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Analyze the following statements and tell us how many chocolates were lost?

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Alex bought 150 chocolates but he misplaced some of them. His mother asked him how many chocolates were misplaced and he gave the following answer to her:
If you count in pairs, one remain
If you count in threes, two remain
If you count in fours, three remain
If you count in fives, four remain
If you count in sixes, five remain
If you count in sevens, no chocolate remain.

Can you analyze the statements and tell us how many chocolates were lost?

posted Mar 8, 2015 by anonymous

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31 chocolates missing
since 119 chocolates were present
If you count in pairs = 118, one remain = 1
If you count in threes = 117, two remain = 2
If you count in fours = 116, three remain = 3
If you count in fives = 115, four remain = 4
If you count in sixes = 114, five remain = 5
If you count in sevens = 119, no chocolate remain

answer Mar 8, 2015 by Jaspalsingh Parmar



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