6. Suppose a teacher has a class of 30 students. One day, he forgets to take roll but notices that there were an even number of students when they lined up two by two. Later when he split them into groups of 5, he found that one group was left with only 3 students. Then when he split them into groups of 3, there was one student left out. How many of the 30 students were present that day?

6. Suppose a teacher has a class of 30 students. One day, he forgets to take roll but notices that there were an even number of students when they lined up two by two. Later when he split them into groups of 5, he found that one group was left with only 3 students. Then when he split them into groups of 3, there was one student left out. How many of the 30 students were present that day?

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

(REV)00th Edition

ISBN:9780395977224

Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Chapter2: Working With Real Numbers

Section2.3: Rules For Addition

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