Question

What is the first consecutive even integer that follows –6?

Answer 1

`-4`

Explanation:

Consecutive means "following closely".

So why `-4` and not `-8`?

Even integers are listed in increasing order, so they form a sequence with no first element and no last element. The even integers near zero look like this:

`. . ., -10, -8, -6, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,...`

So the even integer which follows closely after `-6` is `-4`.