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Question
The product of any three consecutive natural number is divisible by 6 (True/False).
Solution
The product of any three natural numbers is divisible by 6.
True
Reason:
Let the three consecutive natural numbers be 1,2 and 3.
Their product is 6, which is divisible by 6
Let the other set of three consecutive natural numbers be 3, 4 and 5.
Their product is 60, which is divisible by 6
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