SOLUTION: Please could you help find the rule of such a sequence: 72, 24, 12, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2... What is the next number? Thanks in advance, Vlad

Question 1062404: Please could you help find the rule of such a sequence:
72, 24, 12, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2...
What is the next number?
Thanks in advance,
Vlad
Answer by chen.aavaz(62) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Something seems to be missing: Starting from the right, the product of the first two numbers (2x2) is the 4th number (4). Then the product of the 2nd and 3rd number is the 5th and so on. Between 12 and 72, 24 must be missing. Then the next number must be 268 (12x24).
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