Number Puzzle Questions, Answers &

Explanation

DIRECTIONS: In the following questions find 27 38 ?

missing number. (a) 49 (b) 51
1. (c) 50 (d) 52
16 12 21 9 10 ? 7.
3 4 5
2 3 4
1 2 3
14 29 ?
(a) 50 (b) 30
(c) 40 (d) 32
14 15 16 8.
(a) -21 (b) 12
8 9 10
(c) 32 (d) 22
5 4 3
2.
28 ? 16
1 2 3 2 10 12 12 25 14
2 5 12 10 16 13
(a) 28 (b) 11
1 2 1 ? 10 24
(c) 32 (d) 18
(a) 5 (b) 11
9.
(c) 13 (d) 8
1
3.

4 30 2
? 9

33 17 3

3
(a) 60 (b) 68
(c) 55 (d) 65

4. 6 286 4

126 168 216

(a) 8 (b) 3
(c) 6 (d) 36 15
5.
4
169 64 81 30
625 ? 49 50
1296 576 100 70
(a) 324 (b) 289 3 218 ?
(c) 441 (d) 361
6.
1 2 3 12
4 5 6 (a) 6 (b) 7
7 8 9 (c) 9 (d) 12

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10. 10 21

28 50 ?
2 3 4 5 3 6

? (a) 60 (b) 62
3 5 (c) 64 (c) 66

(a) 35 (b) 40 15.

(c) 49 (d) 53
11. (a) 5 (b) 2
3 3 (b) 1 (d) 4
16.
1 12 5 3 20 7 1 2 3
2 3 4
6 10 ?
6 8
(a) 18 (b) 24
3
(b) 14 (d) 16
2 ? 7
17.

6
(a) 10 (b) 15 (a) 2 (b) 6
(c) 20 (d) 25 (b) 7 (d) 9
12. 18.
21 24 36
? 5
11 14 12
3 ? 4 11 7
77 112 108
(a) 2 (b) 4 (a) 1 (b) 9
(c) 3 (d) 5 (b) 12 (d) 17
19.
13.
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(a) 45 (b) 48
(c) 51 (d) 54 ? 66
14. dg
(a) 22 (b) 33
7 9 17 8 (c) 11 (d) 44

54
40 20.
6 3
4 5 (a) 56 (b) 120
(c) 51 (d) 44

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5 7

3 54 6
3 23 4
7 1 4
? 15
11

127 31 ? 40 2

9
63

(a) 190 (b) 255

(c) 221 (d) 236 (a) 4 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
23. The diagram below is a ‘magic square’ in
which all rows and columns and both
diagonals add up to 34. Find xy
1 8 13 12
14
4 x 16 y
21. 15
(a) 77 (b) 60
36 25 (c) 45 (d) 63

? 27 24.

33 23 (a) 16 (b) 15
(c) 18 (d) 17
21 30
25.
(a) 35 (b) 32 1 12 10
(c) 22 (d) 19 15 2 ?
22. 8 5 3
12 16 18 (a) 9 (b) 11
16 16 20 (c) 4 (d) 6
5 7 ? 26.
197 263 356 6 9 15
(a) 9 (b) -4 8 12 20
(c) 4 (d) -8 4 6 ?
(a) 5 (b) 10
(c) 15 (d) 21

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27.
72 24 6
96 16 12
108 ? 18
(a) 12 (b) 16
(c) 18 (d) 20
28.

4 7
(a) 5 (b) 6
5 1 64 3 (c) 8 (d) 9
32.
27 ? 4 8 4
11 8 5 0 6 7 1 6 11 ? 2
7 4 2
8 2 A B C
(a) 0 (b) 2
(c) 11 (d) 12
(a) 0 (b) 8
33.
(c) 125 (d) 216
101 43 48 34
38 ?
29. 35 15 56 184
A B
(a) 127 (b) 142
(c) 158 (d) 198
34.

(a) 13 (b) 14
(c) 20 (d) 21 (a) 49 (b) 50
30. (c) 60 (d) 69
35.
5 6 6 7 4 8
12 21 ?
1 2 4
4 5 10
7 8 ?
(a) 14 (b) 22
(c) 32 (d) 320
31. 9 65 6 8 4

(a) 6 (b) 9
(c) 10 (d) 11
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36.
Z ? S ? 2
R O ?
9 3
? G C
(a) WJK (b) KWT 7 4
(c) WKJ (d) JKW
37. 5 5
B G N
D J R (a) 10 (b) 11
G N ? (c) 12 (d) 13
(a) U (b) V
42.
(c) W (d) X
38. (a) 9 (b) 6
2 4 0 (c) 15 (d) 14
1 2 4 43.
3 1 3 7 6 6
36 ? 91 8 6 ?
(a) 24 (b) 48 3 4 5
(c) 59 (d) 73 168 144 120
39. (a) 8 (b) 10
36 9 25 (c) 5 (d) 4
49 26 64 81 21 25 64 ? 144 44.
25 16 36 8 5 6
A B C 3 7 5
(a) 19 (b) 23 1 4 2
(c) 25 (d) 31 74 90 ?
40. (a) 65 (b) 85
3 5 4 7 3 5 (c) 52 (d) 76
30 51 ?
6 3 5 4 5 4 45.
A B C 22 46 24
(a) 47 (b) 45
27 58 31
(c) 37 (d) 35
32 68 ?
41.
(a) 46 (b) 36
(c) 32 (d) 38
7
286 16 46.

