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Topics Covered
 Base System
 Calendars
QA
CEX-Q-0217/23

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Number of questions : 35

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1. Convert the given decimal number to binary exactly two out of the three cases the leading
number: (172)10 = ( ? )2 digit is 1. Which of the following may be the

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value of M?
2. Convert the given number from base 7 to (1) 31 (2) 63 (3) 75

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decimal number: (2035)7 = ( ? )10 (4) 91 (5) 71

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3. Convert the decimal number (14.3125)10 to 7. Three times a two-digit number when
binary number. considered as a number in base 10 is four
(1) (1100.0101)2 (2) (1110.0101)2

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times the two-digit number with the same
(3) (1010.1100)2 (4) None of these digits when considered in base 7. How many

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such two-digit numbers are possible?
4. Convert the given octal number to decimal (1) 0 (2) 1
number: (232.12)8 = ( ? )10 (3) 2 (4) More than 2
(1) (144.62525)10 (2) (135.24225)10
(3) (154.15625)10 (4) None of these 8. In which base does 25 get doubled when its
digits are reversed?
5. In decimal system there are 10 digits 0, 1, 2, (1) 6 (2) 7
3, . . . till 9. Similarly, there is a system which (3) 8 (4) 9
has only 3 digits 0, 1 and 2. Numbers
represented in such systems are called base 9. A = 486 – 2171. How many digits would be
3 or trinery numbers. N = 389 + 1 is a number
there in binary notation of A?
in the decimal system. M is the trinery
(1) 171 (2) 172
equivalent of this number. How many zeros
(3) 87 (4) 88
are there in M?
(1) 90 (2) 89 (3) 88
10. The digits x, y and z of the three-digit natural
(4) 87 (5) 86
number xyz satisfy the equation 169x + 13y
+ z = 786. What is the sum of the digits of
6. A positive whole number M less than 100 is
the three-digit natural number xyz?
represented in base 2 notation, base 3
(1) 15 (2) 18
notation and base 5 notation. It is found that
in all three cases the last digit is 1, while in (3) 21 (4) Data Insufficient

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11. If (12323)4 = (P)8, then find the value of P. 18. If 15th August 1947 was a Friday, then
26th January, 1950 was _____
12. If (54321 – 12345)6 × (100)6 = (X)10, find the (1) Saturday (2) Thursday
value of X. (3) Wednesday (4) Sunday
(1) 522200 (2) 420320
(3) 4153200 (4) 201600 19. If 15th September, 1943 was a Wednesday,
then what day of the week was on 19th
(5) None of these
September, 1944?

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(1) Tuesday (2) Wednesday
13. In an island ‘Pedhauli’, people use only three

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(3) Thursday (4) Friday
symbols A, V and P to write any number.
They write 10 as PAP.
They write 15 as PVA.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sharma celebrated their wedding

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anniversary on Wednesday, 25th April 2006.

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They write 27 as PAAA. When will they celebrate their next wedding
anniversary on the same day?
(1) 25th April 2012 (2) 25th April 2017

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What is the decimal equivalent of VPAV?
(1) 65 (2) 66 (3) 25th April 2013 (4) 25th April 2015

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(3) 67 (4) 68
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14. In a number system, the product of 44 and is a leap year, then what day will it be on the
11 is 3414. The number 311 of this system, 1st January 2020, if year 2013 was a leap
year and 1st January 2013 was a Friday?
when converted to the decimal number

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(1) Monday (2) Tuesday
system, becomes (CAT)
(3) Wednesday (4) Thursday
(1) 56 (2) 64

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(3) 72 (4) 81

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Consider the expression (yyy)b = y3, where b
is the base, and y is any digit of base b. Find
the value of ‘b’. (XAT)
22. Gautam goes to a temple only on the first
and the last day of any year. He continues to
go to the temple in this fashion till the time
he finds out that he has visited the temple at
least once on each of the different days of a
(1) 5 (2) 6 week. The minimum number of days required
(3) 7 (4) 8 to achieve this is
(5) None of the above (1) 1255 (2) 1462
(3) 1463 (4) 1827
16. N = (34A12521)7 is divisible by 6. What is (5) 1826
the value of A?
23. What day of the week was on 27th March,
1967?
17. Two numbers, (297)B and (792)B, belong to
(1) Sunday (2) Monday
base B number system. If the first number is
(3) Tuesday (4) Wednesday
a factor of the second number then the value
of B is: 24. Which of the following years will have the
(1) 11 (2) 12 same calendar as that of 2008?
(3) 15 (4) 17 (1) 2032 (2) 2044
(5) 19 (3) 2036 (4) 2040

