Question

A small boy went to a town to sell a basket of wood apples. On the way, some robbers
grabbed the fruits from him and ate them. The small boy went to the King and complained.
The King asked him, "How many wood apples did you bring? Te Doy replied,
"Your Majesty! I didn't know, but I knew that if you divided my fruits into groups of
2, one fruit would be left in the basket". He continued saying that if the fruits were
divided into groups of 3, 4, 5 and 6, the fruits left in the basket would be 2, 3, 4 and 5
respectively. Also, if the fruits were divided into groups of 7, no fruit would be there in
the basket. Can you find the number of fruits, the small boy had initially?
This problem is taken from the famous Mathematics problems collection book in Tamil
alled "Kanakkathikaram" under the heading of "Wood Apple Problem")​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

LCM=60

Multiples of 60=(60;120;180...)-1

                         59,119,179

answer=119