Consecutive means "following in uninterrupted sequence" (no missing numbers between them), so a consecutive whole number is 1 more than the number before it, and 1 less than the number after it.
Examples would be (1, 2, 3, 4) or (23, 24, 25, 26).
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Consecutive whole numbers have no other whole numbers between them.
Consecutive whole numbers will have an odd sum. Consecutive odd numbers, or consecutive prime numbers, will be 29 and 31.
Consecutive means following one another. E and F are consecutive, as are Tuesday and Wednesday and 100 and 101. The number 15 is NOT between any consecutive whole numbers. However, it is between the whole numbers 14 and 16 --- which of course are not consecutive.
If two whole numbers are consecutive, that means there can't be another whole number between them.
There is no set of 8 consecutive whole numbers whose sum is 75.