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Verbal Reasoning - Series Completion - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Series Completion - Section 2 (Q.No. 4)
Series Completion
Directions to Solve

Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace the question mark in the given series.

4.
5824, 5242, ?, 4247, 3823
4467
4718
4856
5164
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Each term in the series is obtained by subtracting from the preceding term the number

formed by the first three digits of the preceding term.

So, missing term = 5242 - 524 = 4718.

Discussion:
11 comments Page 1 of 2.
Avinash said:   1 decade ago
The sequence is as follows:

5824, (5824-582=5242), (5242-524=4718), (4718-471=4247), (4247-424=3823), which is as per the sequence given.
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N.malavika said:   1 decade ago
I think the answer is wrong or I don't know whether I understood wrongly if you use this method for solving the problem then the next number should come correctly. According to your method the next number should be 4718-542=4176 but the next number is 4718 ?
Rajwant said:   1 decade ago
For next number, calculate as follows:

4718-471 = 4247.
Tamanna said:   9 years ago
Correct @Avinash.
Sathya said:   9 years ago
What Avinash said is correct. Agree with him.
Jayasree said:   9 years ago
@Rajwant.

Can you say that how can you guess, as it is 471?
Murali said:   9 years ago
Thank you @Avinash.
Samadhan said:   8 years ago
@Jayasree.

Consider first 3 digits for subtraction.
Mukul said:   7 years ago
@Jayasree,

Just look at the first 3 digits of every number in the sequence, they are the common difference between that number and next number, eg: '582'4- (582) = 5242.
Now ' 524'2- (524) then we will get the answer.
Syed mushahid said:   6 years ago
How will we know that we have to take the first 3 digits of the preceding term?
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