Find the number

Maheswara
Member • Jul 26, 2011

Find the number

Which is the smallest number, with which if you divide by 10 you get 9 as reminder, divide by 9 you get 8 as reminder, divide by 8 you get 7 as reminder and likewise upto if you divide by 2 you get 1 as reminder?

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andenagaveni24

Member • Aug 10, 2011

i tried but couldnt get friend............please reveal the answer

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Maheswara

Member • Aug 10, 2011

the answer is 2519

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u_know_who

Member • Aug 12, 2011

cool, please give this type of problems more. 😀

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shivamvaishy

Member • Aug 26, 2011

whats d solution boss...??i did't got d ans till now,...is 2519 is d correct one??

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Reya

Member • Aug 26, 2011

@shivam: 2519 is the right answer 😀

Taking LCM of all the reminders and subtract it by 1.

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shivamvaishy

Member • Aug 26, 2011

so how we get d asnwer as 2519...
as it is such a big,i mean 4 digit number so how to reach up to that number...??

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shivamvaishy

Member • Aug 26, 2011

its ok 2519 is d correct ans but how did u got it...??

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Ramani Aswath

Member • Aug 26, 2011

The numerals 9,8,7and 5 are multiples of all other numerals. Multiply all these ans subtract 1 from the product to get 2519.

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