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Question 40

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The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 147. What is the smallest of them?

47Correct answerYour answer49Correct answerYour answer51Correct answerYour answer53Correct answerYour answer

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The middle number = $147 \div 3 = 49$ .
The numbers are 47, 49, 51, so the smallest is 47.

Worth noting

49 is the middle number; step down by 2 (not 1) for the smallest odd number.

Concept: Consecutive odd numbers from their sum
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