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Directions for questions 25 to 28: Answer the 29. If (2146!)10 = (x)26, then what will be the
questions on the basis of the information given below. number of consecutive zeroes at the end of
Jane wanted to create a calendar for four years ‘x’?
namely ,’X’,’ X + 1’, ‘X + 2’, ‘X + 3’ based on 7 different (1) 85 (2) 177
calendar formats namely C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 (3) 534 (4) 178
and C7.
Additional Information Given: 30. A three-digit number ‘xyz’ in base 7, when
1. The format C1 has all the months starting
expressed in base 11, has its digits reversed.
with a Monday, the format C2 has all the

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Find the value of x + y + z, when expressed
months starting with a Tuesday and so on till

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in base 7.
the format C7 has all the months starting with
(1) 10 (2) 11

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a Sunday.
(3) 13 (4) Either (1) and (3)

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2. The year X + 1 is divisible by 4 but not by 5.
The following table provides partial information

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about the calendar created by Jane. 31. The sum of two three-digit numbers is 711 in
a certain base system, which is not more
YEARS
than 10, and the second digit from the right of

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X X+1 X+2 X+3
C1 January each number is zero. The difference between
C2 these numbers is 75 in the same base
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C3 October
C4 April, July
system. What is the product of these two

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C5 numbers in the same base system?
C6 August (1) 131582 (2) 154204 (3) 123418
C7 (4) 144122 (5) Cannot be determined
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entry in the cell C1, X ?
(1) September (2) October
(4) April (5) December
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Which of the following months is the second

(3) November
32. If (100!)10 is converted into base-b, the number
of trailing zeros is exactly 24.
(i) Find the maximum value of b
(ii) Find the minimum value of b
(iii) How many values of ‘b’ are possible?
26. How many entries should be made in the cell
C3, X + 1 ?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three 33. If the nth day of August lie on the same day
(4) Four (5) Cannot be determined as 2nth day of October, then how many values
of n are possible?
27. If the next year ‘X + 4’ is introduced, then (1) 4 (2) 5
which of the following formats will be followed (3) 2 (4) 0
by exactly three of the given months?
(1) C1 (2) C2 (3) C4 34. Number of Tuesdays in five consecutive
(4) C6 (5) Cannot be determined calendar years taken together is exactly
260.Which day of the week was 1st January
28. Which of the following months belongs to the of the first of these five years?
calendar format C5 ? (1) Monday (2) Tuesday
(1) May in the year ‘X’
(3) Wednesday (4) Cannot be determined
(2) February in the year ‘X + 1’
(3) April in the year ‘X + 2’
(4) September in the year ‘X + 3’ 35. In the year 2012, there are 52 weeks and x
(5) None of the above days. Find the value of x.

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 QA : Solutions CEX-Q-0217/23
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1 10101100 2 712 3 2 4 3 5 3 6 4 7 4 8 3 9 2 10 2
11 673 12 4 13 1 14 4 15 5 16 6 17 5 18 2 19 1 20 2
21 1 22 3 23 2 24 3 25 2 26 1 27 2 28 2 29 2 30 4
31 4 32 (i) - 5; (ii) - 40; (iii) - 6 33 2 34 4 35 2

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1. 10101100
(172) 10
4. 3 (232.12) 8

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 (2 × 82) + (3 × 81) + (2 × 80) + (1 × 8–1) + (2 × 8–2)

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= (154.15625)10.
2 172
2 86 0 5. 3 389 in base 3 will be written as ‘one followed by 89

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zeroes’. W hen we add one to it, zero in unit’s place
2 43 0
will become one and we will have 88 zeros.
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2 10 1 6. 4 Since the last digit in base 2, 3 and 5 is 1, the number
should be such that on dividing by either 2, 3 or 5 we

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2 5 0 should get a remainder 1. The smallest such number is
2 2 1 31. The next set of numbers are 61, 91.
Among these only 31 and 91 are a part of the answer
2 1 0 choices.
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 (172)10 = (10101100)2.

2. 712 (2035)7 = ( ? )10

Digits : 2 0 3 5
Multiply by : 73 72 71 70
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Among these, (31)10  (11111)2  (1011)3  (111)5
Thus, all three forms have leading digit 1.
Hence, the answer is 91.

Let the two-digit number be ‘ab’.

