The row below, read from left to right, is made up of letters, numbers and symbols.
A 3 K # 7 E @ 5 R % M 2 T 9 L $ 1 B 4 S & U 6 P * 8 I Q 3
How many consonants in this row have a number directly before them and a symbol directly after them?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 5
Check each consonant with its two neighbours: the element before it must be a number, and the element after it must be a symbol. A consonant is any letter other than A, E, I, O and U.
Place 3: 3 K # — counts
Place 9: 5 R % — counts
Place 11: % M 2 — does not count (preceded by the symbol %)
Place 13: 2 T 9 — does not count (followed by the number 9)
Place 15: 9 L $ — counts
Place 18: 1 B 4 — does not count (followed by the number 4)
Place 20: 4 S & — counts
Place 24: 6 P * — counts
Place 28: I Q 3 — does not count (preceded by the vowel I)
So the answer is 5.