Question

146, 74, 38, 20, ? what would the next number be in this sequence?

Answer 1

Looking at the numbers, we can see that the differences are 72, 36, and 18. Notice that they are each factors of the next by the same constant 2.

18 * 2 = 36
36 * 2 = 72

There, it means that 18/2 will be subtracted from 20.

20 - 18/2
= 20 - 9
= 11

The next number in the sequence would be 11. Hope this helps!