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Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 17:21
Any idea :shock: Pls include reasoning along with all answer posts.

Find the greatest four digit number which when divided by 18, 28 and 35 leaves in each case a remainder 5.

a. 9825
b. 8820
c. 8825
d. 8815



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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 05 Jan 2004, 19:36
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Any idea :shock: Pls include reasoning along with all answer posts.

Find the greatest four digit number which when divided by 18, 28 and 35 leaves in each case a remainder 5.

a. 9825
b. 8820
c. 8825
d. 8815


use prime factorization for a problem like this


18, 28, 35

3x3x2, 2x2x7, 3x5

combine uncommon primes

3x2x7x5=210

check the answer choices to see which answer is a mulitple of 210

Hark!! it's B!!!

8820 but is that the answer??? NO!!!!! Sorry Joe Bloggs! (for those who took PR for SATs)

add 5 to 8820

Thus C is your answer

verstehen Sie? Ausgezeichnet!

Originally posted by Titleist on 05 Jan 2004, 19:28.
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 19:35
you mean subtract five to get (d) right?
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 19:38
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you mean subtract five to get (d) right?


:oops: sorry as i correctly wrote add 5 to get 8825

incorrectly wrote c instead of b - i made that correction.
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 19:41
Titleist, the official answer is (D)
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 19:46
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Titleist, the official answer is (D)


hmmm...8825 when divided by 18,28, and 35 leaves a remainder of 5

I think i may have to disagree with that "official" answer


is that a Gmat plus question?
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 19:52
your right, ...I checked on a calculator..... the official answer is incorrect...It happens
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 19:57
I had three beers tonight :drinking - glad to know my brain cells are still functioning. Struggling but functioning! :out
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 05 Jan 2004, 20:04
The way I solved it was this:
LCM of 18 , 28 and 35 = 1260
The greatest four digit number possible is 9999
Therefore, 9999/1260 leaves a remainder of 1179.
Subtract 5 from 1179 to yield 1174.
9999 - 1174 = 8825

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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 20:04
sunniboy007 wrote:
The way I solved it was this:
LCM of 18 , 28 and 35 = 1260
The greatest four digit number possible is 9999
Therefore, 9999/1260 leaves a remainder of 1179.
Subtract 5 from 1179 to yield 1174.
9999 - 1175 = 8825


And how long did all that long division take you?
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Re: Remainder Q [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2004, 20:10
Well - you can do it your way. But it took me less than a minute when breaking it down to prime factors. The calculation alone, the way you did it, would've taken me 2 minutes - and that's without reading and trying to figure the darn question out. I'm just lazy and like to do the least amount of calculations when it comes to these problems.

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