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Problem 105

Number theory Difficulty 1.2 Multiple choice CEMC Gauss (Grade 7) · Canada · 2014

How many positive two-digit whole numbers are divisible by 7?

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Official solution

The largest two-digit number that is a multiple of 7 is 7×14=987\times14=98.

Thus, there are 14 positive multiples of 7 that are less than 100.

However, this includes 7×1=77\times1=7 which is not a two-digit number.

Therefore, there are 141=1314-1=13 positive two-digit numbers which are divisible by 7.
(Note that these 13 numbers are 14,21,28,35,42,49,56,63,70,77,84,91,14,21,28,35,42,49,56,63,70,77,84,91, and 98.)

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