260 132

142 34 ? 68
?
20 36
(a) 72 (b) 70
(a) 12 (b) 10
(c) 68 (d) 66
(c) 9 (d) 8
47.
7 9 8
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2 4 3 (c) 6 (d) 16
5 7 6
16 32 ?
(a) 17 (b) 23
(c) 47 (d) 73
48.

3 9 2 8 4 7
7 4 ?

81 5 64 6 49 5
(a) 1 (b) 8

ANSWER KEY
43
1 (d) 7 (a) 13 (b) 19 (a) 25 (c) 31 (b) 37 (d) 43 (b) 49 (a)

2 (c) 8 (b) 14 (b) 29 (b) 26 (a) 32 (c) 38 (c) 44 (b) 50 (b)

3 (d) 9 (b) 15 (a) 21 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) 39 (c) 45 (b) 51 (c)

4 (c) 10 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) 28 (b) 34 (c) 40 (d) 46 (d)

5 (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 23 (b) 29 (a) 35 (b) 41 (d) 47 (a)

42
6 (b) (c) (d) 24 (c) 30 (d) 36 (d) (c) 48 (b)
12 18

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 Number Puzzle Questions, Answers &
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(7-3) × (8 -3) = 20
Hints and Explanation : (7-2) × (6-3)= 15
12. (c) As, 3 × 7 = 21,11 × 7 = 77
4 × 9 = 36, 12 × 9= 108
1. (d) (16 +12)÷2 = 14 Therefore, 14 × 8 = 112
(21+9) ÷ 2 =15 ? × 8 = 24
(10+x) ÷ 2= 16 ?=3
⇒ x = 22 13. (b) 5 × 3 + 1 = 16 9 × 3 + 2 = 29
2. (c) 16×3 + 1=49 29 × 3 + 2 = 89
1 2 3 2 10 12 15×3+3=48
2 5 12 10 16 13 48×3 + 3 = 147
1 2 1 ? 10 24 14. (b) (7 + 9 + 5+4)×2-10 = 40
4 9 16 25 36 49 (17 + 8 + 3 + 6)×2-l4 = 54
Hence, the missing term is 25 - (2 + 10) = 13. (10+21+ 6 +3) ×2 -18 = 62
3. (d) 9 × 2-1 = 17 15. (a) 22-3 = 1
17×2-1=33 12-2 =-1
33 × 2 - 1=65 32 -4 = 5
4. (c) 2 × 7 × 9=126 16. (c) (1 + 2) × 2 = 6
7 × 3 × 8=168 (2 + 3) × 2 = 10
9 × 4 × x =216 (3 + 4) × 2 = 14
⇒ x =6 17. (c) 3 × 4 × 4 = 48
5. (a) 4 × 5 × 3=60
⇒ x = 324 4 ×3 × 3 = 105
x=7
6. (b) 4 × 7 – 1 = 27 18. (d) 5 + 2 = 7
5 × 8 – 2 = 38 7 + 4 = 11
9 × 6 – 3 = 51 11 + 6 = 17
7. (a) 32 + 22 + 12 = 14 19. (a) 594 ÷ 198 = 3
42 + 32 + 22 = 29 198 ÷ 66 = 3
52 + 42 + 32 = 50 66 ÷ x = 3
8. (b) 8 × 5 – 12 = 28 x = 22
9 × 4 – 25 = 11 20. (b) 6 × 8 + 3 = 51
10 × 3 – 14 = 16 15 × 4 + 5 = 65
9. 42+ 12 + 22 + 32=30 20 × 5 + 20 = 120
62 + 32 + 42 + 15 = 286 21. (b) 7 × 2 + 1 = 15
32 + 42 + x+122=218 15 × 2 + 1 = 31
169 + x=218 31 × 2 + 1 = 63
63 × 2 + 1 = 127
x = 218- 169=
127 × 2 + 1 = 255
10. 23+5 = 28
22. (d) 25 + 27 =52
45+5 = 50
23 + 30 =53
35+5=40
21 +33 =54
11. (b) (5-1) × (6-3) = 12
36+ x = 55
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x =19 32. (c) The number inside the triangle is obtained by

