{"id":237862,"date":"2025-06-17T17:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=237862"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:28:59","slug":"what-will-come-next-in-the-following-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/17\/what-will-come-next-in-the-following-series\/","title":{"rendered":"What will come next in the following series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What will come next in the following series? 84 12 32 a) 6 b) 8 c) 5 d) 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s analyze the number series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

84, 12, 32, ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will look at the differences and patterns between the numbers to determine what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Analyze the pattern between the numbers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First to second term:<\/strong>
84 \u2192 12
Let\u2019s divide 84 by 7:
84 \u00f7 7 = 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second to third term:<\/strong>
12 \u2192 32
This appears to be an increase.
32 \u2212 12 = 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • First operation: 84 \u00f7 7 = 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Second operation: 12 + 20 = 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Let us now attempt to continue this pattern.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If the pattern alternates between division and addition, we might expect the next operation to be a division again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Step 2: Apply similar logic to get the next term<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Third to fourth term:<\/strong>
    32 \u00f7 ? = ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We need to divide 32 by something to get the correct option from the choices provided:
    a) 6
    b) 8
    c) 5
    d) 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s test each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • 32 \u00f7 6 = 5.33<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 32 \u00f7 8 = 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 32 \u00f7 5 = 6.4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 32 \u00f7 7 = approximately 4.57<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      None of these give a whole number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Let\u2019s consider another pattern: perhaps the operations alternate with a regular change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      • Step 1: 84 \u00f7 7 = 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Step 2: 12 + 20 = 32<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Step 3: Could the rule be alternating division and addition by a consistent number?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Let’s look at the operations again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • First: divide by 7<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Second: add 20
          If this is the pattern, we may now subtract a constant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          But subtraction after addition is not supported by the current series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Now let\u2019s test this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          What if it’s alternating division by 7 and addition by 20?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \n
          • 84 \u00f7 7 = 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • 12 + 20 = 32<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • 32 \u00f7 4 = 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            So perhaps the division factor decreases by 3 each time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            • First division: \u00f77<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Second addition: +20<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Third division: \u00f74<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Fourth: should be +20 again
              So the next number is:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              32 \u00f7 4 = 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Final Answer: (b) 8<\/strong> \u2705<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

              This follows the pattern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \n
              • \u00f77, +20, \u00f74, then likely +20 again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                \"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                What will come next in the following series? 84 12 32 a) 6 b) 8 c) 5 d) 7 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Let’s analyze the number series: 84, 12, 32, ? We will look at the differences and patterns between the numbers to determine what comes next. Step 1: Analyze the pattern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}