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Barney stacked his pennies in 8 equal piles. There were no pennies left over. Which is the total number of pennies that Barney could have had?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is my homework question, and I am lost. The question is
Barney stacked his pennies in 8 equal piles. There were no pennies left over. Which is the total number of pennies that Barney could have had?
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Some multiple of 8.
Probably not 1*8, 1 is not usually called a stack.
--> 8n, n = 2,3,4,5... any positive integer > 1

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