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Three friends go out to buy doughnuts…
1. Who cannot get their exact order by buying whole boxes of doughnuts?
2. Can all orders above 13 doughnuts be bought exactly? Explain your answer.
The next day they try another shop...
3. Who cannot get their exact order by buying whole boxes of doughnuts now?
4. Can all orders above 13 doughnuts be bought exactly in this shop?


On the third day the friends go to a shop run by a mathematician…