23. (b) 12 × 16 + 5 = 197 dividing the product of the numbers outside of
16 × 16 + 7 = 263 the triangle by 10. Thus,
18 × 20 + x = 356 In I triangle, (5 × 6 × 4) ÷ 10 = 12
x = -4 In II triangle, (6 × 7 × 5) ÷ 10 = 21
24. (c) 5 × 4 + 3 × 1= 23 ∴In III triangle, missing number
7×6+3×4=54 =(4 × 8 × 10) ÷10 = 32.
11 × 2+9 × x =40 33. (d) In fig. (A), 93 - (27 + 63) = 3
x =2 In fig, (B), 79-(38+ 37) = 4
25. (c) In fig. (C), missing number
1 8 13 12 = 67 - (16 + 42) = 9.
14 11 2 7 34. (c) The number inside the circle is equal to the
4 5 16 9 difference between the sum of the numbers at
15 10 3 6 the extremities of the horizontal diameter and
26. (a) the sum of numbers at the extremities of the
vertical diameter.
In fig. (A), (5 + 6) - (7 + 4) =0
In fig. (B), (7+ 6)-(8+4)= 1.
In fig. (C) Missing number
= (11 + 2) - (0 + 2) = 11
35. (b) In fig. (A),
27. (c) This is a multiplication magic square. The (101 + 15) -(35 + 43) = 116-78 =38.
product of each set of three numbers in any In fig. (B), Missing number = (48 + 184) - (56 +
column or row is the constant 120. 34) - 232 - 90 = 142.
28. (b) In the first row, 6 × = 9, 6 × = 15 36. (d) The sum of numbers at the extremities of the
three line segments in each figure is same.
In the second row, 8 × = 12, 8 × = 20. In fig. (A), 39 + 33 = 29 + 43 - 27 + 45 = 72
In the third row, missing number In fig. (B), 42 + 31 = 29 + 44 = 30 + 43 = 73 Let
= 4 × = 10 the missing number in fig. (C) be x.
Then, x + 10 = 59 + 20 = 40 + 39 - 79
29. (a) In the first row, 72 ÷ = 72 ÷ 12 = 6
or x = 69.
In the second row, 96 ÷ = 96 ÷ 8 = 12 37. (d) When we arrange the digits on the vertices of
Let the missing number in the third row be x. every triangle separately, starting from upper
vertices, we get numbers 196,256 and 484
Then, 108÷ = 18 ⇒ = 6 ⇒ x = 12.
respectively.
3
30. (d) Clearly, (5 - 4) = 1;
Now, = 7, =8
(7 - 3)3 = 64; (11 - 8)3 = 27
So, missing number = (8 - 2)3 = 63 = 216. Hence, = 11
31. (b) The given figure contains numbers 1 to 6 in
38. (c) The letter in the second column is three steps
three alternate segments, the smaller number behind that in the first column, and the letter in
being towards the outside and the numbers 14 to
the third column is four steps behind that in the
19 in the remaining three alternate segments second column. So, the missing letter in the first
with the smaller number towards the inside.
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row will be three steps behind Z, which is W. 45. (d) 7 × 8 × 3 = 168

The missing letter in the second row will be four 6 × 4 × 4 = 144
steps behind O, which is K. The missing letter in 6 × x × 5 = 120
the third row will be three steps ahead of G, ∴ 30x = 120
which is J. x= =4
39. (c) The letters in the first row follow the
46. (a) 8 +32+12=74
2
sequence +5, + 7.
54 + 72 +42 = 90
The letters in the second row follow the
62 +52 +22 = 65
sequence +6, +8.
47. (b) 46 – 22 = 24
In the third row, the first letter G moves 7 steps
58 – 27 = 31
forward to give the second letter N. Clearly, the
68 – 32 = 36
missing letter will be 9 steps ahead of N i.e. W.
40. (d) Clearly,(1st row)3+(2nd row)3 + (3rd row)3 =4th 48. (a) 12 20 36 68 132 260
row 49. (b) 7 +22 +5 = 16
So, in the first column, 9 + 42 + 7 = 32
23+l3+33=8 + l+27 = 36 8 + 32 + 6 = 23
In the third column, 50. (c) 3 + 9 – 5 = 7
03 + 43 + 33 = 0 + 64 + 27 = 91 2+8–6=4
∴ In the second column, missing number = 43+23 4+7–5= 6
+13 =64+8+1=73
41. (d) In fig (A).62 = 36,82 = 64,52 = 25,72 = 4 and
6+8+5 + 7 = 26
In fig. (B), 32 = 9, 52 = 25, 42= 16,92 = 81 and
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3+5+4 + 9 = 21
In fig(C), 52 = 25, 122=144, 62 = 36, 82 = 64.
So, missing number=5 +12 + 6 + 8=31. English – Examsdaily
42. (c) In fig(A),(3×3)+(6×5) =39
In fig (B), (4 × 4) + (5 × 7) = 51
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= (3 × 4) + (5 × 5) = 37
43. (b) Clearly, we have:
7 × 2+2 = 16; 16 × 2+2 = 34 and so on.
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44. (b) The numbers in the right half form the series:
2,3,4,5. The numbers in the left half form the
series: 5,7,9,11.

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