A bag of cookies can be shared equally among 2,3,4,5, or 6 people.What is the least number of cookies the bag could have? hat is the least number of cookies the bag could have?

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A bag of cookies can be shared equally among 2,3,4,5, or 6 people.What is the least number of cookies the bag could have?

hat is the least number of cookies the bag could have?

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The number of cookies must be the least common multiple of these numbers.

$\hbox{lcm}(2,3,4,5,6)=60$

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