SOLUTION: I'm a whole number greater than 1. Multiply me by 3 and the produxt is less than 20. Divide me by 3 and the remainder is 1. What number am I?
Question 599778: I'm a whole number greater than 1. Multiply me by 3 and the produxt is less than 20. Divide me by 3 and the remainder is 1. What number am I? Found 2 solutions by lynnlo, Edwin McCravy:Answer by lynnlo(4176) (Show Source):
The other tutor's answer is wrong because the
clue says it's greater than 1, so it can't be 1.
The clue:
"Multiply me by 3 and the product is less than
20."
Since 3 times 7 = 21 tells us that it's 6 or
less
The clue:
"I'm a whole number greater than 1."
Now we know it's one of these
6,5,4,3,2
The clue "Divide me by 3 and the remainder is 1".
So we divide all the possibilities by 3 and look at the
remainders:
2 1 1 1 0
3)6 3)5 3)4 3)3 3)2
63330
0 2 1 0 2
We see that 4 is the only one that has a remainder of 1
when divided by 3.
So the answer is 4.
Edwin