SOLUTION: What should be the next number in the following series? 1 2 8 48 384 _ ?_

SOLUTION: What should be the next number in the following series? 1 2 8 48 384 _ ?_

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Question 759139: What should be the next number in the following series? 1 2 8 48 384 _ ?_
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 ---> 2 .... times 2

2 ---> 8 ... times 4

8 ---> 48 ... times 6

48 ---> 384 ... times 8

The pattern is 2, 4, 6, 8, ...

So 384*10 = 3840 is the next term in the sequence.
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