Saturday, April 25, 2015

Pattern Recognition - 32

Which fruit would come next in this series?

 Apple , Emblic , Itapalm, Orange , ______ , .................

 1. Watermelon     2. Ugli       3.  Tomato      4. Quince


Answer


Very simple...Consider the first letter in each word...

Apple , Emblic , Itapalm, Orange , ______ , ...................................

A,  E , I , O, _ (Vowels)

So the next word(fruit) will start with the letter 'U'  -Ugli

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Pattern Recognition - 31

Find the next two numbers in the series.

27 , 45 , 9 ,81 ,261 ,_ ,_ ,...................


Answer 


27 *2 =54     reverse(54) ----> 45
45 *2 =90     reverse(90) ----> 9
9 *2 =18       reverse(18) ----> 81
81*2=162     reverse(162) ---->261


Next two numbers

261*2=522    reverse(522) ----> 225
225*2=450   reverse(450) ----> 54

27 , 45 , 9 ,81 ,261 ,225, 54 ,...................

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Pattern Recognition - 30

Find the next two numbers in the series.

1 , 2 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 32 ,_ ,_ , ...................


Answer

2= 2 *1
4=2*2
8=2*4
32=4*8


Next two numbers

8*32= 256
32*256=8192

1 , 2 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 32 , 256  , 8192, ...................