The Sherlock Holmes Problem Solving Challenge - Week 2

Date: 14th Oct 2018 @ 12:11pm

One of the most famous gentlemen of the Victorian era, no less than an eminent former cabinet minister, had been the victim of a break-in at his country residence. Fortunately, his safe had remained secure as the burglars had not been able to deduce the four-digit code required to access it.

Look at the numerical sequence below. Can you work out the next two numbers in the sequence that replace the question marks? Once you have done so, multiply those two numbers together in order to ascertain the four-digit safe code.

7688 — 2688 — 768 — 336 — ? — ?

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