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Recently have seen quite a few questions on SUCCESSIVE REMAINDERS and not many people comfortable with them. i don't know how others solve it but the method I'll discuss here is the easiest one I guess.
Suppose it has asked you to get the no which leaves remainder x,y,z when successively divided by a,b,c. All you need to do is write the divisor and respective remainder below it:
a b c
x y z

Now the no will be {[(b*z) + y] * a} + x

let's take an example, tell the no which leaves remainder 2,5,6 when successively divided by 6,8,11

6 8 11
2 5 6
no will be 8*6 = 48 +5 = 53 *6 = 318 +2 = 320

Hope it is clear, going to questions.
1) This was posted today in morning:

Find the sum of the remainders obtained when a number n is divided by 9 and 7 successively, if n is the smallest number that leaves respective remainders of 4, 6 and 9 when divided successively by 13, 11 and 15.

13 11 15
4
...6...9

No will be= 11*9 = 99+6 = 105*13 = 1365 + 4 =1369
Rest part can be done easily.

2)
K is a number which when successively divided 3 times by N leaves a remainder of 4,4,1.if NTo get the no's take N = 8,7,6,5
When
8 8 8
4 4 1
K = 8*1 = 8 +4 =12*8 = 96+4 = 100
similarly for 7,6,5. You can try for these values, and you will get K as 81, 64 , 49.

If there is something extra you want to add, please go ahead and do let me know if there is any flaw.

Algebra Question. Tough one. Pl post approach.

Total expenses of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly varying linearly with the number of

boarders. The average expense per boarder is Rs. 700 when there are 25 boarders and Rs. 600

when there are 50 boarders. What is the average expense per boarder when there are 100 boarders?

Two vessels A and B of equal capacities contain mixtures of milk and water in the ratio of 4:1 and 3:1 respectively. 25% of the mixture A taken out and added to B. After mixing it thoroughly,an equal amount is taken out from B and added back to A. The ratio of milk to water in vessel A after second operation is:

A man invested Rs. 1000 at the rate of 15% per annum at S.I. He withdraws the final amt. after 'T' years. He keeps half of the withdrawn amt with him and invests the remaining. This invested amt kept on reducing at S.I rate of 12.5% per annum for a period of 6 years. If the aggregate sum with the man after "T + 6" years is Rs. 1000, then find the value of 'T'

options-
1) 3
2) 4
3) 5
4) 6
5) 7

P.S - don't know the OA

how many times does 7 occur at least once from nos. 1 to 1000 ?

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Hello Puys ,

Can any of you point me to a proper article on Calenders chapter ?
@placiddisciple @pratskool @grkkrg

bhai ek simple doubt hai whats the least no in base 4 system??? @jp_1991 @jasneetdua @Shubh.i

88888888888888888888......1000 8s divisible by 9,99,999,1,11,111,7,27 37 u get a remainder(these fundas are known) .similarly do u have a funda for 19 or any other numbers???

hey.. can anybody post some ques for set theory... rolleyes

transformed equation of x-2y+5=0 when the axes are rotated by an angle 45 in the anticlockwise direction???

cos20cos40cos80=??

The number of positive integral solutions of abc=42 is ?

  • 17
  • 27
  • 21
  • 3! * 42

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A circle is drawn with O as the center, Points A, B, C, D are chosen on the circle such that B and C lie on the same side of diameter AD. BC and AD when extended meet at point E and length of CE is equal to the radius of the circle. If length of arc AB is equal to length of arc BC, what is the measure of angle AEB to the nearest integer.


Options nai hai.. evn solution nai hai.. isko kaise karenge pls batao !!!!

A says to B, when i was (2/3)rd of your present age, you were (4/5)th of my present age.

If a and b are the present ages of A and B respectively, what is the relation between the ages of A and B?

1) 10b=12a
2) 5b=3a
3) 25b=27a
4) 5b=4a


In Δ ABD, ∠B = 60°, ∠D = 90° and AB = 4 cm. C is a point on BD, such that DC = DA. M is a point on CA (between C and A) such that 2CM = MA. N is the midpoint of BM. If Line CN intersects AB at P, find BP.

A. 1 cm

B. 4/3 cm

C. 1.5 cm

D. 5/3cm



Consider the set G of all integers between 100 and 9999 (including the extremes). Call two integers a and b in G to be in the same category if the digits appearing in a and b are the same. For example, if a = 101, b = 100, c = 1000 and d = 120, then a, b and c are in the same category but c and d are not. Find the number of different categories that can be formed out of G.


a) 384

b) 385

c) 174

d) 175

hi, can anyone please explain what are bases
like base 4, base 10 etc



A boy has forgotten his friend's 8 digit telephone no. but remebers the following

1. The first 3 digits are either 279 or 270
2. the digit 0 occurs exactly 3 times and digit occurs exactly once
3. The number is an even no.
If he has to use a trial and error method to reach his friend what is the minimum no. of trials he has to make to be sure to succeed?

pq, pr, qp and pp are two-digit numbers, 'pqr' is a three-digit number and 'prrp' is a four-digit number (p, q, r are all numerals). If pq × pr = pqr, then the remainder when (qp × prrp) is divided by 'pp' is


a) 1

b) 2

c) 7

d) None of these