How to create a solution for this Jar and candy python problem?

Question

A jar of Halloween candy contains an unknown amount of candy and if you can guess exactly how much candy is in the bowl, then you win all the candy. You ask the person in charge the following: If the candy is divided evenly among 5 people, how many pieces would be left over? The answer is 2 pieces. You then ask about dividing the candy evenly among 6 people, and the amount left over is 3 pieces. Finally, you ask about dividing the candy evenly among 7 people, and the amount left over is 2 pieces. By looking at the bowl, you can tell that there are less than 200 pieces. Write a program to determine how many pieces are in the bowl.

Answer 1

This isn't the kind of question that is asked on Stack Overflow. However, I think you deserve an answer. You seem like a beginner (: so I would loop through all the numbers from 0 to 200 and check the conditions. Just so you know, the % operator returns the remainder of two numbers. Here is some sample code:

for candies in range(200):
    if (candies % 5 != 2):
        continue
    if (candies % 6 != 3):
        continue
    if (candies % 7 != 2):
        continue

    print(str(candies) + " is the answer!")
    break

Answer 2

Code

x=200

for i in range(x):

    if i % 5 == 2:
       if i % 6 == 3:
          if i % 7 == 2:
             print(i, 'candies are in the bowl!')