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1+2+3 = 6
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The three consecutive whole numbers you are looking for are 1, 2, and 3. The sum of the first two numbers, 1 + 2 = 3.
What to whole numbers have a sum of 12 and quotient of 3?
The sum of 3 consecutive whole numbers is always equal to 3 times the middle number in that sequence.
9801 * The sum of the first two odd numbers (1+3) is 4, or 22 * The sum of the first three odd numbers (1+3+5) is 9, or 32 * The sum of the first four odd numbers (1+3+5+7) is 16, or 42 * ...and so on So the sum of the first 99 odd numbers, using the pattern above, would be 992 or 9801.
The term whole number does not have a consistent definition...If in referencing "whole numbers" you are referring to "nonnegative integers" then the first whole numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3.If in referencing "whole numbers" you are referring to "positive integers" then the first whole numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4.If in referencing "whole numbers" you are referring to "all integers" then there are no "first" whole numbers, since they would include (..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...) and extend to infinity in both directions.