Question

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 879 880 883 888 895 ?

• A. 903
• B. 902
• C. 904
• D. 901

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 904

Let’s look at the differences between consecutive terms:

Series:
879, 880, 883, 888, 895, ?

Find differences

• 880 − 879 = 1

• 883 − 880 = 3

• 888 − 883 = 5

• 895 − 888 = 7

So the pattern is:
+1, +3, +5, +7 → consecutive odd number

Step 2: Next difference

Next odd number after 7 is 9

Step 3: Add to last term

895 + 9 = 904