Epic Skills Assessment Logical Pattern Recognition Questions and Answers 5

Question 1

What number comes next: 4, 8, 6, 12, 10, 20, ?

Accepted Answer

18

Answer

The pattern alternates multiply by 2 and subtract 2, so 20 − 2 = 18.

Question 2

What comes next: A1, C3, E5, G7, ?

Accepted Answer

I9

Answer

The letters skip one each time and the number matches the letter's alphabet position, so I9.

Question 3

A pattern repeats circle, square, triangle, circle, square, triangle... What is the 14th shape?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

The cycle length is 3 and 14 ÷ 3 leaves a remainder of 2, which corresponds to the square.

Question 4

What number comes next: 1, 8, 27, 64, ?

Accepted Answer

125

Answer

These are perfect cubes (1³, 2³, 3³, 4³), so the next is 5³ = 125.

Question 5

Book is to reading as fork is to ?

Accepted Answer

Eating

Answer

A book is a tool used for reading, just as a fork is a tool used for eating.

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