In base 7, the two-digit number can be expressed as
Add all the digits, we have 7a + b, where ‘a’ and ‘b’ both should be natural numbers
 (2 × 73) + (0 × 72) + (3 + 71) + (5 × 70) less than 7.
= 686 + 0 + 21 + 5 = 712 Therefore, 3(10a + b) = 4(7a + b)
 (2035)7 = 712. 2a = b.
Possible pairs of values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ in that order are
3. 2 The given number has 2 parts (1, 2); (2, 4) and (3, 6).
(i) conversion of integral part Therefore, there are three such two-digit numbers.
2 14
8. 3 Let the required base be n.
2 7 0 According to the question,
2 3 1 (52)n = 2 × (25)n
 5n + 2 = 2 × 2n + 2 × 5
2 1 1  n = 8.
0 1
9. 2 A = 486 – 2171 = 2172 – 2171 = 2171
 (14)10 = (1110)2
In binary notation, the number of digits in A will be
(ii) Conversion of fractional part
0.3125 × 2 = 0.6250  (0) (171 + 1) = 172.
0.6250 × 2 = 1.2500  (1)
0.2500 × 2 = 0.500  (0) 10. 2 169x + 13y + z = 786
0.500 × 2 = 1  (1) Since x, y and z are single digit natural number, the
 (0.3125)10 = (0.0101)2 values of x, y and z must be 4, 8 and 6 respectively.
 (14.3125)10 = (1110.0101)2. Hence, the required answer = 4 + 8 + 6 = 18.

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   18. 2 Number of odd days from 15th August, 1947 to 15th
11. 673 (12323)4 =  110111011  August, 1949 = 3 odd days.
 1 2 3 2 3 2
Divide 110111011 into groups of 3 digits from right to It is given that 15th August, 1947 was a Friday.
left. Therefore, 15th August, 1949 is three days after Friday,
i.e., Monday
110 111 0112   6 7 3 8  (P)8 Number of odd days from 15th August, 1949 to 26th
 P = 673. January, 1950
Month : Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
12. 4 Consider the subtraction 54321 – 12345. For the unit Odd days : 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5
digit, one unit, i.e. 6 (as the base is 6) will be carried
= 17 = 3 odd days.
over from tens place and thus unit digit will be 1 + 6 –
3rd day after Monday is Thursday.

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5 = 2. Similarly, tens place will be 1 + 6 – 4 = 3. Hundreds
Hence, 26th January, 1950 was Thursday.
place will be 2 + 6 – 3 = 5. For the thousands place we

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do not need any carry over, hence it will be 3 – 2 = 1.
19. 1 It is given that, 15th September, 1943 was Wednesday.

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The left most digit will be 5 – 1 = 4. Thus, the subtraction
As, 1944 is a leap year.
will result in 41532.

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Therefore, there are two odd days from 15th September,
The expression is equal to
1943 to 15th September, 1944.
4  6   

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 1 63  5  62  3  61  2  60  1 62 So, 15th September,1944 is two days after Wednesday,
6 5 4 3 2 i.e., Friday
 4  6  1 6  5  6  3  6  2  6 = 201600.
Hence, 19th September, 1944 is four days after Friday,

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i.e., Tuesday.
13. 1 People of Pedhauli use Base 3 with A, P and V in place
of 0, 1 and 2.
20. 2 25th April 2006 was Wednesday.
Writing the decimal equivalent of 10, we get

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For next wedding anniversary to be on Wednesday,
32 × P + 3 × A + P = 10
number of odd days must be a multiple of 7.
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For an ordinary year, there is 1 odd day but for leap
Again, writing the decimal equivalent of 15, we get
year, there are 2 odd days.
32 × P + 3 × V + A = 15
Hence, after 11 years, the number of odd days will be
 V=2
14, which is a multiple of 7.
Therefore, the decimal equivalent of VPAV = 65.

