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Word problems: consecutive whole numbers

Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Write an equation for the situation, then solve it.

  1. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 75. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  2. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 18. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  3. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 48. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  4. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 180. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  5. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 240. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  6. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 150. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  7. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 114. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  8. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 33. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  9. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 123. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  10. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 15. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  11. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 231. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  12. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 297. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  13. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 426. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  14. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 126. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  15. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 84. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  16. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 54. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  17. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 579. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  18. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 177. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  19. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 318. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
  20. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 51. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
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Answer key: Word problems: consecutive whole numbers

  1. 24
  2. 5
  3. 15
  4. 59
  5. 79
  6. 49
  7. 37
  8. 10
  9. 40
  10. 4
  11. 76
  12. 98
  13. 141
  14. 41
  15. 27
  16. 17
  17. 192
  18. 58
  19. 105
  20. 16