Applied (Word) Problems NoteSheet
Consecutive Integers
Consecutive numbers (or more properly, consecutive integers) are integers nrand ngsuch that
/h - nl = I, i.e., IJlfollows immediately after 17,.
Given two consecutive numbers, one must be even and one must be odd. Since the sum of an
even number and an odd number is always odd, the sum of two consecutive numbers (and, in
fact, of any number of consecutive numbers) is always odd.
Consecutive integers are integers that follow each other in order. They have a difference of 1
between every two numbers.
If n is an integer, then n, n+1, and n+2 wi II be consecutive integers.
Examples:
1,2,3,4,5
-3,-2,-1,0,1,2
1004, 1005, 1006
