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In a certain game, a large container is filled with red, yellow, green, and blue beads worth, respectively, 7, 5, 3, and 2 points each. A number of beads are then removed from the container. If the product of the point values of the removed beads is 147,000, how many red beads were removed?
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Curly05 wrote: . In a certain game, a large container is filled with red, yellow, green, and blue beads worth, respectively, 7, 5, 3, and 2 points each. A number of beads are then removed from the container. If the product of the point values of the removed beads is 147,000, how many red beads were removed?
I get 2.
First I simplified 147,000 to 147.
147 divides by 3, since 1+4+7 is divisible by 3.
147 divided by 3 = 49, which in turn equals 7x7.
So 7x7x3 = 147.
Now we need to get 147 to equal 147,000. We do this by multiplying 147 x 1000.
To get 1000, multiply (5x2)x(5x2)x(5x2).
So you have 7x7x3x5x2x5x2x5x2 = RxRxGxYxBxYxBxYxB
So there are:
2R
1G
3Y
3B
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Curly05 wrote: In a certain game, a large container is filled with red, yellow, green, and blue beads worth, respectively, 7, 5, 3, and 2 points each. A number of beads are then removed from the container. If the product of the point values of the removed beads is 147,000, how many red beads were removed? Check similar question to practice: in-a-certain-game-a-large-bag-is-filled-with-blue-green-126425.html
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JP, you make it so easy to understand. I'm beginning to realize now what people have been telling me on these forums: the math uses basic concepts. The more difficult problems are just dressed up in something scary. But I still freak out sometimes.
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That was a bold title. I thought I missed something after I read the problem...
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I think the easiest way of thinking about it is factor out seven as many times as you can (each time you factor out a seven you're counting a red ball). 147000/7=21000, 21000/7=3000, and it's pretty easy to see (or check) that 3000 is some multiple of 2,3, and 5.
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7, 5, 3, and 2 are all prime numbers. We need to decompose the 147,000 into these prime factors
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bb wrote: EASY STUFF The title really freaked me out .......... it was like - "OK, if I get this, maybe the preparation is not too bad". After I read the question  147,000 = 7 x 7 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 3 x 2 x 2 x 2 Therefore, 2 Red , 3 Yellow, 1 Green & 3 Blue.
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We have to find number of Red beads which are associated with 7 147000 = 7 X 7 X 3 X 1000 Number of Red = 2
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You psyched yourself out. A question like this can and should be easily done in under a minute. A light bulb should turn on as you think...What's the concept here...AHA! FACTORIZATION! If that light bulb doesn't go off, you are not prepared enough, because virtually every GMAT problem has a label.
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I've seen this problem in some book.. I think MGMAT number properties.. And I've seen another versions of the same concept elsewhere too. BTW yes, its been very nicely explained above. The key here is indeed understanding that the problem is just calling for prime factorization.
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It seems to me that 2 is the straight forward answer. However, after I factored this, I ended up with 4
The factorization of 147 yields 7 * 21 which should be factored into 3 * 7.
Now, doesn't 21 have three 7s in it? Along with the original seven we will end up with four sevens.
I know that multiplying four 7s together will give us a higher number than 147, but why didn't we go with what I explained?
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Curly05 wrote: . In a certain game, a large container is filled with red, yellow, green, and blue beads worth, respectively, 7, 5, 3, and 2 points each. A number of beads are then removed from the container. If the product of the point values of the removed beads is 147,000, how many red beads were removed? = 147,000 = 147 x 1000 = (3) x (7x7) x (2x2x2) x (5x5x5) = 2^3 x 3^1 x 5^3 x 7^2 red = 7^2 = 49
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Is it just me or are there no answer choices posted? Without looking at the answer choices you can't determine the solution. For example you could remove 21,000 red beads and no others, which would give a total of 147,000. If this were on the GMAT I think they would give a limit to the number of beads of each color or make it obvious from the answer choices how to approach it.
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mj12g wrote: Is it just me or are there no answer choices posted? Without looking at the answer choices you can't determine the solution. For example you could remove 21,000 red beads and no others, which would give a total of 147,000. If this were on the GMAT I think they would give a limit to the number of beads of each color or make it obvious from the answer choices how to approach it. There is only one answer per the given conditions. No need of options. We can definitely say that only 2 red beads were removed, no more no less. We can deduce that by seeing the exponent of 7, which is 2. 147000=2^3*3*5^3*7^2Ans: "2"
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fluke wrote: mj12g wrote: Is it just me or are there no answer choices posted? Without looking at the answer choices you can't determine the solution. For example you could remove 21,000 red beads and no others, which would give a total of 147,000. If this were on the GMAT I think they would give a limit to the number of beads of each color or make it obvious from the answer choices how to approach it. There is only one answer per the given conditions. No need of options. We can definitely say that only 2 red beads were removed, no more no less. We can deduce that by seeing the exponent of 7, which is 2. 147000=2^3*3*5^3*7^2Ans: "2" Right, this is because the question stem says 'product' of the point values. In the example where we remove 21,000 red beads, the total must be calculated as the product of the point values for 21,000 beads which is 7^21,000. A truly massive number!
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Not sure if Red = 2 is the only answer.
Other answers:
Red = 7 (with Y, G, B as 4, 5 , 5)
Red = 5 ( with Y, G, B as 7, 2, 10)
Red = 4 (with Y, G, B as 5, 5, 7)
Red = 2 (with Y, G, B as 10, 5, 7)
(values of Y, G, B in any sequence)
And if Red = 2, then by default, is Red = 4 not also possible?
What if no Reds have been taken out? Surely Red = 0 is also possible?
Let me know what you think.
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EdNyhof wrote: Not sure if Red = 2 is the only answer.
Other answers:
Red = 7 (with Y, G, B as 4, 5 , 5)
Red = 5 ( with Y, G, B as 7, 2, 10)
Red = 4 (with Y, G, B as 5, 5, 7)
Red = 2 (with Y, G, B as 10, 5, 7)
(values of Y, G, B in any sequence)
And if Red = 2, then by default, is Red = 4 not also possible?
What if no Reds have been taken out? Surely Red = 0 is also possible?
Let me know what you think. Is not clear what you mean by that.The problem states "product of the point values of the removed beads is 147,000."All the given points (2,3,5,7) are primes. The given point value is 147,000 = 49*30*100 = 7^2*5^3*2^3*3. Now if I would have removed one yellow bead and one blue bead, the product of the points would be = 5*2. Thus, in no other way can you get a factor of 7, if you don't pick up 2 red beads.
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