Grade 5 problem

Counting · Grade 5

The book has 200 numbered pages. A bookmark was placed on every seventh page and every eleventh. How many different pages were bookmarked?

Show hints
  1. Count the pages divisible by seven or eleven up to 200.
  2. Pages marked twice are multiples of 77, so count each of them only once.
Show the answer and solution

Answer: 44

Every seventh page gives 28 bookmarks, every eleventh - 18. Pages 77 and 154 are counted twice, so the answer is 28 + 18 − 2 = 44.

Report a problem with this question

Practice more problems

Next problem: A team has four members. One must be appointed captain and a different member must be appointed deputy. How many different appointments are possible?