AIMCAT 1316:Discussion Thread

whta is the method that is bng used for solving 29 question.. by time..

Remainder of lcm. of 3^2003-1 and 3^2003+1... as in how come it is (3^2-1)/2


They have just crapped out in the solution.

The right approach is to find the remainder by 20 ( if we find remainder by 10 , we cant be sure of the last digit when we divide by 2 subsequently , as 8 can give last digit of 4 or 9 ) for the product of those 2 nos. and then divide that remainder by 2.

Remainder was 8 , and hence answer is 4.

In one of the Grammar caselets , the first sentence has a fullstop missing and they have passed it off as a correct sentence .

They have just crapped out in the solution.

The right approach is to find the remainder by 20 ( if we find remainder by 10 , we cant be sure of the last digit when we divide by 2 subsequently , as 8 can give last digit of 4 or 9 ) for the product of those 2 nos. and then divide that remainder by 2.

Remainder was 8 , and hence answer is 4.


Can someone post the question that you are referring to?
Que : To find Last Digit (LD) of LCM [3^2003-1 and 3^2003+1]
Soln : LD ( LCM [ 3^3 - 1 and 3^3 + 1]) ...... taking last digit of 2003 in the power, i.e., 3
LD ( LCM [ 26 and 28])
LD ( 13*7*4 ) = LD (264) = 4 Answer

i have consistently score 80%ile in all five aimcats ...Suppose i dont improve what should i expect in CAT ...... do Give a %ile.

I dont understand why do people vote with fake scores even in aimcat polls

There are total 4 students with score>120 according to TIME but in pg there are 5.

QA - 43.9 8(Screwed up QA big time) :banghead:
VA - 99.25
OA - 90.09

was d 1st mock test dat 2 w/o any preparation.. need to gear up for QA frm here onwrds ..

Can sum1 pls explain the solution for the log problem. Q.No 7 in section I.

QA/DI - 82.07 %ile :(
VA/LR - 97.76 %ile
OA - 95.39 %ile
AIR - 798

QA/DI -85.43%ile - 30
va/lr - 89.37 %ile - 37
OA - 90.83%ile - 67

Don't know how to react....

QA/DI -85.43%ile - 30
va/lr - 89.37 %ile - 37
OA - 90.83%ile - 67

Don't know how to react....

QA/DI -85.43%ile - 30
va/lr - 89.37 %ile - 37
OA - 90.83%ile - 67
AIR 1587

Don't know how to react....
Que : To find Last Digit (LD) of LCM [3^2003-1 and 3^2003+1]
Soln : LD ( LCM [ 3^3 - 1 and 3^3 + 1]) ...... taking last digit of 2003 in the power, i.e., 3
LD ( LCM [ 26 and 28])
LD ( 13*7*4 ) = LD (264) = 4 Answer



u took last digits of 2003? y ?
They have just crapped out in the solution.

The right approach is to find the remainder by 20 ( if we find remainder by 10 , we cant be sure of the last digit when we divide by 2 subsequently , as 8 can give last digit of 4 or 9 ) for the product of those 2 nos. and then divide that remainder by 2.

Remainder was 8 , and hence answer is 4.

the other way by which i did is... i found out the last 2 digits by dividing 3^2003 by 100 .. which yields the last 2 digits as 27 so the numbers are 26 and 28 ... n it can b done easily ;)
26*28 /2 which gives 4
akiii Says
u took last digits of 2003? y ?

Ques: 7^777 / 28
Soln : 7^7 / 28 ............ taking last digit of power i.e., 7
By cyclicity of 7^n / 28 .... it comes like 7..21..7..21..7..21........n
So, the cyclicity of 7^n / 28 is 2.
Hence, for 7^7 / 28, remainder is 7 .......
the breakup of score for 1316 is
QA/DI-91.62
VA/LR-99.25
OA-98.53
AIR-255

Is there anyway i can get the aimcat 1316 with the solution so i can see which all questions i did wrong.

PM me your id.

Though this is not from AIMCAT 1316 it's a good question to solve. I'll be happy if u try this and let mw know the answer.

XYZ company Produces various products P,Q,R,S,T,U,V. Out of entire no. of products it produces P=20%, Q=18%, R=19%, S=12% ,T=10% ,U=13% ,V=8% .

It sells certain no. products out of produced ones. It sells P=24%, Q=12%, R=16%, S=14%, T=9%, U=15%, V=10 %

Atmost what percentage of products manufactured by the company were sold i that year?

1. 90% 2. 65% 3.83.33% 4.None of these

can anyone plz mail me Qs and solutions of aimcat 1316?
my email id is my PG user name @gmail.com

thnx in advance

Though this is not from AIMCAT 1316 it's a good question to solve. I'll be happy if u try this and let mw know the answer.

XYZ company Produces various products P,Q,R,S,T,U,V. Out of entire no. of products it produces P=20%, Q=18%, R=19%, S=12% ,T=10% ,U=13% ,V=8% .

It sells certain no. products out of produced ones. It sells P=24%, Q=12%, R=16%, S=14%, T=9%, U=15%, V=10 %

Atmost what percentage of products manufactured by the company were sold i that year?

1. 90% 2. 65% 3.83.33% 4.None of these


My answer would be
4. None of these
acc to my calculation only 15.33% of products manufactured were sold
Ques: 7^777 / 28
Soln : 7^7 / 28 ............ taking last digit of power i.e., 7
By cyclicity of 7^n / 28 .... it comes like 7..21..7..21..7..21........n
So, the cyclicity of 7^n / 28 is 2.
Hence, for 7^7 / 28, remainder is 7 .......



still dint get u dude.. please explain in a simpler way..i am not able to understand the cyclicity.. ..7...21 .. 7.. 21.. what is that actly?
akiii Says
still dint get u dude.. please explain in a simpler way..i am not able to understand the cyclicity.. ..7...21 .. 7.. 21.. what is that actly?

When you will divide,

7^1/28 = 7 remainder

7^2/28 = 21

7^3/28 = 7

7^4/28 = 21

It shows that, for every odd power of 7 when divided by 28 yeilds 7 as remainder and every even power of 7 when divided by 28 yeilds 21 as remainder.

From this, after performing only 3 operation you can make out that 7^7/28 = 7 (as the power on 7 is odd)