Question

How to solve consecutive integers

Answer 1

Assign a variable to the smallest integer: x

Apply the relationship to the first integer to the second. 
For example: the second integer is 4 greater than the first integer.

the second integer would = x+4

Then what their sum/difference/quotient/etc. would be, put that into a formula.

For example:

One integer is greater than the other by four. Their sum is 16 and their product is 60. Find the value of the first integer.

First integer: x
Second integer: x+4

Equation:

x+x+4=16
x=6

Answers:
First integer: 6
Second integer: 10