Mathchallenge.net prob 8

[Syn]

Discover the largest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number.

I think this means find five consecutive numbers add them together, find the largest posible number in the 1000 numbers given. i've got the answer of 42 but this is wrong. have i misunderstood the question?

[coolian]

You're talking about the largest sum. The largest product is the multiplication of all those digits.