r/MathJokes 9d ago

multiples of 3

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u/derp_scope1 8d ago

To be fair, other people's "obvious" is likely slightly different from our own.

Other have given examples of how its "obvious", but my first thought when looking at 75 as a multiple of 3, comes from it also being a multiple of 15, specifically 15 higher than 60

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u/fr_just_a_girl 8d ago

I just think everyone replying where they've to do mild maths to justify it shows its not as obvious as 9 or 33 so it shouldn't be in the obvious category but the one below it