Playing with Numbers
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1. If 999×abc = def132, where abc is a three digit number and def132 is a six
digit number, find a, b, c, d, e, f
2. A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189
digits in all. How many pages does the book have?
3. Find the smallest integer greater than one, which is simultaneously a
square, a cube, a fourth power and a fifth power.
4. The number 345X is divisible by 2. Find the sum of all the possible values for
X.
5. The number 238X3Y is divisible by 3. Find all the possible pairs of values
for (X,Y) if X = 3Y
6. Without actually computing, check whether 234554272 is divisible by 16.
7. If N = 324234A2 is divisible by 48, find the value of A
8. When 16A2 is divided by 9, the remainder is 4. Find A.
9. How many three digit numbers are equal to 34 times the sum of their
digits?
10. Without computing, prove that ( 15 – 14) is greater than ( 19 – 18)
11. 234AB is divisible by 72, and A>B. Find the value of A–B.
12. Let N be the smallest possible number divisible by 15 containing only the
digits 0 and 7. Find the number.
13. 581,126 and 579,537 when divided by a three digit number ‘N’ leave the
same remainder. What can be the value of N?
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14. We have 5 integers a < b < c < d < e, such that , , , are all integers. If
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a+b+c+d+e = 47, what is e – a?
15. N is the largest 6 digit palindrome number that is divisible by 7. Find N
ANSWERS AND HINTS
1. 999 = 1000–1
ð 999×abc = (1000–1)abc = abc000 – abc
abc000
– abc
def132
ð c = 8, b = 6, a = 8
Multiply 999×868 = 867132
ð d = 8, e = 6, f = 7
2. Number of digits used from 1 to 9 = 9
Number of digits used from 10 to 99 = 2×90 = 180
Number of digits used 100 to 999 = 3×900 = 2,700
ð Number of digits used from 1 to 999 = 2,700 + 180 + 9 = 2889
ð Number of pages left = 3189 – 2889 = 300
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ð Number of more pages used = ! = 75
ð Pages are used from 1,000 to 1074
Therefore, total number of pages are 1074
3. Let the number be N,
ð N = a2 = b3 = c4 = d5
For smallest value of N,
We find the LCM of 2, 3, 4, 5 and use the powers of 2
LCM (3,4,5,6) = 60
ð N = 260
4. Since 345X is divisible by 2, it is an even number.
Therefore, X can be 0, 2, 4, 6, 8.
ð Sum of all values = 0+2+4+6+8 = 20
5. If the number is divisible by 3, then the sum of the digits is divisible by 3.
Therefore, 2+3+8+X+3+Y is divisible by 3.
ð 16+X+Y can be 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33.
ð X+Y can be 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17
ð 3Y+Y can be 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17
Of all these numbers only 8 can be equal to 4Y.
ð Y = 2, and X = 3×2 = 6
Therefore, only one pair is possible for (X,Y) – (6,2)
6. If this number is divisible by 16, the number formed by the last four digits
should be divisible by 16.
4272 = 16×267
Therefore, 234554272 is divisible by 16
7. 48 = 16×3 (coprime factors)
If N is divisible by 48, it is divisible by both 3 and 16.
ð 3+2+4+2+3+4+A+2 is divisible by 3.
20+A is divisible by 3.
ð A can be 1, 4, 7.
Also, 34A2 is divisible by 16.
Check for 3412, 3442, 3472.
3472 is divisible by 16
Therefore, A = 7
8. The sum of the digits = 1+6+A+2 = 9+A
The remainder = 4
ð A=4
9. Let the number be 100a + 10b + c
ð 100a+10b+c = 34(a+b+c)
ð 66a – 33c = 24b
In the above equation, LHS is divisible by 11 and RHS will only be
divisible by 11, if b = 11 or 0. However, b < 10. So, b = 0.
ð 66a – 33c = 0
ð 2a = c
Therefore, 2a = c
Therefore, 102 and its multiples 204, 306, 408 satisfy the condition.
10. We know that:
( 15 – 14)( 15 + 14) = 1
( 19 – 18)( 19 + 18) = 1
Since ( 19 + 18) > ( 15 + 14)
And because the product is the same,
ð ( 15 – 14) > ( 19 – 18)
11. 4AB is divisible by 8,
9+A+B is divisible by 9.
ð A+B = 9
ð 4AB can only be 472
12. Since it is divisible by 15, it is divisible by both 3 and 5
ð It can’t end with 7 and can only end in 0 —(1)
Since it is divisible by 3, the sum of digits has to be divisible by 3
ð The number of 7s has to be 3, 6, 9, … —(2)
ð The smallest such number using conditions (1) and (2) is 7770
13. Let the three digit number be N.
ð 581,126 = Na + r
ð 579,537 = Nb + r
Subtracting them, 1589 = N(b–a)
1589 = 227×7
Therefore, N = 227
14. Since 47 is prime, and b, c, d, e have to be divisible by a, a should be 1.
ð b+c+d+e = 46, and c, d, e have to be divisible by b
Therefore, b has to be a factor of 46, which are only 2 and 23
So, b = 2
ð c+d+e = 44, and d, e have to be divisible by c
Therefore, c has to be a factor of 44. So, c = 4 or 11 or 22
If c = 11, d and e have to be 22 and 33 at least, which is not possible
ð c=4
ð d+e = 40, and e is divisible by d, 4, 2, 1
ð d and e are 8 and 32
Therefore, e – a = 31
15. N = 999,999