Homework Help: Math- consecutive intigers

Posted by Marysvoice on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:06pm.

A student opens a math book to two consecutive pages with a sum of 1640. What are the two pages?

I would need one odd number and one even. 819 and 820 are as close as I can come. What am I missing?

Math- consecutive intigers - Damon, Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:23pm
I can not do this problem as stated. I do not know what we are missing.

call first number n
second is (n+1)
n + (n+1) = 1640
2 n + 1 = 1640
2 n = 1639
n = 819 1/2 and 820 1/2
- Math- consecutive intigers - Marysvoice, Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:34pm
  I am over tired. I need coffee. I was looking for the product. I must need pages 40 and 41 or 40x41=1640.
- Math- consecutive intigers - mak, Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 3:34am
  ang dali lang pala ng intigers
- Math- consecutive intigers - mak, Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 3:34am
  ang dali lang pala ng intigers
Math- consecutive intigers - Reiny, Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:32pm
You have good reason to be confused.
The information you give results in a contradiction as Damon showed algebraically.
"Consecutive" integers, pages are numbered in integers, have to be one even and one odd.
The sum of an even and an odd is always odd, so the question has a flaw in it.
Did you copy it correctly?

Unless this is some kind of weird trick question, such as since it is a math book its pages are numbered in decimals???
- Math- consecutive intigers - Marysvoice, Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:35pm
  I am over tired. I need coffee. I was looking for the product. I must need pages 40 and 41 or 40x41=1640.
Math- consecutive intigers - Damon, Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:37pm
Whew - good :)
Math- consecutive intigers - angeliz, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 6:17am
n=819 1/2 and 820 1/2
Math- consecutive intigers - audrey, Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 2:43pm
what is an intiger
Math- consecutive intigers - allison geogre, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 3:41pm
is this right?5.5.8.8.8= to 83.52's
- Math- consecutive intigers - allison geogre, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 3:42pm
  hi how are you doing fine what are consecutives?
Math- consecutive intigers - bob, Monday, January 19, 2009 at 9:42pm
23.56643

i used a calculator :)
Math- consecutive intigers - mark, Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 12:21am
500000000 * 5555555=?
Math- consecutive intigers - jeremy, Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 8:50am
-10,-9,-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1.0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Math- consecutive intigers - jeremy, Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 8:51am
-10,-9,-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1.0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Math- consecutive intigers - Sandy, Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 4:53am
What is-2x5

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