09/17/2003 Entry: "An Arithmetic Problem"
 

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An Arithmetic Problem

Multiples of 3 and 9

Which of the following is a multiple of 3 but not a multiple of 9?

109, 117, 260, 361, 459, 957, 1001

Answer......

An integer is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisble by 3. An integer is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9. The sum of the digits in 957 is 21 (9+5+7=21), which is divisible by 3 but not by 9, so 957 is divisible by 3 but not by 9......

Dude, it took me forever and I still didn't understand it cuz I was trying to add up 1+0+9=10 and that is not divisible by either...and so on...until a friend of mine (Danny) explained how those other numbers are just there to throw me off..... =)


~GRE MATH PROBLEM from KAPLAN~


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Yo's...nun of them numbas include bof a 3 or a 9, so none's be my answer.....tryin to foo me, shooo!

- Snoop Dawg @ 09/17/2003 11:25 PM PST



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