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Series, ordering and arithmetic reasoning

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  1. What number comes next in the series 2, 6, 18, 54, 162, ...?
  2. What number comes next in the series 8, 10, 14, 20, 28, ...?
  3. What number comes next in the series 8, 39, 11, 36, 14, 33, ...?
  4. What number comes next in the series 26, 37, 50, 65, 82, ...?
  5. What number comes next in the series 2, 7, 9, 16, 25, 41, ...?
  6. Ana is 12 years old and her mother is 3 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 6 years?
  7. Mateo is taller than Rosa, Rosa is taller than Luis, and Luis is taller than Carla. Who is the shortest?
  8. One worker finishes a job in 12 days and another worker finishes it in 30 days. How long will they take if they work together?
  9. A school has 120 students and 10% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  10. What number comes next in the series 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, ...?
  11. What number comes next in the series 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ...?
  12. What number comes next in the series 7, 8, 11, 16, 23, ...?
  13. What number comes next in the series 3, 30, 8, 27, 13, 24, ...?
  14. What number comes next in the series 17, 26, 37, 50, 65, ...?
  15. What number comes next in the series 5, 2, 7, 9, 16, 25, ...?
  16. Ana is 5 years old and her mother is 3 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 8 years?
  17. Rosa is taller than Luis, Luis is taller than Mateo, and Mateo is taller than Carla. Who is the shortest?
  18. One worker finishes a job in 15 days and another worker finishes it in 30 days. How long will they take if they work together?
  19. A school has 60 students and 40% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  20. What number comes next in the series 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, ...?
  21. What number comes next in the series 8, 9, 12, 17, 24, ...?
  22. What number comes next in the series 5, 34, 8, 31, 11, 28, ...?
  23. What number comes next in the series 39, 52, 67, 84, 103, ...?
  24. What number comes next in the series 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, 50, ...?
  25. Ana is 14 years old and her mother is 3 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 3 years?
  26. Mateo is taller than Carla, Carla is taller than Rosa, and Rosa is taller than Luis. Who is the shortest?
  27. One worker finishes a job in 20 days and another worker finishes it in 60 days. How long will they take if they work together?
  28. A school has 120 students and 25% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  29. What number comes next in the series 3, 12, 21, 30, 39, ...?
  30. What number comes next in the series 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, ...?
  31. What number comes next in the series 2, 3, 6, 11, 18, ...?
  32. What number comes next in the series 7, 27, 10, 21, 13, 15, ...?
  33. What number comes next in the series 1, 6, 7, 13, 20, 33, ...?
  34. Ana is 11 years old and her mother is 3 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 4 years?
  35. Mateo is taller than Carla, Carla is taller than Luis, and Luis is taller than Rosa. Who is the shortest?
  36. One worker finishes a job in 6 days and another worker finishes it in 30 days. How long will they take if they work together?
  37. A school has 80 students and 20% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  38. What number comes next in the series 4, 13, 22, 31, 40, ...?
  39. What number comes next in the series 4, 12, 36, 108, 324, ...?
  40. What number comes next in the series 5, 33, 7, 31, 9, 29, ...?
  41. What number comes next in the series 6, 11, 18, 27, 38, ...?
  42. What number comes next in the series 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, ...?
  43. Ana is 8 years old and her mother is 4 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 7 years?
  44. One worker finishes a job in 15 days and another worker finishes it in 20 days. How long will they take if they work together?
  45. A school has 250 students and 25% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  46. What number comes next in the series 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, ...?
  47. What number comes next in the series 10, 26, 14, 24, 18, 22, ...?
  48. What number comes next in the series 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, ...?
  49. What number comes next in the series 5, 5, 10, 15, 25, 40, ...?
  50. Ana is 6 years old and her mother is 4 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 7 years?
  51. One worker finishes a job in 6 days and another worker finishes it in 20 days. How long will they take if they work together?
  52. A school has 60 students and 10% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  53. What number comes next in the series 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, ...?
  54. What number comes next in the series 6, 18, 54, 162, 486, ...?
  55. What number comes next in the series 9, 31, 14, 27, 19, 23, ...?
  56. What number comes next in the series 18, 27, 38, 51, 66, ...?
  57. Ana is 5 years old and her mother is 3 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 7 years?
  58. Carla is taller than Luis, Luis is taller than Mateo, and Mateo is taller than Rosa. Who is the shortest?
  59. A school has 80 students and 40% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  60. What number comes next in the series 10, 19, 28, 37, 46, ...?
  61. What number comes next in the series 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...?
  62. What number comes next in the series 1, 5, 11, 19, 29, ...?
  63. What number comes next in the series 5, 26, 9, 23, 13, 20, ...?
  64. What number comes next in the series 27, 38, 51, 66, 83, ...?
  65. What number comes next in the series 4, 2, 6, 8, 14, 22, ...?
  66. Ana is 13 years old and her mother is 4 times as old as she is. How old will her mother be in 6 years?
  67. Carla is taller than Luis, Luis is taller than Rosa, and Rosa is taller than Mateo. Who is the shortest?
  68. A school has 200 students and 30% of them take part in the music workshop. How many students take part?
  69. What number comes next in the series 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, ...?
  70. What number comes next in the series 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, ...?
  71. What number comes next in the series 4, 3, 7, 10, 17, 27, ...?
  72. What number comes next in the series 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, ...?

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