 (b) 80 (c) 79 (d) 78
  15. 15.What comes next? 27, 23, 19, 15, 11, ? (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
  16. 16.What comes next? 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, ? (a) 47 (b) 51 (c) 46 (d) 48
  17. 17.What comes next? 9, 15, 21, 27, 33, ? (a) 39 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 38
  18. 18.What comes next? 19, 17, 15, 13, 11, ? (a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 7
  19. 19.What comes next? 20, 28, 36, 44, 52, ? (a) 60 (b) 59 (c) 68 (d) 61
  20. 20.What comes next? 41, 37, 33, 29, 25, ? (a) 21 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 17
  21. 21.What comes next? 17, 26, 19, 28, 21, 30, ? (a) 22 (b) 23 (c) 37 (d) 39
  22. 22.What comes next? 57, 51, 45, 39, 33, ? (a) 21 (b) 26 (c) 28 (d) 27
  23. 23.What comes next? 5, 6, 8, 11, 15, ? (a) 22 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 20
  24. 24.What comes next? 40, 34, 28, 22, 16, ? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 4 (d) 10
  25. 25.What comes next? 2, 14, 26, 38, 50, ? (a) 74 (b) 62 (c) 61 (d) 63
  26. 26.What comes next? 47, 38, 29, 20, 11, ? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
  27. 27.What comes next? 2, 6, 18, 54, ? (a) 180 (b) 162 (c) 90 (d) 144
  28. 28.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, ? (a) 161 (b) 120 (c) 200 (d) 160
  29. 29.What comes next? 3, 12, 6, 15, 9, 18, ? (a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 11 (d) 12
  30. 30.What comes next? 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, ? (a) 68 (b) 78 (c) 67 (d) 69
  31. 31.What comes next? 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, ? (a) 55 (b) 56 (c) 54 (d) 61
  32. 32.What comes next? 3, 5, 8, 12, 17, ? (a) 22 (b) 25 (c) 24 (d) 23
  33. 33.What comes next? 12, 13, 15, 18, 22, ? (a) 27 (b) 29 (c) 26 (d) 28
  34. 34.What comes next? 26, 21, 16, 11, 6, ? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
  35. 35.What comes next? 3, 7, 6, 10, 9, 13, ? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 12 (d) 14
  36. 36.What comes next? 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, ? (a) 26 (b) 28 (c) 27 (d) 25
  37. 37.What comes next? 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, ? (a) 240 (b) 193 (c) 144 (d) 192
  38. 38.What comes next? 38, 33, 28, 23, 18, ? (a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 12 (d) 8
  39. 39.What comes next? 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, ? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 27 (d) 24
  40. 40.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, ? (a) 97 (b) 96 (c) 72 (d) 120

Answer key

  1. 81
  2. 25
  3. 17
  4. 58
  5. 25
  6. 62
  7. 31
  8. 53
  9. 243
  10. 23
  11. 16
  12. 58
  13. 41
  14. 79
  15. 7
  16. 47
  17. 39
  18. 9
  19. 60
  20. 21
  21. 23
  22. 27
  23. 20
  24. 10
  25. 62
  26. 2
  27. 162
  28. 160
  29. 12
  30. 68
  31. 55
  32. 23
  33. 27
  34. 1
  35. 12
  36. 26
  37. 192
  38. 13
  39. 24
  40. 96

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