List of top Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Questions on Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions

In a school, the number of students in each class, from Class I to X, in that order, are in an arithmetic progression. The total number of students from Class I to V is twice the total number of students from Class VI to X.
If the total number of students from Class I to IV is 462, how many students are there in Class VI?

In a decreasing AP, the sum of the terms except 1^st term is -75, sum of all the terms except for the last term is 0, the difference between the 9^th term and the 13^th term is -20. Then find the 1^st term?

What is the sum of infinite geometric series with first term equal to 1 and common ratio is 1/2 ?

Find out the missing number in the following number series.
483, 500, 581, 711, 877, ?

What is the maximum sum of the terms in the arithmetic progression 25, 24$\frac{1}{2}$,24, …….. ?

Find out the appropriate next number in the series from the options below :
0, 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, ?

The first two terms of a geometric progression add up to 12. The sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48. If the terms of the geometric progression are alternately positive and negative, then the first term is

In the following series find the one number that is wrong
2, 3, 13, 37, 86, 167, 288

This question consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II. Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
What is the 57th number in a series of numbers?
I. Each number in the series is three more than the preceding number.
II. The tenth number in the series is 29.

The 288th term of the sequence a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d... is

The table below shows the temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit in a city over one week. If m represents the median temperature, f represents the temperature that occurs most often, and a represents the average (arithmetic mean) of the seven temperatures, which of the following is the correct order of m, f, and a?

Noontime Temperature
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
66	78	75	69	78	77	70