Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Jul 0901:00 PM EDT
-02:00 PM EDT
More Target Test Prep students are earning 100th percentile GMAT scores. Don’t settle for less when the Target Test Prep course gives you everything you need to score high on the GMAT. Start your 5-day free trial today.
Jul 1206:30 AM PDT
-08:30 AM PDT
Join our webinar to master GMAT RC Main Point Questions! Learn effective strategies to decipher passage themes and purposes. Senior Verbal Expert- Sunita Singhvi will equip you with tools to navigate complexities and avoid common traps set by the GMAT.
Jul 1311:00 AM EDT
-12:30 PM EDT
Looking for your GMAT motivation to break through the score plateau? Pragati improved her score by massive 160 points with strategic guidance and hard-work! Find out how personalized mentorship and a strong mindset can turn GMAT struggles into success.
Jul 1508:00 PM PDT
-09:00 PM PDT
Full-length FE mock with insightful analytics, weakness diagnosis, and video explanations!
Jul 1611:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
Jul 1911:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment
C
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
65%
(hard)
Question Stats:
65% (02:24) correct
35%
(02:25)
wrong
based on 1948
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
If \(x = \frac{1}{2^2*3^2*4^2*5^2}\) is expressed as a decimal, how many distinct nonzero digits will x have?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Seven
E. Ten
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Seven
E. Ten
22 Jun 2015, 01:41
Kudos
Bookmarks
You don't really need to do long division here if you don't want to, as long as you know that 1/9 = 0.11111....., and 2/9 = 0.22222...., and so on.
If we multiply a number by 10, or by 100, or by any other power of 10, we're just moving the decimal point over. We won't change the number of distinct nonzero digits we have in our number. So we can freely multiply the fraction by any power of 10 without changing the answer. We can start by multiplying the fraction by 10^2 = 2^2 * 5^2, to get:
1/3^2*4^2
which is already a bit simpler. But we can keep going - we can multiply by 100^2 = (4*25)^2 = 4^2 * 25^2 to get the 4s out of the denominator as well. So this fraction
25^2/3^2 = 625/9
has the same number of distinct digits as the fraction in the question. Since 630/9 = 70, then 621/9 = 69, so 625/9 = 69 + 4/9 = 69.44444..... which has three distinct digits.
But I think most people would just do long division, either with 1/144, or with 1/14,400, which will also work, and probably is just as fast. I hate doing long division so I always look for another way!
If we multiply a number by 10, or by 100, or by any other power of 10, we're just moving the decimal point over. We won't change the number of distinct nonzero digits we have in our number. So we can freely multiply the fraction by any power of 10 without changing the answer. We can start by multiplying the fraction by 10^2 = 2^2 * 5^2, to get:
1/3^2*4^2
which is already a bit simpler. But we can keep going - we can multiply by 100^2 = (4*25)^2 = 4^2 * 25^2 to get the 4s out of the denominator as well. So this fraction
25^2/3^2 = 625/9
has the same number of distinct digits as the fraction in the question. Since 630/9 = 70, then 621/9 = 69, so 625/9 = 69 + 4/9 = 69.44444..... which has three distinct digits.
But I think most people would just do long division, either with 1/144, or with 1/14,400, which will also work, and probably is just as fast. I hate doing long division so I always look for another way!
22 Jun 2015, 22:32
Kudos
Bookmarks
sony1000
If x= 1/(2^2*3^2*4^2*5^2) is expressed as a decimal, how many distinct nonzero digits will x have?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Seven
E. Ten
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Seven
E. Ten
\(\frac{1}{(2^2*3^2*4^2*5^2)}\) = \(\frac{1}{2^2} * \frac{1}{3^2} * \frac{1}{4^2} * \frac{1}{5^2}= \frac{1}{100} * \frac{1}{9} * \frac{1}{16}\)
= \((.01 * .0625) * \frac{1}{9}\) (division by 9 leads to a non-terminating decimal so leave it for the end)
= .000625/9
= .0000694444...
So we have 3 distinct non zero digits.
Answer (C)
