Word problems: consecutive whole numbers
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The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 45. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
Answer: 14
The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 180. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
Answer: 59
The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 111. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
Answer: 36
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