Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 4 / 227 of 340 #487 of 1964

Problem 487

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Number theory Difficulty 4.9 Find the answer

47. The school has bought a batch of science fiction novels and distributed them to 10 groups. After each group received 5 books, there were not enough books left to distribute. What is the minimum number of science fiction novels in this batch?

A number or a short expression. Spacing, $ signs and \frac vs / are all fine.

Official solution

Answer: 51

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