Divisible by 3? (2)

How many of the following numbers are divisible by 3?

2, 21, 211, 2111 ... 2111111111111111111, 21111111111111111111


The answer is 7.

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2 solutions

Number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its elements is divisible by 3, so the 2nd number: 2+1=3 is divisible by 3. Since every next number has one more 1 the next one that is divisible by 3 is the 5th number. Next 8th,11th, 14th,17th and 20th. That's 7 in total.

Sumukh Bansal
Nov 19, 2017

The sum of the digits of the last number is 2 + 19 2+19 and it is divisible by 3 so all numbers divisible by 3 will be 2 + 19 2+19 2 + 16 2+16 2 + 13 2+13 2 + 10 2+10 2 + 7 2+7 2 + 4 2+4 2 + 1 2+1 Hence there are total 7 7 possibilities

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