A teacher wants to give each student in his class some candy. He wants everyone to get an equal number of pieces. The teacher has fewer than 85 pieces of candy. If he arranges the pieces in groups of 2, 3, or 4 for each student, he will have 1 piece left over. If he uses groups of 5, he will have none left over. How many pieces of candy does he have?
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Multiples of 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, ... Multiples of 3: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, ... Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, Show more…
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