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Which number should replace the question mark? 17 8 5 5 13 7 5 4 6 12 6 3 10 6 4 ? A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

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Question added by Ola Khanfar , Contracts Administrator , Environmental Technology Company
Date Posted: 2014/02/09
Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

A.4 is the right answer.

Group them in4 numbers each. Add first two & multiply the rest two, the results are equal.

17+8=5*5,

13+7=5*4,

6+12=6*3,

so10+6=4*?. Obviously now, ?=4.

Marc Huddleston
by Marc Huddleston , Major Account Director , Harris Corporation

A.4

Nuno Franco
by Nuno Franco , Cfo , Aspen Pumps Inc

I would say5, if the number is treated as being made upon4 subsequences of4 numbers each.

Gaurav Bhatia
by Gaurav Bhatia , Sales and Marketing Manager , NAAM MARKETING MANAGEMENT

B.5

Maya Seoud
by Maya Seoud , First Best Place , MNS-R

the answer is en 4 because it is 17,8,5,5 which all add up to 35 and 13,7,5,4 all add up to 29 and 6,12,6,3 add up to 27 and 10,6,4,4 which all add up to 24.

35, 29,27,24 the difference is 3 points

 

Eric Oje Augustine
by Eric Oje Augustine , Mathematics Instructor/lecturer , College of Nursing/Midewifery

From the above question the answer is 4

Rama Ratnam
by Rama Ratnam , Teacher , Dr KKR Gowtham school

4 SHOULD BE REPLACED IN THE SEQUENCE

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