Four consecutive odd integers have a sum of 272. what is the value of the least integer?

The value of the least integer is 65.

Odd numbers are numbers which when divided by 2 gives a remainder.

Therefore,

let

the first odd number = x

The odds numbers are consecutive . They follows each other.

we have to add 2 to x to get another odd number. When we add 2 to an odd number we always get an odd number .Therefore, the next three odd numbers will be as follows:

Therefore, the 4 numbers will be

x , x + 2, x + 4 , x + 6.

lets sum them to get 272.

x + x + 2 + x + 4 + x + 6 = 272

4x = 272 - 12

4x = 260

x = 260 / 4

x = 65

Therefore, the value of the least integer is 65.

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