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Sum and product of integers inquiry

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Decide if the prompt is true.

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Test different cases.

Change the prompt.

Explain a reason.

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Lines of inquiry

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Decide if the prompt is true.

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Test all possible cases.

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What-if-not?

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What if the number of integers

is not three?

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What-if-not?

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What if the number of integers

is not three?

  • What is the product of three numbers that sum to 14 or another even number?
  • What is the product of three numbers that sum to an odd number?
  • What if two, four, or five integers sum to 12? Are their products still even?

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Number of integers

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Product:

odd or even?

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Odd or even

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Even

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Odd or even

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Even

What if two, four, or five integers sum to 12? Are their products still even?

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