Riddle - A man buys a box of oranges, when he counts them out by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s.

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He always has 1 orange left in the box. When he counts them by 7, it comes out even. How many oranges were in the box?

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A man buys a box of oranges, when he counts them out by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s, he always has 1 orange left in the box. When he counts them by 7, it comes out even. How many oranges were in the box?

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murphy

He would have 301 oranges
301 / 7 = 43
300 / 6 = 50
300 / 5 = 60
300 / 4 = 75
300 / 3 = 100
300 / 2 = 150

Also works for 721, 1141, 1561, and 1981.

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