Question

Find the missing term.

Answer 1

Hint: Here the given question generally asked in the aptitude test of public service exam. We need to find the missing number in the given pattern of numbers. For this, first we need to observe and analyze the number of given questions and compare the same observation in all the numbers then apply that observation in the last pattern to get the required solution.

Complete answer:
Consider the given question:

We need to find the number of last pattern.
Now observe each pattern in given question.
Let’s observe the first pattern.
  

Number present in inside the circle is the sum of all the numbers present outside the circle i.e.,
$$ \Rightarrow \,\,\,3 + 4 + 2 + 5 = 14$$
Similarly, Observe the second pattern.

Here also, the number present in inside the circle is the sum of all the numbers present outside the circle i.e.,
$$ \Rightarrow \,\,\,4 + 5 + 3 + 6 = 18$$
Now, consider the third or last pattern.

Here, we have to apply the rule of last two pattern i.e., the inside number of the circle is equal to the sum of numbers which present around the circle.
$$ \Rightarrow \,\,\,6 + 7 + 5 + 8 = 26$$
Hence, the missing term is 26.
Therefore, the complete pattern is:

Note: On Solving a aptitude type of questions, student must observe carefully the each and every number of whole pattern and analyze it may be square number, cube number, successor or predecessor etc.. and compare the same observation on whole pattern and apply it for the required number.