There are some macarons in a box. The macarons can be put into plates of 4 or 8 with no macarons leftover. When the macarons are put into plates of 14, there are short of 8 macarons on the last plate. If there are more than 40 macarons but less than 60 macarons, how many macarons are there in the box?
If macarons can be put into plates of 4 or 8 with no macarons leftover, the number of macarons is a multiple of 8 as 8 is a multiple of 4.

Multiples of 8 that are greater than 40 but less than 60: 40, 48, 56

Multiples of 14 that are greater than 40 but less than 60: 42, 56
Multiples of 14 (- 8) that are greater than 40 but less than 60: 34, 48

Common number = 48

Number of macarons = 48

Answer(s): 48