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RPF Constable Arithmetic and Non-verbal Series — practice questions

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Shelf labels rise by 6: 14, 20, 26, ?. Which label comes next?Read the answer and worked solution →A countdown drops by 7 each time: 53, 46, 39, ?. Next reading?Read the answer and worked solution →Box 1 holds 5 beads; each next box holds double. Beads in box 4?Read the answer and worked solution →Tickets have equally spaced numbers: 8, ?, 20, 26. Missing number?Read the answer and worked solution →Tokens carry 1², 2², 3², ... in order. What is on the 8th token?Read the answer and worked solution →Page markers start at 4 and rise by 3. What is the fifth marker?Read the answer and worked solution →Liquid amounts halve each round: 96, 48, 24, ? mL. Next amount?Read the answer and worked solution →Labels should rise by 8: 17, 25, 33, 42, 49. Which label is wrong?Read the answer and worked solution →Row 1 has 12 seats; each next row has 4 more. Seats in row 9?Read the answer and worked solution →Box counts follow ×3: 4, x, y, 108. What is x + y?Read the answer and worked solution →Tags start at 9 and rise by 7. What is the position of tag 100?Read the answer and worked solution →Scores start 4, 7; each later score sums the prior two. Sixth score?Read the answer and worked solution →Game scores start at 3 and multiply by −2 each round. Sixth score?Read the answer and worked solution →One label series starts 5, adds 8; another starts 8, adds 11. First match?Read the answer and worked solution →Row sizes rise equally; row 4 has 19 and row 10 has 49. Row 15 size?Read the answer and worked solution →Labels 7, 12, 17, ..., 82 rise by 5; one is lost, leaving sum 660. Lost label?Read the answer and worked solution →Match the calculated resultRead the answer and worked solution →The row a,b,c,d,e,f uses1–6 once. c=a+b; e=b+d; f=a+d; a<b<d. Find e.Read the answer and worked solution →Two arithmetic progressions alternate. One adjacent pair was swapped:3,6,8,13,10,14,18,18. Restore it; what are the next2 terms?Read the answer and worked solution →Start at2; alternate×2+a, then×3−b, with a,b each1–4. Exactly one other term is wrong:2,8,19,41,121,245. Its replacement?Read the answer and worked solution →Use1–6 once in a row. The5 absolute neighbour differences must be1–5 once each. First=2,last=5,second≠6. What is fourth?Read the answer and worked solution →Continue the patternsRead the answer and worked solution →Continue the patternsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Shelf labels rise by 6: 14, 20, 26, ?. Which label comes next?

  1. 32
  2. 36
  3. 30
  4. 34
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Correct answer: A. 32

Adding 6 to 26 gives the next label, 32.

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A countdown drops by 7 each time: 53, 46, 39, ?. Next reading?

  1. 32
  2. 34
  3. 30
  4. 36
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Correct answer: A. 32

Subtracting 7 from 39 gives the next reading, 32.

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Box 1 holds 5 beads; each next box holds double. Beads in box 4?

  1. 20
  2. 30
  3. 80
  4. 40
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Correct answer: D. 40

The box counts are 5, 10, 20 and 40, so box 4 holds 40 beads.

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