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Candy Box (Posted on 2004-10-08)

A box of candies can be equally divided by weight without cutting pieces between three, four or seven people.
Each piece is an integral number of ounces.
What is the least number of pieces of candy the box could contain? The candies may be of different weights.

Submitted by Brian Smith

Rating: 3.5000 (4 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

David Shin proves eleven pieces is the smallest number of pieces here.

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-09-06 13:39:09
?	Col	2004-10-13 22:45:39
re: Solution + explanation	Vee-Liem Veefessional	2004-10-10 04:28:00
re(3): About 9 pieces (my bad)	np_rt	2004-10-09 17:20:58
re(2): About 9 pieces	Richard	2004-10-08 20:26:36
re(3): Solution	Richard	2004-10-08 20:14:50
re: About 9 pieces	np_rt	2004-10-08 18:59:03
re: About 9 pieces	David Shin	2004-10-08 17:05:14
About 9 pieces	Federico Kereki	2004-10-08 16:57:16
re(2): Solution	David Shin	2004-10-08 15:54:49
re: Solution	Richard	2004-10-08 14:30:14
Solution	David Shin	2004-10-08 14:01:26
Candy	RandyOrton	2004-10-08 13:33:48
new lower limit	Charlie	2004-10-08 13:07:18
My guess	Jer	2004-10-08 12:58:18
Solution + explanation	Rajal	2004-10-08 12:55:26
Another division	Charlie	2004-10-08 12:55:10
Possibility	Federico Kereki	2004-10-08 12:35:56

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