That digit is missing!

Teacher wrote a large number of 50 50 digits consisting of only 1 s 1s on the board for some reason. But he forgot to write the digit at 26 t h 26th position from the right. A trick came to his head to hide his mistake. He asked the students what was the missing digit provided that the 50 50 digit number is divisible by 13 13 ?


The answer is 9.

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3 solutions

Mr. India
May 4, 2019

The number is 111....1 × 24 m 111....111 × 25 \underbrace{111....1}_{×24}m\underbrace{111....111}_{×25}

1001 = 7 × 11 × 13 1001=7×11×13

So, 111111 = 1001 × 111 111111=1001×111 is also divisible by 13 13

This means that 6 6 consecutive 1 1 are divisible by 13 13

So, 24 ( 6 × 4 ) 24(6×4) 1 1 's are also divisible by 13 13

So, both left and right of middle 2 2 digits are divisible by 13 13

This means that middle two digits also must be divisible by 13 13 to make the given number divisible by 13 13

So, m 1 \overline{m1} is divisible by 13 13

So, m = 9 \boxed{m=9}

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K T
May 11, 2019

Let's look at the value of a 1 in each position. We work (mod 13) all the time here. 1 0 0 = 1 , 1 0 1 = 10 , 1 0 2 = 9 , 1 0 3 = 10 × 9 = 12 , 1 0 4 = 10 × 12 = 3 , 1 0 5 = 10 × 3 = 4 , 1 0 6 = 10 × 4 = 1 10^0=1,10^1=10,10^2=9,10^3=10×9=12,10^4=10×12=3,10^5=10×3=4,10^6=10×4=1 . This pattern repeats every 6 positions, so the value of the digit at position 26 has the same value as the digit at position 2, which is 10.

A number of consisting of 50 1's has value 8 × ( 1 + 10 + 9 + 12 + 3 + 4 ) + 1 + 10 = 11 8×(1+10+9+12+3+4) +1+10=11 , so with a 0 at position 26 we have 11 10 = 1 11-10=1 .We need to add 12 to that to get a 0.

Since 9 × 10 = 90 = 12 9×10=90=12 , we need a 9 \boxed{9} at that position.

Alapan Das
May 4, 2019

111111 111111 is the least all 1 1 containing number which is divisible by 13 13 . So the left part of missing number consists 24 24 1 s 1s . As 24 24 is a multiple of 6 ,the left part or precisely 24 24 1s are divisible by 13 13 . So, same as this the 241 s 24 1s from right is also divisible by 13 13 . Only left one 1 1 in 25 t h 25 th position from right and the missing digit in 26 t h 26th position from right. So, the missing number is 9 9 ,because 91 91 is the only two–digit number consisting 1 1 in its unit position. So, answer is 9 9 .

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