Max has 50-100 pennies he puts them in a pile of 3 and has 1 penny left over he puts them in 5 piles and has none left over how many pennies does max have

Question

Number has to be divisible by 5

 Please show work

 

Answer 1

The next multiple of 5 after 50 is 55.

55 ÷ 3 = 18 R 1!

Now that is the least number (over 50) that Max can have.

The next number he could have is 85

85 ÷ 3 = 28 R 1

Answer 2

you want a multiple of 5 that is 1 more than a multiple of 3

multiples of 5: 50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100

55-1=54 first answer (55)

70-1=69 second answer (70)

85-1=84 third answer (85)

100-1=99 fourth answer (100)