A peddler is taking eggs to the market to sell. The eggs are in a cart that holds up to 500 eggs. If the eggs?

Question

are removed from the cart 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 at a time, one egg will be left over. If the eggs are removed 7 at a time, no eggs are left over. How many eggs are in the cart? Show work or explain.

Answer 1

Take 500 and divide by 7. You're left with 71 with a remainder of 3. Now subtract 3 from 500 and you're left with 497. Divide 497 by 7 and you have 71 with no remainder. So 497 is the maximum nuber of eggs you can have in the basket.

Answer 2

The number must be multiple of the LCM of 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 +1
3*4*5=60
& must be a multiple of 7
possibilities are
61
121
181
241
301
... 301=7*43

so there were 301 eggs in the cart.

The naxt values that meete these criteria is
301+420=721 which is more than the cart will hold

Answer 3

there are 301 eggs in a cart... why?

you have to look first the common multiple of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6...

common multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are 60, 120, 180, 240, 300, 360, 420 and 480..

add 1 to that multiple and try to divide it into 7.

300 is the only number that can answer to the problem...

301/2 = 150 r.1
301/3 = 100 r.1
301/4 = 72 r.1
301/5 = 60 r.1
301/6 = 50 r.1
301/7 = 43.. no remainder...
hope that this will help you...

Answer 4

497
process of elimination starting at 500 and working your way backwards, divide by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 until you find a number that gives you the answer

Answer 5

there are 7 eggs in the cart

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

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