Braingle: 'A Few Cards Short of a Pack' Brain Teaser

A Few Cards Short of a Pack

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Puzzle ID:	#31602
Fun:	(2.61)
Difficulty:	(1.5)
Category:	Logic
Submitted By:	Linlou18uk

I have a deck of cards from which some are missing. If I deal them equally among nine people, I have two cards to spare. If I deal them equally among four people, I have three cards to spare. If I deal them among seven people, I have five cards to spare. There are normally 52 cards in the deck.

How many cards are missing?

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Comments

(user deleted) Jul 07, 2006	It could also be 11 cards, so you were short 41
eyenowhour Jul 07, 2006	There can't be 11 cards since if you can't deal that out evenly to 7 people and have 5 cards to spare.
kcheer2493 Jul 07, 2006	easy
scallio Jul 08, 2006	Very fun teaser, Linlou!. It was a bit easy, but I enjoyed it very much.
Linlou18uk Jul 08, 2006	Thank you all for your nice comments, this was one of the first teasers I have submitted. I know it's easy, ut I thought I'd start of with simple ones, less chance of me mucking things up! Thank you all again!
TalonTED16 Jul 08, 2006	An easy but fun teaser - Well done!
danielzerman Jul 09, 2006	good one
monkeygrl99 Jul 10, 2006	GR8 1 4 a starter!
ava199345 Aug 22, 2006	took a bit of gessing but i got it right n the end