Sunday, 15 March 2015

19..

 If you (1) subtract from any number divisible by 19,  5 (2) add 1 to its hundreds place digit;
The new number that you will get will also be divisible by 19. Try it.
To give an example 190. (1) 85 (2) 2; so new 285. 285 ÷ 19 = 15. To make the trick work fast exclude numbers ending with 00 to 04. Happy Mathematics Day. Birthday of India's great Mathematician Ramanujam.