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Problem #2

Question: say whether the following is true or false and support your answer by a proof: The sum of any five consecutive integers is divisible by 5 (without reminder).
Answer: it's true.


Claim: the sum of any five consecutive integers is divisible by 5.
Proof: let's prove it directly. Let's take an arbitrary number nZ. Then the sum of five consecutive integers can be presented as:

n+(n+1)+(n+2)+(n+3)+(n+4)=5n+10=5(n+2)

By the definition of divisibility 5(n+2) is divisible by 5, so the sum of any five consecutive integers is divisible by 5.