This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 10 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next. In the second, 5 is added to each number to arrive at the next.
2. Look at this series: 544, 509, 474, 439, ... What number should come next?
In this addition series, 1 is added to the first number; 2 is added to the second number; 3 is added to the third number; 4 is added to the fourth number; and go on.
4. Look at this series: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ... What number should come next?