Pattern Recognition - 262

Find out the next number in the series.

23,46, 1630, _ ,..............

Answer

23,46, 1630, _ ,..............

4   = 2 * 2

16 = 4 * 4

Next number 16 * 16 = 256

6   = 3 * (3-1)

30 = 6 * (6-1)

Next number 30 * (30 - 1) = 870

Next number in the series  256870

23,46, 1630, 256870,..............