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

Solution: 

Number series are very interesting to solve. These are the sequences that follow a common pattern that needs to be observed.

The given series in the question is:

⇒ 1, 2, 8, 48, 384, …

Here we can notice that:

⇒ 1 × 2 = 2

⇒ 2 × 4 = 8

⇒ 8 × 6 = 48

⇒ 48 × 8 = 384

So, here we are multiplying each number by the consecutive even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8) and using the result to proceed further in the series, the next term will be:

⇒ 384 × 10 = 3840

We multiplied 384 by the next even number after 8, i.e, 10.

Hence, the next number in the given sequence will be 3840.

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

Summary:

The next number in the following series 1, 2, 8, 48, 384, _ is 3840.