What comes next?
@, #, $, %, ^, &, ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: *
These are the characters on the number keys, taken with the shift held down: @ over 2, # over 3, $ over 4, % over 5, ^ over 6, & over 7. The next key, 8, gives *.
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Next term:
C, F, I, L, ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: O
Each letter is three places on from the last: C \( \to \) F \( \to \) I \( \to \) L. Three more from L (the 12th letter) is the 15th - O.
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Identify next:
M, N, O, L, P, K, Q, ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: J
After the opening M, N, O the series swings alternately below and above: L, then P, then K, then Q - each step moving one further from the middle. The next swing downwards takes us one below K, to J.
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Complete the series:
PQ5, PQ4, PQ3, ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Pq2
The letters PQ stay where they are and only the number changes, counting down 5, 4, 3. The next term is therefore PQ2.
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Continue:
Z1, Y2, X3, W4, ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: V5
The letters run backwards from the end of the alphabet - Z, Y, X, W, then V - while the numbers count up 1, 2, 3, 4, then 5. So the next term is V5.
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Fill in:
R2, S4, T8, U16, ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: V32
The letters advance one place at a time - R, S, T, U, then V - while the numbers double: 2, 4, 8, 16, then 32. So the next term is V32.
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Find next:
A, C, F, J, O, ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: U
The gaps between the letters grow by one each time: A \( \xrightarrow{+2} \) C \( \xrightarrow{+3} \) F \( \xrightarrow{+4} \) J \( \xrightarrow{+5} \) O. The next gap is 6, and six letters on from O (the 15th letter) is the 21st - U.
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Next symbol:
!, @, #, $, %, ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: ^
These are the characters on the number keys, taken with the shift held down: ! over 1, @ over 2, # over 3, $ over 4, % over 5. The next key, 6, gives ^.
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Complete:
1A, 3C, 5E, 7G, ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: 9i
The numbers count up in odds - 1, 3, 5, 7, then 9 - and the letters keep step with them, A being the 1st letter, C the 3rd, E the 5th and G the 7th. The 9th letter is I, so the term is 9I.
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Each letter here stands the same distance from its neighbour. Which letter belongs where the question mark is?
B, D, F, H, ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: J
Every letter is two places further on than the one before it: B to D, D to F, F to H. Two places past H is J. The series is simply the even-numbered letters of the alphabet - positions 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. The trap is I, which is the very next letter but only one step on; the gap here has been two throughout and there is nothing in the series to suggest it changes. Series built on a single constant gap are the foundation of this topic, and every harder pattern here is a variation on one: alternating gaps, growing gaps, or two such series interleaved.
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