Awaara Parindeyy

CAT Preparation Community 5y ago

M is the largest 4 digit number, which when divided by 4, 5, 6 and 7 leaves remainder as 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. What will be the remainder when M is divided by 9?

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ANAND S 5y ago

It will leave a remainder 1, The numbers and the remainders all have a common difference of 2,(4-2),(5-3),(6-4),(7-5) So, the largest 4 digit number must be of the form, N=(LCM(4,5,6,7)*k)-2, N=420k-2, largest 4 digit digit multiple of 420 is 9660, -2 is 9658. This divided by 9 leaves a remainder of 1.

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