Almost Divisible Three Threes

Algebra Level 3

Find the sum of all 3 digit numbers which leave the remainder 2 when divided by 3.


The answer is 164850.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 24, 2015

The sum

S = 101 + 104 + 107 + . . . + 998 = 101 + 998 2 ( 998 101 3 + 1 ) = 1099 2 × 300 = 164850 \begin{aligned} S & = 101+104+107+...+998 \\ & = \dfrac {101+998}{2} \left( \dfrac {998-101}{3} + 1\right) \\ & = \dfrac {1099}{2} \times 300 \\ & = \boxed{164850} \end{aligned}

level 4 for this?? damn!

Rohit Ner - 6 years, 2 months ago

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No this can be solved by arithmetic progression, as I did.

Manish Mayank - 6 years, 2 months ago
Manish Mayank
Mar 28, 2015

First we see for the numbers which leave remainder 0 0 . Clearly these are 102 , 105 , 108...... , 996 , 999 102,105,108......,996,999 So the numbers that leave remainder 2 are 101 , 104 , 107......... , 995 , 998 101,104,107.........,995,998 This is an AP with a=101,d=3 & l=998 You can also find that n = 300 n=300 . Hence required sum = n 2 ( a + l ) \frac{n}{2}(a+l) = 164850 \boxed{164850}

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