Friday, November 23, 2018

Pattern Recognition -229

Find out the next number in the series.
2 , 5 , 29 , 869 ,_ ,.........

Answer

2 ,               5 ,           29 ,                 869 ,_ ,.........
    (2*3)-1     (5*6)-1       (29*30)-1

Next number    (869 * 870)-1  = 756029


2 , 5 , 29 , 869 , 756029 ,.........

2 comments:

  1. 756029

    5 = 2*2 + (2-1)
    29 = 5*5 + (5-1)
    869 = 29*29 + (29-1)
    756029 = 869*869 + (869-1)

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