Question

What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series?
132 156 ? 210 240 272
A) 196
B) 182
C) 199
D) 204​

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer is 182

Step-by-step explanation:

a pattern is followed in the difference between the two numbers.i.e.

1. the difference between 1st pair is 24(156-132=24)
2. the difference between the second pair must be 26(182-156=26)
3. the difference between the third pair must be 28(210-182=28)
4. the difference between the fourth pair is 30(240-210)
5. the difference between the fifth pair is 32(272-240=32)

• hence, the pattern of differences is 24,26,28,30,32.
• therefore, the the missing no. must be 182.