Yummy Gummy Calories
Steven ate 7 identical bags of gummy worms. He looks up the Nutritional Information on one of the bags, and notices that each bag contains 6 servings, and each serving has a whole number of calories. Given this, Steven calculated that he consumed just under 1000 calories. What is the maximum possible number of calories that Steven could have consumed from these bags of gummy worms?
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Steven ate through 7 bags of gummy worms and each bag contains 6 servings of gummy worms. Steven has eaten {6 X 7} 42 servings of gummy worms. Given that Steven has consumed just under 1,000 calories and from the previous information, the number of calories Steven has consumed must be a multiple of 42. Now, 1000, when divided by 42, gives a remainder of 34. Thus, the closest multiple of 42 to 1000 must be [1000 - 34] 966.