Question

Tamarind Seeds

Sunita took some tamarind (imli) seeds. She made groups of five with them and found that one seed was leftover. She tried making groups of six and groups of four. Each time one seed was leftover. What is the smallest number of seeds that Sunita had?

Answer 1

ON making 4, 5, and 6 one seed is left behind each time.

So, to find the smallest number of seeds that Sunita had, we will first calculate the LCM of 4, 5, and 6 and then add 1 to it.

LCM of (4, 5, 6) = 60 Adding 1 to it, we get 61.

Hence, the smallest number of seeds that Sunita has is 60 +1 = 61