Add & Subtract: Fun with Consecutive Integers

If the first of three consecutive integers is x, what is the sum of these integers?

• 3x

• x + 1

• 2x + 2

• 3x + 3

A number is 5 more than the first of three consecutive integers. If the first integer is 7, what is the number?

• 10

• 15

• 12

• 8

The sum of two consecutive integers is 25. What are the integers?

• 10 and 11

• 13 and 14

• 12 and 13

• 11 and 12

If the second of four consecutive integers is y, what is the value of the first integer?

• y - 1

• y + 1

• y - 2

• y + 2

Three consecutive integers have a total of 48. What are the integers?

• 14, 15, 16

• 15, 16, 17

• 18, 19, 20

• 12, 13, 14

If the first integer is 10, what is the third consecutive integer?

• 14

• 12

• 13

• 11

The sum of three consecutive integers is equal to 36. What is the smallest integer?

• 11

• 10

• 12

• 9

If the first of five consecutive integers is a, what is the sum of the first and last integers?

• 2a + 4

• a + 4

• 5a

• 2a + 2

A consecutive integer problem states that the first integer is 12. What are the next two integers?

• 11, 12

• 14, 15

• 13, 14

• 10, 11

The difference between the first and the last of three consecutive integers is 2. What are the integers?

• Any three consecutive integers, e.g., 1, 2, 3.

• -1, 0, 1

• 2, 3, 4

• 0, 1, 2