Divisibility by 15 15 .

Find the smallest positive multiple of 15 15 such that each of the digit of the multiple is either 0 or 8.


The answer is 8880.

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5 solutions

Shreya R
Oct 17, 2014

For a number to be a multiple of 15, it has to be divisible by both 3 and 5. For 3, divisibility can be checked by adding the sum of digits which must be a multiple of 3. Since the number consists of only 8s and 0s, we need to find smallest multiple of 8 divisible by 3, i.e. 3*8. Thus the number needs to contain three 8s and one zero in the end to be a multiple of 5. Hence we obtain the number : 8880.

Lol i thought it said NOT a 8 or 0

John Wang - 6 years, 7 months ago
Andy Shue
Oct 18, 2014

We know that the multiples of 15 are 15, 30, 45, 60...

Given that we can not have any 5s, we know that every other term is immediately removed. Because of that we know the number must be a multiple of 30 (which is the same as saying it must be a multiple of both 3 and 10)

That means it must end in a 0 and the sum of the digits must be divisible by 3 thus we have...

88888...80

we want the smallest number that does this, and the fewest number of 8s we can have to still meet the conditions set is 3

so we find 8880

Aditya Gupta
Oct 19, 2014

80, 800, 808, 880, 8000, 8800, 8080 are not divisible by 15. 8880 is the first number to be divisible by 15 containing only 8s and 0

Chinmaya Hn
Oct 31, 2014

The number's got to end with a zero because it ending with 8 won't make it a multiple of 5, and hence, not 15. Secondly, the number's also got to be divisible by 3, and hence, we'll have to write as less 8's as possible to make it divisible by 3. So the number is 8880.

Daniel Hendriks
Oct 31, 2014

80/15 gives you a remainder of 5/15 or 1/3. Increasing to 880 gives a remainder of 2/3. The pattern continues giving you no remainder every third term. 80, 880, 8880 , 88880, 888880. 8888880

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