I am a number between 245 and 255. My factors include 2,3,4,6, and 9. What number am I?
Well...you have to be even....and you have to be divisible by 3 and 6
The only possibilties are 248, 252.
And it isn't 248 because that number isn't divisible by 9. (The sum of the digits of a number have to be divisible by 9 for that number to be divisible by 9.)
So you're 252.
Proof by factoring:
252
126 x 2
63 X 2 x 2
9 x 7 x 2 x 2
3 x 3 x 7 x 2 x 2
Note that 2.3,4,6 and 9 all divide this.
Now.......we're going to sew your number inside your coat so you won't forget it, again!!
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Well...you have to be even....and you have to be divisible by 3 and 6
The only possibilties are 248, 252.
And it isn't 248 because that number isn't divisible by 9. (The sum of the digits of a number have to be divisible by 9 for that number to be divisible by 9.)
So you're 252.
Proof by factoring:
252
126 x 2
63 X 2 x 2
9 x 7 x 2 x 2
3 x 3 x 7 x 2 x 2
Note that 2.3,4,6 and 9 all divide this.
Now.......we're going to sew your number inside your coat so you won't forget it, again!!
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