Question

Complete the series given below by choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.
$3,8,18,23,33,?,48$

• A. $37$
• B. $39$
• C. $40$
• D. $38$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $38$

The successive differences in this series form a pattern. The difference are 5, 10, 5, 10 ......
Next difference should be 5 so that the missing terms is $33+5=38$. This matches with the pattern of differences is 5, 10, 5, 10, 5, 10 ...... Hence the correct answer is $38$