Instructions

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

Question 97

5, 39, 272, 1631, ?

Solution

Each term in the series follows the pattern given below.

39 = 5*8 - 1
272 = 39*7 - 1
1631 = 272*6 - 1

Hence, the next term in the series will be 1631*5 - 1 = 8154

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