Problema Solution

There are 4 mother monkeys and 5 baby monkeys sitting on the tree.

Arihant decided to feed these monkeys with banana . He has a certain number of bananas with him so that

• if he distributes them equally among the mother monkeys, no bananas will remain

• if he distributes them equally among the baby monkeys, no banana will remain

• if he distributes them equally among the mother and baby monkeys, no banana will remain

How many bananas does Arihant have?

Answer provided by our tutors

4 prime factors to 2*2

5 prime factors to 5


we have 4 mother monkeys and 5 baby monkeys, for a total of 9 monkeys


9 prime factors to 3*3


the least common multiple:

2*2*5*3*3 = 180


The fewest number of bananas Arihant could have is 180