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# What is the remainder when 4^96 is divided by 6?

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What is the remainder when 4^96 is divided by 6?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

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26 Nov 2018, 02:24
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What is the remainder when 4^96 is divided by 6?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

E. 4

Remainder when $$4^1 = 4$$ is divided by $$6 = 4$$
Remainder when $$4^2 = 16$$ is divided by $$6 = 4$$
Remainder when $$4^3 = 64$$ is divided by $$6 = 4$$
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Remainder when $$4^{96}$$ is divided by $$6 = 4$$
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Updated on: 26 Nov 2018, 21:27
Bunuel wrote:
What is the remainder when 4^96 is divided by 6?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

E. 4

Solve it using the cyclicity rule which for 4 is : 4,6 ....
so at 4^96 we would get units digits ending with 6.. upon checking for any even power raised to 4 i.e 4^ even power and divided by 6 we always get remainder as 4 eg 4^2, 4^4 .... so 4^96 will also give remainder as 4 , so option E

Originally posted by Archit3110 on 26 Nov 2018, 17:59.
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26 Nov 2018, 21:20
GMATinsight sir can you shed some light on this

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26 Nov 2018, 23:27
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Cyclicity of 4 is 2 ( 4,16,64...)

Means units digit of 4^96 is 6

And on division by 6 it should leave a reminder zero.

But in this case the answer is 4.

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26 Nov 2018, 23:41
s111 wrote:
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Cyclicity of 4 is 2 ( 4,16,64...)

Means units digit of 4^96 is 6

And on division by 6 it should leave a reminder zero.

But in this case the answer is 4.

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You are seeing the remainder of units digit not whole value.. which is why you are not getting 4 as answer
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26 Nov 2018, 23:47
BUT we always see units digit only to solve for reminders? please correct me here if i am wrong

487^191 divided by 5
cyclicity of 7 is 7,9,3,1 = 4
dividing 191/4 we get 47 pairs so units digit is 3

so reminder is 3
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26 Nov 2018, 23:49
s111 wrote:
BUT we always see units digit only to solve for reminders? please correct me here if i am wrong

487^191 divided by 5
cyclicity of 7 is 7,9,3,1 = 4
dividing 191/4 we get 47 pairs so units digit is 3

so reminder is 3

NO.. PLEASE CHECK WHAT WOULD BE REMAINDER WHEN 4^2 IS DIVIDED BY 6 .. WILL YOU GET 0 OR 4..

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27 Nov 2018, 02:16
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What is the remainder when 4^96 is divided by 6?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

E. 4

Archit3110

This is NOT a question of unit digit calculation. this instead is a question of cyclicity of remainders

$$4^1$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4
$$4^2$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4
$$4^3$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4
$$4^4$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4

i.e. remainder is always 4 irrespective of any exponent of 4 when the number $$4^x$$ where m ≥1 is divided by 6

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27 Nov 2018, 02:18
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s111 wrote:
BUT we always see units digit only to solve for reminders? please correct me here if i am wrong

487^191 divided by 5
cyclicity of 7 is 7,9,3,1 = 4
dividing 191/4 we get 47 pairs so units digit is 3

so reminder is 3

NO.. PLEASE CHECK WHAT WOULD BE REMAINDER WHEN 4^2 IS DIVIDED BY 6 .. WILL YOU GET 0 OR 4..

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Do NOT divide unit digit of number by 6 to calculate the remainder. Divide the entire number by 6 and then see the remainder.

Unit digit is reponsible for remainder only when the divisior is either 5 or 10
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27 Nov 2018, 03:21
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Bunuel wrote:
What is the remainder when 4^96 is divided by 6?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

E. 4

Archit3110

This is NOT a question of unit digit calculation. this instead is a question of cyclicity of remainders

$$4^1$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4
$$4^2$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4
$$4^3$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4
$$4^4$$ divided by 6 leaves remainder = 4

i.e. remainder is always 4 irrespective of any exponent of 4 when the number $$4^x$$ where m ≥1 is divided by 6

I hope this helps!!!

GMATinsight , I had understood the question , as rightly pointed out by you this is not a cyclcity question, I actually used cyclcity to determine the unit value of 4^96..but nonetheless it isn't of much use as remainder would always be' 4 'when divided by 6

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27 Nov 2018, 03:50
I did this way:-

(4^96)/6= (4X4^95)/6

Above can be reduced to this, 2X (4^95)/3 {Keep a note we have cancelled 2 from neumerator & Denomenator so final result to be mutliplied by this}

Now, 2X 4^95/3 remainder= 2X (Rem. 4/3)^95=2 X (1)^95=2

Final Remainder= 2X2=4
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01 Dec 2018, 01:16
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Hi...am wondering if the following is correct:

4^96 = 2^192 = (3 - 1)^192
Now:

(3-1)^192/6 --> the '3' raised to any power will give a remainder of 3 when divided by 6 AND '1' will give a remainder of 1 when divided by 6, but since the minus sign has an even power we get:
r=3+1=4

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10 Dec 2018, 07:24
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Hi...am wondering if the following is correct:

4^96 = 2^192 = (3 - 1)^192
Now:

(3-1)^192/6 --> the '3' raised to any power will give a remainder of 3 when divided by 6 AND '1' will give a remainder of 1 when divided by 6, but since the minus sign has an even power we get:
r=3+1=4

Mansoor50

Your reasoning is 100% correct here...
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Hi...am wondering if the following is correct:

4^96 = 2^192 = (3 - 1)^192
Now:

(3-1)^192/6 --> the '3' raised to any power will give a remainder of 3 when divided by 6 AND '1' will give a remainder of 1 when divided by 6, but since the minus sign has an even power we get:
r=3+1=4

Hello Mansoor50
I solved it the same way you did, with 1 exception. I think you created an extra step by writing 4^96 as 2^192, and further writing 2^192 as (3-1)^192.

Instead, we can write 4^96 as (3+1)^96.
Then remainder for 3/6 = 3
Remainder for 1/6 = 1
Final remainder = 3+1 = 4

Just shared this solution because I think it saves a little bit more time to do it this way.
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