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4821x14y is an 8-digit number divisible by 72 2014-08-06
From RAYA:
if 4821x14y is an 8-digit number divisible by 72. How many values can x and y take?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 4 digit number 2014-04-04
From LIM:
"A" is a 4 digit number formed by all the numbers from 1 to 4. When "A" is divided by 9, the remainder is the biggest possible value. What is the biggest value of A?
Answered by Chris Fisher.
An even multiple of 27 2011-02-01
From parth:
the 6 digit # 63x904 is an even multiple of 27 what is X
Answered by Penny Nom.
Powers 2010-10-20
From dylan:
how do you write 20736 in exponential form .same for 1728 and 50625.

is there a formula to figure out how to express large know numbers in exponential form.

Answered by Penny Nom.
Divisibility rules 2001-09-07
From A student:
Why is it that when you add the digits of a number you can tell what the multiples of that number are. Example: 12131313111,

1+2+1+2+1+3+1+1+1=18,

therefore 12131313111 is divisble by 2, 9, 18, & 3 because those numbers are divisble by 18.

Answered by Penny Nom.
Divisibility by 9 2000-10-24
From Kelera:
If the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by 9, then the number itself it divisible by 9. Why is that? How do you explain this?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Divisibility by 3 2000-03-24
From Pat Walsh:
W hy does it work when you add the digits of a number then divid by three to see if the number is divisible by three
Answered by Penny Nom.
Divisibility by 9 1999-02-21
From Razzi:
I've been having a hard time trying to solve the following problem and I was wondering if you could help me.

For any positive integer a let S(a) be the sum of its digits. Prove that a is divisible by 9 if and only if there exist a positive integer b such that S(a)=S(b)=S(a+b).
Answered by Chris Fisher and Harley Weston.

 
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