The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 24. What is the least common multiple of these three numbers?

The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 24. What is the least common multiple of these three numbers?


24÷3=8
8+2=10
8-2=6
These three numbers are 6, 8 and 10
The least common multiple is 80



The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 24, and the least common multiple of these three numbers is______ .


24 △ 3 = 8, then the other two even numbers are 8-2 = 6, 8 + 2 = 10, then the three even numbers are 6, 8 and 10, 8 = 2 × 2 × 2, 6 = 2 × 3, 10 = 2 × 5, so the least common multiple of 6, 8 and 10 is 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 = 120



If the least common multiple of three consecutive even numbers is 1008, then the sum of the three natural numbers is______ .


1008 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 7; among the three consecutive even numbers, there is and only one is a multiple of 3. First consider 18, then another is a multiple of 7, 14, the other is 16.2 × 7 = 14; 3 × 3 × 2 = 18; then the remaining even number is 16; the three even numbers are 14, 16, 18, and 14 + 16 + 18 = 48; so the answer is: 48



The reciprocal of the sum of six consecutive even numbers is one in forty-two


Let the six even numbers be x, x + 2, x + 4, x + 6, x + 8, x + 10, respectively
1/(x+x+2+x+4+x+6+x+8+x+10)=1/42
1/(6x+30)=1/42
The solution is x = 2
The six even numbers are 2,4,6,8,10,12 respectively