Divisibility

  • Gaxinta
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    Gaxinta

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A number N is divisible by 10, 90, 98 and 882 but it is NOT divisible by 50 or 270 or 686 or 1764. It is also known that N is a factor of 9261000. What is N?
  • Factoring factorials
    problem

    Factoring factorials

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Find the highest power of 11 that will divide into 1000! exactly.
  • Adding in Rows
    problem

    Adding in rows

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    List any 3 numbers. It is always possible to find a subset of adjacent numbers that add up to a multiple of 3. Can you explain why and prove it?
  • Eminit
    problem

    Eminit

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The number 8888...88M9999...99 is divisible by 7 and it starts with the digit 8 repeated 50 times and ends with the digit 9 repeated 50 times. What is the value of the digit M?
  • Powerful factorial
    problem

    Powerful factorial

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. The highest power of 2 that divides exactly into 6! is 4 since (6!) / (2^4 ) = 45. What is the highest power of two that divides exactly into 100!?
  • Just Repeat
    problem

    Just repeat

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Think of any three-digit number. Repeat the digits. The 6-digit number that you end up with is divisible by 91. Is this a coincidence?
  • Three times Seven
    problem

    Three times seven

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    A three digit number abc is always divisible by 7 when 2a+3b+c is divisible by 7. Why?
  • What an odd fact(or)
    problem

    What an odd fact(or)

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you show that 1^99 + 2^99 + 3^99 + 4^99 + 5^99 is divisible by 5?
  • Missing Digit
    problem

    Missing digit

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What digit must replace the star to make the number a multiple of 11?
  • There's always One isn't there
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    There's always one isn't there

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Take any pair of numbers, say 9 and 14. Take the larger number, fourteen, and count up in 14s. Then divide each of those values by the 9, and look at the remainders.