SOLUTION: Fred has a shoebox of baseball cards. When he counted them by 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, or 6's he had 1 left over. If he had fewer than 100 cards, how many did he have?

SOLUTION: Fred has a shoebox of baseball cards. When he counted them by 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, or 6's he had 1 left over. If he had fewer than 100 cards, how many did he have?

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Question 159031: Fred has a shoebox of baseball cards. When he counted them by 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, or 6's he had 1 left over. If he had fewer than 100 cards, how many did he have?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The magic number is 61.
61/2=30 r1.
61/3=20 r1.
61/4=15 r1.
61/5=12 r1.
61/6=10 r1.
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