Difference between revisions of "2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 24"

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The digits <math>1</math>, <math>2</math>, <math>3</math>, <math>4</math>, and <math>5</math> are each used once to write a five-digit number <math>PQRST</math>. The three-digit number <math>PQR</math> is divisible by <math>4</math>, the three-digit number <math>QRS</math> is divisible by <math>5</math>, and the three-digit number <math>RST</math> is divisible by <math>3</math>. What is <math>P</math>?
 
The digits <math>1</math>, <math>2</math>, <math>3</math>, <math>4</math>, and <math>5</math> are each used once to write a five-digit number <math>PQRST</math>. The three-digit number <math>PQR</math> is divisible by <math>4</math>, the three-digit number <math>QRS</math> is divisible by <math>5</math>, and the three-digit number <math>RST</math> is divisible by <math>3</math>. What is <math>P</math>?
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<math>\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5</math>
 
<math>\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5</math>
  
 
==Solution==
 
==Solution==

Revision as of 10:06, 23 November 2016

The digits $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, and $5$ are each used once to write a five-digit number $PQRST$. The three-digit number $PQR$ is divisible by $4$, the three-digit number $QRS$ is divisible by $5$, and the three-digit number $RST$ is divisible by $3$. What is $P$?

$\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$

Solution