Mince Pies
At the school concert there were mince pies for
everyone.
One huge tray I saw if the pies were divided into
2 equal piles there would have been one left over.
But if the same pies were put into 3 equal piles, there would have been
one left over.
To my surprise, 4 equal piles gave a remainder of 1, five piles had one left
over, and the pies when shared into six piles also had one mince pie left
over.
What was the smallest number of mince pies there could have been on the
tray?
What other number of pies would give this finding? Can you generalise?
From ATM’s Christmas Trails - by permission of Gill Hatch.
Teachers’ Notes
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