What is a number that when divided by 10 leaves a remainder 9 and when divided by 9 leaves a remainder 8, when divided by 8 then leaves a remainder 7, and similarly till 1 ?
What is the Number ?
the smallest number obeying these conditions is 89 (THIS is wrong answer, thanks @salil) yes, being LCM of these numbers any form of (2520*n)-1 will work for this kind of question
A positive integer N leaves the same remainder of 35 when divided by both 2009 and 2010.
What is the remainder when N is divided by 42?
A number when divided by 48 gives 47 as remainder and x as quotient, the same number when divided by 49 gives 8 as remainder and y as quotient. What is the minimum possible value of x?
