Number Series - Complete Guide

Series is a set of numbers in a particular sequence formulated by particular method or logic or operations could be possible in a conventional or non conventional way forming a sequence of order
and to find it's wrong or missing number from a preceding number one need to follow that specific method logic or sequence which is used in others.

 

Series of order 

1. Arithmetic Series
2. Geo-metric Series
3. Series of Square and Cubes
4. Mixed Series
5. Other Series

Arithmetic Series: 

The series made through adding or subtracting a number in which each successive number is obtained through adding or subtracting method is called arithmetic series.
For Eg.

5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20...

20, 30, 40, 50, 60...

235, 116, -3, -116 ...

35, 70, 105, 145, 175, 210, 245...

125, 250, 375, 500...
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Geo-metric Series :

the series made through multiplying or dividing each number number to form a next number or successive number.
For Eg.

 116, 232, 464, 928, 1856...

161051, 14641, 1331, 121...

15, -30, 60, -120, 240....
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Series of Square,Cubes etc,:

The series in which each successive number get through making the square or cube of a number .
For Eg.

1, 8, 27, 64, 125...

15, 225, 50625...

125, 216, 343, 512, 729, 1000, 1331...
441, 484, 529, 576, 625...
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Mixed Series :

There is not a particular method of making a series.The series which could be based on conventional or non-conventional(but logical) method are called Mixed Series. Various types are (i) Two Tier Arithmetic Series (ii) Three-Tier Arithmetic Series

Eg.
5, 25, 7, 22, 9, 19, 11...
62, 64, 30, 32, 14, 16...
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Other Series :

There is a enormous way of creating a series and to master it we need lot of practice so those we categorized into a other series.


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