The sum of two consecutive negative integers is -171. What is the number closest to zero?
-85.
Which two consecutive numbers total -171? To quickly determine, divide -171 by two. You get -85.5, a decimal. The two integers on each "side" of that decimal are the two consecutive integers that total -171. In this case, -85 and -86. Since -85 is closer to zero, that's your answer.
-85.
Which two consecutive numbers total -171? To quickly determine, divide -171 by two. You get -85.5, a decimal. The two integers on each "side" of that decimal are the two consecutive integers that total -171. In this case, -85 and -86. Since -85 is closer to zero, that's your answer.
