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A whole number larger than 2 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by each of the numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6. What is the smallest such number?
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A whole number larger than 2 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by each of the numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6. What is the smallest such number?

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62.

You need to look for a number that has factors of all of those numbers, then you can simply add 2 to it. All of those numbers go evenly into 60.
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