If positive integer x is divided by 2, the remainder is 1. What is the

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If positive integer x is divided by 2, the remainder is 1. What is the remainder when x is divided by 4 ?

(1) 31 < x < 35
(2) x is a multiple of 3.

JJo · Answer

If positive integer x is divided by 2, the remainder is 1. What is the remainder when x is divided by 4 ?

(1) 31 < x < 35
(2) x is a multiple of 3.

Answer:
A
According to the question, the positive integer x is defined as 2n + 1 i.e an odd number.

Statement 1: The only odd number between 31 and 35, excluding the two extremes is 33. Sufficient
Statement 2: Looks at odd numbers that are multiples of 3. Different remainders possible. Insufficient.

hence, A - Statement 1 alone is sufficient, statement 2 is not.

viktorija · Answer

Answer A

(1) Sufficient. 
The only number between 31 and 35 that divided by 2 gives a remainder of 1 is 33. Thus, 33 divided by 4, will give a remainder of 1 as well.

(2) Not sufficient. 
If x is 3, then divided by 2 it will give a remainder of 1, and if divided by 4 the remainder will be 3. 
However, if x is 9, then divided by 2 it will give a remainder of 1, and if divided by 4 the remainder will be 1 as well. 
More than one answer possible.

hdwnkr · Answer

If positive integer x is divided by 2, the remainder is 1. What is the remainder when x is divided by 4 ?

(1) 31 < x < 35
(2) x is a multiple of 3.

Answer:
A
According to the question, the positive integer x is defined as 2n + 1 i.e an odd number.

Statement 1: The only odd number between 31 and 35, excluding the two extremes is 33. Sufficient
Statement 2: Looks at odd numbers that are multiples of 3. Different remainders possible. Insufficient.

hence, A - Statement 1 alone is sufficient, statement 2 is not.

Gmat2Cracker · Answer

A -gives only one possibility ie.. 33 (sufficient)
B - when 9/4, rem = 1
when 12/4, rem - 0 (not suff)

ans - A

KSBGC · Answer

Note : If any number is even it must be divisible by 2 , otherwise the number is odd. So, x is ODD.

Statement 1: only odd in the given range : 33 . So, remainder when 33 is divided by 4 is 1. Sufficient.

Statement 2; unlimited multiples we have . Different multiples , different reminder . NOT sufficient.

A is the correct answer.

shwipo · Answer

One thing that many are not discussing in this question is that for statement 2), we already know that x = odd since x = 2q + 1. This means that from multiples of 3:
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, ...
Only odd numbers should be tested. Thus the remainder cannot be 0 as some propose but only 3 or 1. 
3 = 0*4 + 3
9 = 2*4 + 1
15 = 3*4 + 3
21 = 5*4 + 1

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