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A man has a certain number of small boxes to pack into parcels. If he packs 3, 4, 5 or 6 in a parcel, he is left with one; if he packs 7 in a parcel, none is left over. What is the number of boxes he may have to pack?

  1. A
    106
  2. B
    301
  3. C
    309
  4. D
    400

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the total number of boxes be .
According to the question, when is divided by 3, 4, 5, or 6, the remainder is 1.
Therefore, can be written in the form:



where is a positive integer.

First, let's find the LCM of 3, 4, 5, and 6:



So, the general form of the number is:



We are also given that when the boxes are packed in groups of 7, no boxes are left over. This means must be perfectly divisible by 7:



We can simplify :



Substitute this back into the equation:



Now, let's test integer values for :

* For : (not divisible by 7)
* For : (not divisible by 7)
* For : (not divisible by 7)
* For : (not divisible by 7)
* For : (which is perfectly divisible by 7)

Since satisfies the condition, we can find :



Thus, the number of boxes he may have to pack is 301.

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A man has a certain number of small boxes to pack into parcels. If he packs 3, 4, 5 or 6 in a parcel, he is left with one; if he packs 7 in a parcel, none is left over. What is the number of boxes he may have to pack?
A
106
B
301
C
309
D
400

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