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Teaser: A woman was carrying a basket of eggs to the market.

Question :

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A woman was carrying a basket of eggs to the market when a passerby bumped her. She dropped the basket and all the eggs broke. The passerby, wishing to pay for her loss, asked, ” How many eggs were in your basket?” ” I don’t remember exactly”, the woman replied, ” but i do recall that when the i divided number of eggs by 2,3,4,6, there was an egg left over. When i divided the number of eggs by 5 one is more. And also when i took the out in groups of seven, it emptied the basket”.

How many eggs are there in the basket?

Answer :

49
However,their can be 49 or 469 or 889…but 49 is minimum number of eggs the basket can have.