Mr. Chye has some notebooks. If he ties them in bundles of 7, he will have 3 extra notebooks. If he ties them in bundles of 8, he would be short of 2 notebooks. What is the smallest possible number of notebooks Mr. Chye has?
Multiples of 7: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35
Multiples of 7 (+3): 10, 17, 24, 31, 38
Multiples of 8: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40
Multiples of 8 (-2): 6, 14, 22, 30, 38
Smallest possible number of notebooks that Mr. Chye has = 38
Answer(s): 38