Handout The number 12 can be written as a sum of consecutive numbers, 3+4+5=12 Another example of a consecutive number sum is 3 since 54m 1+2=3 I Find 2 numbers that can be written as consecutive sums in more than one way and show those ways. Find 2 numbers that cannot be written as consecutive sums. Explain in detail why they cannot.

Handout The number 12 can be written as a sum of consecutive numbers, 3+4+5=12 Another example of a consecutive number sum is 3 since 54m 1+2=3 I Find 2 numbers that can be written as consecutive sums in more than one way and show those ways. Find 2 numbers that cannot be written as consecutive sums. Explain in detail why they cannot.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter1: Variables, Expressions, And Integers

Section: Chapter Questions

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