A solution to the arithmetic problem of finding a number which, divided by given numbers, leaves behind given remainders [translated from the original Latin by Carleton math students]

This work was an independent research project done for Math 392 and awarded Honors in Independent Study. The result was an English translation, from the original Latin, of Leonhard Euler\u27s classic 1740 article titled Solutio problematis arithmetici de inveniendo numero, qui per datos numeros divisus relinquat data residua. Commentarii academiae scientiarum imperialis Petropolitanae 7 (1740), pp.46-66. The students\u27 first translation was reviewed by outside evaluator, Dr. Dominic Klyve, Associate Professor of Math at Central Washington University, and a specialist in the history of mathematics. Based on Klyve\u27s feedback, the students made some changes to their original work, which are reflected in the final version here