What Comes Next In The Sequence: 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, 392, ?

• Bhavini


• 5 Nov 2015

You will be able to solve this if you are a genius.

Hardly 2% who have attempted this riddle get it right within 3 minutes.

Look at the series of numbers and find the value of ?

What Comes Next In The Sequence?

2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, 392, _ ?

Answer:

The series follows the following pattern

Square of n + cube of n

Where n is an integer ascending one at a time, starting from 1.

n = 1 => 1^2 + 1^3 = 1 + 1 = 2

n = 2 => 2^2 + 2^3 = 4 + 8 = 12

and so on…

Therefore the next number will be

8^2 + 8^3 = 576

The answer is 576