Counting the Apples

In a basket of apples,
when counted in twos, there was one extra
when counted in threes, there were two extra when counted in fours, there were three extra
when counted in fives, there were four extra
when counted in sixes, there was five extra.

However, if the apples were counted in sevens, no extra apple was left. Can you calculate the minimum number of apples that were present in the basket?




Similar Riddles

A man plots the murder of his wife. His plan is full proof. Nobody saw them leaving their house. He stabbed her with a knife while driving. She died on the spot. He threw her body in a valley. He threw the knife carefully wiping his finger prints on a random garbage bin. Then he went back to his home and no one was watching him this time as well.

After an hour, he was called by the local police department who informed him that his wife was murdered. They asked him to reach the scene of crime immediately. But as soon as he arrived at the crime scene, he was arrested by them.

How did the police know that he himself is the murderer?

Asked by Neha on 01 Aug 2021


Can you decipher the following common phrase?

T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2021

Count the number of triangles in the given picture.

Find out triangles

Asked by Neha on 28 Mar 2025


During a secret mission, an agent gave the following code to the higher authorities
AIM DUE OAT TIE MOD

However, the information is in one word only and the rest are fake. To assist the authorities in understanding better, he also sent them a clue, If I tell you any one character of the code, you can easily find out the number of vowels in the codeword.

Can you find out the code word?

Asked by Neha on 19 Feb 2023

Can you calculate the probability of getting a sum of six when a dice is thrown twice?

Asked by Neha on 11 Feb 2021

An apple seller is hosting a competition. He offers 1000 apples and 10 boxes to the people who pass by. The challenge is to put those 1000 apples in the 10 boxes in such a manner that if he asks for any amount of apples, the person can directly give him the boxes or a combination of boxes. If the person can do it, he promises to give a thousand apples for free.

If you happen to pass by the apple seller, will you be able to win a thousand apples?

Asked by Neha on 10 Feb 2026


How can you spell "White of an egg" in one word?
Hint: I know you can spell coke, poke, and joke.

Asked by Neha on 14 Apr 2025

If a wheel has 54 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?

Asked by Neha on 27 Sep 2021

Why is it against the law for a man living in Delhi to be buried in Mumbai?

Asked by Neha on 20 Oct 2024


There was a strange boy who was born before his father. How can this be possible?

Asked by Neha on 06 Jul 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Word ladder puzzle

The word ladder puzzle was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.