GRE Prep Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
616 divided by 6 yields remainder p, and 525 divided by 11 y
[#permalink]
12 Aug 2018, 15:25
12 Aug 2018, 15:25
Expert Reply
00:00
Question Stats:
97% (00:47) correct
2% (00:00) wrong based on 36 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
616 divided by 6 yields remainder p, and 525 divided by 11 yields remainder q. What is p + q?
Show: :: OA
12
Re: 616 divided by 6 yields remainder p, and 525 divided by 11 y
[#permalink]
15 Aug 2018, 08:15
15 Aug 2018, 08:15
1
Expert Reply
Explanation
Remember, remainders are always whole numbers, so dividing 616 by 6 in the GRE calculator won’t yield the answer.
Rather, find the largest number less than 616 that 6 does go into (not 615, not 614, not 613…). That number is 612. Since 616 – 612 = 4, the remainder p is equal to 4.
Alternatively, divide 616 by 6 in your calculator to get 102.66…. Since 6 goes into 616 precisely 102 whole times, multiply 6 × 102 to get 612, then subtract from 616 to get the remainder 4.
This second method might be best for finding q. Divide 525 by 11 to get 47.7272…. Since \(47 \times 11 = 517\), the remainder is \(525 - 517 = 8\).
Therefore, \(p + q = 4 + 8 = 12\).
Remember, remainders are always whole numbers, so dividing 616 by 6 in the GRE calculator won’t yield the answer.
Rather, find the largest number less than 616 that 6 does go into (not 615, not 614, not 613…). That number is 612. Since 616 – 612 = 4, the remainder p is equal to 4.
Alternatively, divide 616 by 6 in your calculator to get 102.66…. Since 6 goes into 616 precisely 102 whole times, multiply 6 × 102 to get 612, then subtract from 616 to get the remainder 4.
This second method might be best for finding q. Divide 525 by 11 to get 47.7272…. Since \(47 \times 11 = 517\), the remainder is \(525 - 517 = 8\).
Therefore, \(p + q = 4 + 8 = 12\).
gmatclubot
Re: 616 divided by 6 yields remainder p, and 525 divided by 11 y [#permalink]
15 Aug 2018, 08:15
Moderators:
