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Standard VIII
Mathematics
Divisibility by 3
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Question
show that every odd positive integer is of the form 6q+1 or 6q+3 or 6q+5 for some integer m
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Solution
Take
"
a
"
as
any
positive
integer
and
b
=
6
Then
by
Euclid
'
s
division
lemma
,
there
exist
two
more
positive
intgers
'
r
'
and
'
q
'
such
that
,
a
=
6
q
+
r
,
0
≤
r
<
6
Since
r
takes
values
such
that
0
≤
r
<
6
,
the
possible
forms
of
'
a
'
are
,
6
q
+
0
,
6
q
+
1
,
6
q
+
2
,
6
q
+
3
,
6
q
+
4
,
6
q
+
5
Check
if
these
numbers
are
divisible
by
2
or
not
.
The
number
which
are
not
divisibel
by
2
are
odd
numbers
.
Here
6
q
+
0
=
6
q
which
is
divisible
by
6
,
so
it
is
divisible
by
2
which
makes
it
an
even
number
.
In
the
number
6
q
+
1
,
6
q
is
divisible
by
2
but
1
is
not
divisible
by
2
.
So
the
entire
number
is
not
divisible
by
2
.
This
shows
it
is
a
odd
number
.
In
the
number
6
q
+
2
,
6
q
is
divisible
by
2
and
2
is
also
divisible
by
2
.
So
the
entire
number
is
divisible
by
2
.
This
shows
it
is
an
even
number
.
In
the
number
6
q
+
3
,
6
q
is
divisible
by
2
but
3
is
not
divisible
by
2
.
So
the
entire
number
is
not
divisible
by
2
.
This
shows
it
is
a
odd
number
.
In
the
number
6
q
+
4
,
6
q
is
divisible
by
2
and
4
is
also
divisible
by
2
.
So
the
entire
number
is
divisible
by
2
.
This
shows
it
is
an
even
number
.
In
the
number
6
q
+
5
,
6
q
is
divisible
by
2
but
5
is
not
divisible
by
2
.
So
the
entire
number
is
not
divisible
by
2
.
This
shows
it
is
a
odd
number
.
This
proves
that
every
odd
positive
integer
takes
the
form
6
q
+
1
,
6
q
+
3
,
6
q
+
5
for
some
integer
q
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Q.
Show that any positive odd integer of the form 6q+ 1 or 6Q + 3 or 6Q + 5 were q in some integer
Q.
Show that any positive odd integer is of the form
6
q
+
1
, or
6
q
+
3
, or
6
q
+
5
, where
q
is some integer.
Q.
Use division algorithm to show that any positive odd integer is of the form
6
q
+
1
or
6
q
+
3
or
6
q
+
5
, where
q
is some integer.
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