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Subj:.....Party Favors (S594)
          From: Puzzles And Brain Teasers on 6/5/2008 
 Source: http://www.apuzzlezone.com/adailypuzzle/06-06-08.html

 Sheila, buying favors for a party she was giving, was 
 having difficulty deciding on how many more favors to buy. 
 She started out by planning to give everyone three favors, 
 but when she divided the favors she had by 3, she had one 
 left over; when she divided by 4, she had two left over; 
 by 5, she had three left over; and by 6, she had four left 
 over.  Since she was going to have ten guests, this would 
 not work.  She counted the favors and realized that, by 
 adding two more, she could divide the favors evenly.  What 
 is the smallest number of favors she could already have 
 bought to meet those specifications? 
 
 
 
 

                  THE SOLUTION

 Sheila had fifty-eight favors and planned to buy two more.
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