+31 Question: Find the smallest number that has a remainder of 3 when divided by 4, a remainder of 4 when divided by 5, and a remainder of 5 when divided by 6.
I used the chicken nugget theorem and got 59.
(you list them out starting from 7, 9, and 11 unitl you get a common number)
Besides guess and check, what other ways are there?
-iamadumb6thgrader
+36916 That is the method I used the othe day while solving one of these....it might be a little shorter to arrive at the number if you start with the largest divisor in the question: '6 ' with remainder 5
11 23 29 35 41 47 53 59
I do not know an eaiser (or another) way to solve these.....maybe something with the modulo function (of which I am not very familiar)....
Let me know if you find the true 'mathematical way' ! ~ EP 
+31 Hello, EP. I understand the way you told me, and that is SUPER helpful. Now I can do the problems a bit faster. You are amazing at math unlike me!
-iamadumb6thgrader
+36916 MAYBE go backwards from the LCM LCM 4 5 6 = 60 I do not know if that always works !
+31 In this case, it doesn't work. But, thanks EP for the ideas!
-iamadumb6thgrader
+36916 No...I mean START with the LCM 60 and count backwards ....first one with a 5 remainder when divided by 6 is 59
+31 Oh, that makes sense. I asked one of my friends about it, and he said it was called the "chinese theorem".
