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a bag of pennies could be divided among 6 children, or 7 children, or 8 children with each getting the same number, and with one penny left over in each case. What is the smallest number of pennies that
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a bag of pennies could be divided among 6 children, or 7 children, or 8 children with each getting the same number, and with one penny left over in each case. What is the smallest number of pennies that could be in the bag?

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the answer should be 169. use the least common factor of 6 7 8 which will be 2 3 7 4 multiply them together and add one which is 169
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