The sum of the consecutive numbers is 111. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
Mathematics · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Given the statement:
The sum of the consecutive numbers is 111.
Determine the smallest of the three integers.
Solution:
In order to determine the answer, we must first find the three integers. To do so, we can simply do logical analysis, and pick 3 consecutive values that is near 111. In our case we can start with,
35 + 36 + 37
= 108
Now notice that we are very near the value, hence we can add 1 to each value and determine the sum.
36 + 37 + 38
= 111
Now since we've determined the three consecutive integers, we also know that 36 is the smallest of the three.
Final answer:
= 36