SOLUTION: A card game for 2-6 players has a deck of cards that can always be divided evenly among all players. What is the smallest possible number of cards that can be in the deck?

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Question 1144265: A card game for 2-6 players has a deck of cards that can always be divided evenly among all players. What is the smallest possible number of cards that can be in the deck?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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A card game for 2-6 players has a deck of cards that can always be divided evenly among all players. What is the smallest possible number of cards that can be in the deck?
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It has to be evenly divisible by 2,3,4,5 & 6
---> 4*5*6 = 120, the Least Common Multiple
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I've never played cards with a deck of 120 cards.
Always 52.
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There are no card games with zero (0) cards.
If zero (0) is an acceptable answer, then so it -60, -6000, etc.


Answer by ikleyn(52856) About Me  (Show Source):
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0 (zero, ZERO).