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Algebra Level 4

What is the remainder when 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434481 is divided by 45


The answer is 36.

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2 solutions

Karthik R K
Jan 27, 2015

The remainder that you get when you divide a number by n is called that number modulo n. For example, 23 modulo 4 is 3, since when you divide 4 into 23, you get a quotient of 5 and a remainder of 3.

Note that 45 is the product of 5 and 9, two relatively prime numbers. (Note: two numbers are relatively prime if they have no common factor other than 1.) If you know the number modulo 5 and the number modulo 9, then you can determine the number modulo 45.

The number ends with a 1, so modulo 5 it's 1.

Add all the digits together to get some number, then add all its digits together and continue this to get a digit. In this case its 9, so modulo 9 is 0.

Thus, modulo 5 it's 1, and modulo 9 it's 0. the number between 0 and 45 having this property is the answer.

Ankit Kumar Jain
Feb 1, 2015

For a number to be divisible by 45 45 , it must be divisible by 5 , 9 5 , 9 .

Till 123....35 123....35 , the number is divisible by 5 5 because last digit is 5 5 and sum of digits is also divisible by 9 9 \quad \quad \quad ( To calculate the sum of digits use the formula n ( n + 1 ) 2 \color{#3D99F6}{\text{To calculate the sum of digits use the formula}} \dfrac{n(n+1)}{2} ).

Leftover 3637...4481 3637...4481 , you can easily divide by 45 45 and obtain 36 \boxed{36} as the remainder.

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