SOLUTION: A cowboy was asked how many cows were on the ranch. He replied that he was unsure, but he knew that when he counted them by twos, threes, fours, fives or sixes he always had one l
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Question 450827: A cowboy was asked how many cows were on the ranch. He replied that he was unsure, but he knew that when he counted them by twos, threes, fours, fives or sixes he always had one left over. The only way he could avoid this was to count by sevens; he then had non left over. What is the smallest number of cows on the ranch?
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