What is the next 4, 16, 36, 64, 100, 144,
and how

So we wan't to see how to determine what is the next number in the number sequence. First we have to fint the pattern: 16-4=12, 36-16=20, 64-36=28, 100-64=36, 144-100=44. We see that in the pattern the next number is incremented by 8. So the next number should be 44+8=52 and we add that to the last number of the sequence: 144+52=196 and that is the next number in the sequence.