Official Quant thread for CAT 2013

@fireatwill said:
Maximum number of square possible that can be constructed using 31 pencils of equal length on the table? PLEASE explain the method
the square will be of grid 4*3

total squares possible 4*3 + (4-1)*(3-1) + (4-2)*(3-2) equaL TO 20
@IIMAIM said:
31000?
NO 20 😛 :P
@fireatwill
edit 29?
@joyjitpal yes right .. answer is 20 ...method please
@pavimai said:
A 50 digit number has all 7 s .find the remainder when the number is divided by 74
2x+1=37y+3
2x=37y+2
y=0

3 is reaminder
@anantn no bro answer ..20
@pavimai said:
A 50 digit number has all 7 s .find the remainder when the number is divided by 74
3 Shoul be the remainder...cyclicity rule se...
@maroof10 said:
what should be the values of a and b such that 30a0b03 is divisible by 13?
I think the condition.will be b-a should be 7.....
@maroof10 said:
what should be the values of a and b such that 30a0b03 is divisible by 13?
Apply rule of divisibility of 13,you would get the answer:-
(3*1)+(b*-4)+(a*3)+(3*1)=multiples of 13
=>3-4b+3a+3=0 or 3-4b+3a+3=13 or 3-4b+3a+3=26 or 3-4b+3a+3=39
1st Case:
3a-4b=-6 =>a=2,b=3 and a=6,b=6
2nd Case:
3a-4b=7 =>a=5,b=2 and a=9,b=5
3rd Case:
3a-4b=20 =>a=8,b=1
4th case:
3a-4b=33 =>no solution
@saurabhlumarrai said:
Apply rule of divisibility of 13,you would get the answer:-(3*1)+(b*-4)+(a*3)+(3*1)=multiples of 13=>3-4b+3a+3=0 or 3-4b+3a+3=13 or 3-4b+3a+3=26 or 3-4b+3a+3=391st Case:3a-4b=-6 =>a=2,b=3 and a=6,b=62nd Case:3a-4b=7 =>a=5,b=2 and a=9,b=53rd Case:3a-4b=20 =>a=8,b=14th case:3a-4b=33 =>no solution
what is the divisibility rule of 13?
@joyjitpal said:
what is the divisibility rule of 13?
follow this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisibility_rule
You would be amazed to find the divisibilty rule of 7 and 13
@maroof10 said:
what should be the values of a and b such that 30a0b03 is divisible by 13?
there will be total 7 sets of (a,b) which are (0,8), (2,3), (3,7), (5,2), (6,6), (8,1), (9,5). u can solve this by using the divisibility rule for 13.
@saurabhlumarrai thanks
@saurabhlumarrai hey can u plz explain the first two lines
@maroof10 said:
@saurabhlumarrai hey can u plz explain the first two lines
follow this link and you will understand by yourself:-
it contains the divisibility rule of numbers from 1 to 20...you can follow the divisibility rule of 13...if u dont understand,you can revert back to me
remainder when 1^3+2^3+3^3...+1000^3 is divided by 13 is???
@pavimai said:
what is the sum of all 5 digit numbers that are formed using 1,3,5,7,9 taken one at a time??
numbers at 10000's position= 1*10^4*4! +3*10^4*4!+.....+9*10^4*4!=25*10^4*4!
1000's position = 25*10^3*4!
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unit position =25*4!
25*4!(10^4+10^3+...+1)=16*24*9999/9 = 16*24*1111=666600
@pavimai said:
remainder when 1^3+2^3+3^3...+1000^3 is divided by 13 is???
a^3+b^3+c^3+.... is divisible by a+b+c+...
1+2+3+...1000=1000*1001/2
1001 is divisble by 13
hence 0
@Subhashdec2 said:
numbers at 10000's position= 1*10^4*4! +3*10^4*4!+.....+9*10^4*4!=16*10^4*4!1000's position = 16*10^3*4!...unit position =16*4!16*4!(10^4+10^3+...+1)=16*24*9999/9 = 16*24*1111=426624
there is an easy funda to find it

sum of all numbers formed from given digits=(n-1)!*{sum of digits}*{1111...n times}

so
sum of all numbers formed from digits {1,3,5,7,9} will be= 4!{1+3+5+7+9}*{11111}
= 24*25*11111
=6666600
@Subhashdec2 said:
a^3+b^3+c^3+.... is divisible by a+b+c+...1+2+3+...1000=1000*1001/21001 is divisble by 13hence 0
correct