SOLUTION: what is the next number?
40, 42, 21, 24, 8, 12, 3, ___
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Question 475066: what is the next number?
40, 42, 21, 24, 8, 12, 3, ___
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The pattern is: add 2, divide by 2, add 3, divide by 3, add 4, divide by 4. To obtain the next number, we add 5 to the previous number to get 8.
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