How Many Stamps Do You Need?
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In this puzzle we ask you to figure out how best to put stamps on different packages.
In Seedonia you can mail a letter for 8 Seedos. (The Seedo is the unit of currency in Seedonia). Packages can cost any amount from 8 Seedos up depending on the size, weight, and destination.
A merchant has many different kinds of items to ship, so he knows he will need stamps of different denominations in order to total up to all the possible amounts he will need. He could get just 1-Seedo stamps, but that would require a great many stamps on some packages.
He finally figured out a way to do it with only two different denominations. What two stamp values did he use?
This content has been re-published with permission from SEED. Copyright © 2025 Schlumberger Excellence in Education Development (SEED), Inc.
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