A farmer is taking her eggs to the market in her cart, but she has a pothole, which knocks over all the containers. Though she is unhurt, every egg is broken. She goes to her insurance agent , who asks her how many eggs she had. She says she doesn't know, but she remembers some things from various ways she tried to pack the eggs. She knows that when she put the eggs in when she put them in groups of 3, there was one egg left over. The same thing happened when she put them in groups of 4, 5 and 6. When she put them in groups of 7, she ended up with complete groups of 7 with no eggs left over.
The process of my problem was first I tried to figure out how many groups of 7 did the farmer put the eggs into. My original answer with my group members was 13, but when we kept counting up by groups of 13 there would eventually be one left over. then when I thought we could use a multiple of 7 where there would be none left over.
I used the number 14 a multiple of 7, and when you put 7 into 14 groups it comes out to 98. So I think the farmer lost a total of 98 eggs it would also be a reasonable number considering how big someones basket needs to be.
The process of my problem was first I tried to figure out how many groups of 7 did the farmer put the eggs into. My original answer with my group members was 13, but when we kept counting up by groups of 13 there would eventually be one left over. then when I thought we could use a multiple of 7 where there would be none left over.
I used the number 14 a multiple of 7, and when you put 7 into 14 groups it comes out to 98. So I think the farmer lost a total of 98 eggs it would also be a reasonable number considering how big someones basket needs to be.