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A shopkeeper has a three-digit number of cookies written as 5A6, where A is a single digit.
The number 5A6 is divisible by 3.
What is the largest possible value of A?

Class 6Divisibility RulesPlaying with Numbers
  • A6
  • B14
  • C7
  • D8

Step-by-Step Solution

Digit sum = must be a multiple of 3. Possible A: 1 (12), 4 (15), 7 (18). The largest single digit among these is 7 .
Answer: C) 7

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