# Easy Number System Solved QuestionAptitude Discussion

 Q. The numbers 1 to 29 are written side by side as follows $1234567891011......2829$. If the number is divided by 9, then what is the remainder?
 ✖ A. 0 ✖ B. 1 ✖ C. 2 ✔ D. 3

Solution:
Option(D) is correct

Sum of digits from $1$ to $10 = 46$

sum of digits from $11$ to $20 =56$

sum of digits from $21$ to $29 =63$

sum of the digits from numbers $= 46+56+63 =165$

Sum of digits in the number $165 =12$ which gives a remainder of 3 when divided by $9$.

Edit: For an alternative solution, check comment by Sravan Reddy.

## (7) Comment(s)

Sagar Bhatt
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Just add first n natural number, sums to 435, divide it by 9 remainder = 3 . Done !!

Sravan Reddy
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Firstly, as mentioned by others, its not sum of first 29 numbers. so simply can't use $\dfrac{n(n+1)}{2} = 450!!$ This is wrong.

What was asked was sum of digits of all 1st 29 natural numbers which will be the one as mentioned in solution.

Alternate way of summation:

Sum of 1 to 9 is 45 - repeated 3 times (1,9),(11,19),(21,29) - so total $45*3 = 135$

Now sum of 10 1's and 10 2's which appear in ten's digit is $10+20=30$

So, total sum is 165 which upon dividing by 9 gives 3 as reminder.

Sravan Reddy
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Sorry, it's 435 not 450 in my first statement.

Hemanta
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sum will be 435 not 165..

Levi Khandelwal
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poor people they dont know how to do addition

Zaved
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Sum will be 165 only, as it is not the sum of FIRST 29 numbers.

So using $\dfrac{n(n+1)}{2}$ is wrong.

Gannu
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the easy method is to employ sum to 'n' terms, b'cause all we have to do is to add the numbers to check the divisibility of the given number