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1+5+4+5=15
Step 2: If the sum of th digits of any number is divisible by 3, then that number is divisible by 3. The sum of the digits of 1,545 is 15 and 15 is divisible by 3 (15/3=5)
5+6+0+2=13
Step 2: If the sum of the digits of a number is not divisible by 3, then that number is not divisible by 3. The sum of the digits of 5,602 is 13 and 3 does not go into 13 evenly without a remainder. Therefore, 5,602 is NOT divisible by 3.
EXERCISES:
Determine if the number is divisible by 3. Do so without actually dividing the number.
1. ) 7,032 2.) 15,363 3.) 3,510 4.) 70,153 5.) 6,231 6.) 3,031
DEFINITIONS:
Note: The divisor is the number that is divided into the dividend in the example, 153, 15 is the dividend and 3 is the divisor. The answer to a division problem is the quotient.
Example: 444,444,444 is divisible by which number? A.) 44 B.) 22 C.) 2,222 D.) 222 E.) 555
Step 1: Exclude 555 because the digit of 4 in 444,444,444 is NOT divisibly by the digit of 5 in 555. Step 2: Choices a, b, c, and d all meet the first condition, so now test the second condition. The number 444,444,444 has 9 digits, therefore, choose an answer whose number of digits will divide into 9. The choices of 44 and 22 each have two digits. 9 is NOT divisible by 2, so 44 and 22 are not correct. The choice 2,222 has 4 digits and 9 is not divisible by 4, so 2,222 is NOT the correct answer.
Step 3: The choice 222 has 3 digits. 9 is divisible by 3, therefore 444,444,444 is divisible by 222. Thus the answer is choice d.
EXERCISES:
1.) 5,555 is divisible by which number? a) 111 b) 555 c)22 d)55 2.) 333,333 is divisible by which number? a) 1,111 b)111 c) 3,333 d) 33,333
3.) 888,888,888 is divisible by which number? a) 333 b) 44 c) 888 d) 2,222
4.)444,444 is divisible by which number? a) 2,222 b) 22,222 c) 22 d)333 5) 666,666,666 is divisible by which number? a) 3,333 b)333 c)6,666 d) 555 6) 999,999 is divisible by which number? a) 333 b) 9,999 c) 44 d) 3,333
Step 1: Multiply the denominator of one fraction by the numerator of the other fraction. This multiplication must be performed in an upwards diagonal direction. Place each answer above the numerator that was multiplied.
45 5 8 32 4 9
Step 2: The fraction with the greater number above itself is the greater fraction. 5/8 is greater than 4/9 because 45 is greater than 32.
Shortcut # 4:
If each numerator is 1 less than its denominator, then the fraction with the greatest numerator is the greatest fraction.
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