Instead of numbering the fruits starting with 1, let's number them starting with 0, that is: 0 = banana 1 = coconut 2 = grape 3 = melon 4 = kiwi 5 = berry 6 = banana 7 = coconut 8 = grape 9 = melon 10 = kiwi 11 = berry 12 = banana ... That way each multiple of 6 is banana. So to find the nth fruit, we only need to divide n by 6 and take the remainder. If the remainder is 0, the fruit is banana. If the remainder is 1 then the fruit is coconut, and so forth up to a remainder of 5 which will give the fruit berry. Since we started numbering with 0 instead of 1, the 75103rd fruit will actually be the 75102nd fruit by our system of numbering. [That's because since fruit #1 is what we are calling fruit #0, then fruit #75103 would be what we would be calling fruit #75102.] So we divide 75102 by 6 12517 6)75102 6 15 12 31 30 10 6 42 42 0 The remainder is 0, so the answer is 'banana'. Edwin