Question

A set of 5 consecutive integers sums to 10. What are the integers?

Answer 1

Let x be the smallest integer (the first integer)

1st: x, 2nd: x + 1, 3rd: x + 2, 4th: x + 3, 5th: x + 4

Hence,

x + x + 1 + x + 2 + x + 3 + x + 4 = 10

5x + 10 = 10

5x = 0

x = 0

Therefore, the answers are

0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Explanation:

Integers include all positive integers, negative integers and 0.

0 is an integer but it is neither positive nor negative.