Pg 654 - Q24

Write out the first 10 or so in the series.  Note the pattern of odds and evens (O O E O O E O O E, etc.).  This pattern will go on for all integers in this sequence because the sum of 2 odds will always be an even, the sum of 2 evens will always be an
even, and the sum of an odd and an even will always be odd.  If you look at this pattern, you can see that 2/3 of the integers are odd.  So out of the first 999 integers, 2 /3 or 666 of them will be odd.  You can figure then that the thousandth integer will also be odd because of the pattern.  So 666 + 1 = 667 integers are odd
(E).

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