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If you have a bag of jellybeans that can be divided equally among three, five or 13 people, what is the smallest number of jellybeans the bag can contain?

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Think of it as finding the Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) of 3, 5, and 13

(your number must divide evenly by 3, by 5 and by 13

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