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