An 8-digit number 4252746B leaves remainder 0 when divided by 3. How many values of B are possible?
Correct Answer :
4
Solution :
The correct option is 4.
To determine how many values of the single digit are possible such that the 8-digit number is divisible by 3 (leaves a remainder of 0), we can apply the divisibility rule for 3.
The divisibility rule for 3 states that a number is divisible by 3 if and only if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.
Let us find the sum of the digits of the given number:
Simplifying this expression, we get:
For the number to leave a remainder of 0 when divided by 3, the sum of its digits must be a multiple of 3. Therefore:
must be divisible by 3.
Since 30 is already a multiple of 3, the value of itself must be divisible by 3. Since represents the units digit of the number, it must be a single-digit integer from the set of possible digits: .
The single-digit values that are multiples of 3 (and thus divisible by 3) are:
Counting these values, we find there are exactly 4 possible values for (which are 0, 3, 6, and 9) that make the 8-digit number divisible by 3.
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