Missing Term in the Figure

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Missing Term in the Figure

Introduction :
In such type of questions, a figure, a set of figures’, an arrangement or a matrix is given, each of which bears certain
characters, be it numbers, letters or a group/combination of letters/ numbers, following a certain pattern. The candidate is
required to decipher this pattern and accordingly find the missing character in the figure.

Examples with Analysis

In all examples, a, b, c, d and e are in positions as shown below. b

Concept a e c

First circle: Identify the pattern.

d
Second circle: Verify the pattern.
Third circle: Apply the pattern to get the number at the centre.

SOME MORE EXAMPLES

Directions : Find the missing character from among the given alternatives.

20160 4
? 4
1. 480 8
96 24

(A) 860 (B) 1140 (C) 2880 (D) 3240

Sol : Clearly, moving clockwise, we observe the following pattern:

4  1  4; 4  2  8; 8  3  24; 24  4  96; 96  5  480

So, required number = (480  6) = 2880.

Hence, the answer is (C).

P G
F N
22 21
2. 27 15
K E
? J
(A) M (B) P (C) Q (D) S

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Sol : Putting A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4, .............., X = 24, Y = 25, Z = 26, We have :

F + P = 6 + 16 = 22; G + N = 7 + 14 = 21; J + E = 10 + 5 = 15
Since K = 11, so value corresponding to missing letter = (27 - 11) = 16
So, the missing letter is the 16th letter of the English alphabet, which is P. Hence, the answer is (B).

5 12 6 6 21 7 4 ? 8
3.
4 5 10
(A) 22 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) None of these

5 6 4 675
Sol : Clearly, we have :  12;  21;
10 10

4  8  10
So, missing number =  32
10

Hence, the answer is (C).

13 19 71 9 128 32

4.
4 10 ?

(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 25

Sol : Clearly, we have :

13  19 71  9
 4;  10
8 8

128  32
So, missing number =  20 .
8

Hence, the answer is (C).

8 7 7
5. 2 36 6 2 46 5 4 ? 6
6 8 10

(A) 42 (B) 46 (C) 48 (D) 50

Sol : We have : (8  6)  (2  6)  36, (7  8)  (2  5)  46

 Missing number = (7  10)  (4  6)  46

Hence the answer is (B).

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[FORMULAE (JUMBLED)]

abcd ac abcd abcd

1. e 2. e 3. e 4. e
2 bd 10 2

a2  b2  c2  d 2 abcd abcd c b
5.  e 6. e 7. e 8.  e
2 5 10 a d
9. ac  bd  e
10. [(a  c )  (b  d )]2  e 11. Sum of cube roots

12. (a + b + c + d)2 = e 13. ac  bd  e

14. (a  c)  (b  d )  e 15.  b d    a  c  e
16. a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 = e 17.   c d  e

18. (c  a ) ( d  b )  e 19. (a  c)2  (b  d )2  e

20. [(c  a)  ( d  b)]  2  e 21. ac  bd  e

a b c d
22. e 23. a bcd  e
2
24. 2(ac  bd )  e 25. abcd  e
26. ac  bd  e 27. a3  b3  c3  d 3  e

ac bd
28. ( a  c )  (b  d )  e 29. or e
2 2

c b
30.  e 31. a b c d e
a d

32. a  b c d e 33. Sum of the digits

34. Prime number series 35. (b + d) - (c + a) = e

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PRACTICE EXERCISE - 1
Directions (Q.1 to Q.35) Find the missing term/number(s):

1.

(A) 125 (B) 25 (C) 625 (D) 156

2.

(A) 64 (B) 36 (C) 34 (D) 60

3.

(A) 120 (B) 100 (C) 125 (D) 64

4.

(A) A (B) D (D) G (D) P

5.
(A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6

6.

(A) 16 (B) 14 (C) 20 (D) 22

7.

(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 15

8.

(A) 262 (B) 622 (C) 631 (D) 752

9.

(A) 5 (B) 19 (C) 27 (D) 89

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10. Which one number can be placed at the sign of interrogation ?

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9

11.

(A) 125 (B) 216 (C) 121 (D) 225

12.

(A) 75 (B) 26 (C) 25 (D) 20

13.

(A) 49 (B) 50 (C) 48 (D) 55

14.

(A) 47 (B) 45 (C) 37 (D) 35

15. 3  5  7  8  5783, 9  5  3  2  5329, ?  ?  8  5  2853.
(A) 2 3 (B) 3 2 (C) 4 3 (D) 83

16.

(A) 125 (B) 100 (C) 123 (D) 64

17.

(A) 6 (B) 27 (C) 30 (D) 12

18.

(A) 40 (B) 32 (C) 35 (D) 30

19.

(A) Z (B) A (C) E (D) F

20.

(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 40

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21.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

22.

(A) 262 (B) 274 (C) 320 (D) 132

23.

(A) 7 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

24.

(A) 36 (B) 38 (C) 48 (D) 42

25.

(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17

27 56 72

26. 3 9 36 9 1 81 12 ? 252

9 7 6
100 49 225

27. 9 33 81 144 40 169 25 ? 169

121 64 196
3 1 7

28. 6 18 5 4 14 7 8 ? 5

4 2 6
2 2 9

29. 5 37 3 3 27 5 5 ? 2

6 4 2

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5 9 8

30. 7 13 4 8 5 4 9 ? 4

3 3 3
8 125 64

31. 1 10 64 8 14 216 27 ? 1

27 1 343
4 81 16

32. 4 4 4 49 17 64 25 ? 9

4 100 49
7 6 6

33. 3 29 5 5 39 3 7 ? 3

2 4 5
4 4 2

34. 3 60 5 5 180 3 6 ? 1

2 6 4

8 8 9

35. 5 3.5 13 10 3.8 8 11 ? 7

9 12 12

ANSWERS TO PRACTICE EXERCISE

1. C 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. B
8. B 9. D 10. D 11. B 12. B 13. B 14. C
15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. B 21. B
22. A 23. A/B 24. A 25. A 26. 9 27. 47 28. 26
29. 80 30. 12 31. 15 32. 9.5 33. 51 34. 24 35. 3.9

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