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 On 25th April 2017 there will be Wednesday..
14. 4 The product of 44 and 11 is 484.
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It base is x, then,
Every third year is a leap year.
3414 = 3x3 + 4x2 + 1x1 + 4x0 = 484
Then number of odd days from 1st January, 2013 to 1st
 3x3 + 4x2 + x = 480
January, 2020 are
The equation is satisfied only when x = 5
So, base is 5. Years 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
In decimal system, the number 311 can be written Odd days : 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
as 81. = 10 = 3 odd days.
So, 1st January, 2020 will be 3 days after Friday, i.e.,
15. 5 Given, (yyy)b = y3 Monday.
 (yb2 + yb + y) = y3
 (b2 + b + 1) = y2 22. 3 If a particular year, which is not a leap year, starts
yb with Monday, it will also end with Monday. For minimum
But y is a digit in base b, therefore y < b. number of days, let’s consider a leap year N and
Hence, b cannot assume any value. assume its first day is Tuesday.
Let Gautam start his visit on the last day of the year
16. 6 In base X, if a number is divisible by X – 1, the sum (N – 1).
of the digits of the number must be divisible by
(X – 1). Year First day Last Day
The sum of digits of N in base is (24 + A)7. N–1 Monday Monday
(24 + A)7 will be divisible by 6 only if A is equal to 6.
N Tuesday Wednesday
17. 5 According to the question, N+1 Thursday Thursday
(7B2 + 9B + 2) = k (2B2 + 9B + 7) (W here k is natural N+2 Friday Friday
number)
N+3 Saturday Saturday
 7B2  9B  2 
k 2  N+4 Sunday Monday
 2B  9B  7  So, on the first day of year (N + 4), Gautam will meet
Among the given options, B = 19 gives the value of k
the given condition.
as an integer, which is 3.
So, the required number of days = 365 × 4 + 3 = 1463.
 B = 19

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23. 2 27th March, 1967 = (1600 + 300 + 66) years + 1st January, 1967 to 27th March, 1967
1600 years have 0 odd days.
300 years have 1 odd day.
66 years contain 16 leap years and 50 ordinary years.
Number of odd days in 66 years = 16 × 2 + 50 = 32 + 50 = 82 = 5 odd days.
Also, number of days from 1st January, 1967 to 27th March, 1967
Month : January February March
Days: 31 + 28 + 27
= 86 = 2 odd days.
Total number of odd days = 0 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 8 = 1 odd day

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So, 27th March, 1967 was Monday.

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24. 3 The year 2008 is a leap year and a leap year calendar repeats itself after 28 years. (If there is no non-leap century year

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in between both the leap years.)
2008 + 28 = 2036

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So, 2036 will have the same calendar as that of 2008.

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25. 2 For the year ‘X’, the month that has exactly the same calendar format as January is the month which follows the month
in which the sum of “extra days” is a multiple of seven.

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January February March April May June July August September
Extra Days 3 0 3 2 3 2 3 3 2

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Sum of the Extra Days 3 3 6 8 11 13 16 19 21

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Since the sum of the extra days is a multiple of 7 in the month of September, therefore the month of October has the
same calendar format as January in the year ‘X’.

26. 1 The entries in cell C3, X + 1 are the months that start with a Wednesday.

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Hence, the month just after the month where the sum of “extra days” leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 7 will
be entered in the cell C3, X + 1.
Since the year is ‘X+1’, therefore there will be one extra day before the month of January as compared to January of

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the year ‘X’.

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Extra Days +1 +3 +1 +3 +2 +3 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +2 +3
Sum of extra days 4 5 8 10 13 15 18 21 23 26 28 30

At the end of the month of September, the sum of the extra days is equal to 23, therefore the remainder when 23 is
divided by 7 is 2. Hence, there will be only one month i.e. October in the cell C3, X + 1.

27. 2 Sum of the “extra days” if it leaves the same remainder for 3 months, would be entered in the same row in the year X + 4.
Extra days at the beginning of X + 4 is 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 5

Jan F M A M J J A S O N D
Extra Days 5 3 0 3 2 3 2 33 3 2 3 2
Sum 5 8 8 11 13 16 18 21 24 26 29 31 34
Re m ainde r 5 1 1 4 6 2 4 0 3 5 1 3 6

Since, the remainder 1 is appearing thrice, the format would be C2 and the months would be February, March and
November.

28. 2 Every month in the format C5 starts with a Friday. Out of the following options, February in the year X + 1 will belong
to the calendar format C5. Refer to the table given in the solution for question 3.

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29. 2 In base 2, 10 means 2 and in base 3, 10 means 3. So it is not possible.
Similarly, in base 26, 10 means 26. Adding these two equations in base 8, 2A = 1006 or A
In base 10, 10 is obtained by multiplying 2 and 5. = 403 and B = 306.
Similarly in base 26, it is obtained by multiplying 2 and Hence, in base 8, A × B = 403 × 306 = 144122
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To find the number of zeroes in base 26, we need to 32. Highest power of 2 is 100!
see the number of 2s and 13s in 2146!. Since, number = 50 + 25 + 12 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 97
of 2s is much more than 13s, so we count number of Highest power of 3 = 48
Highest power of 4 to 100! = 48
 2146   2146 
13s, which comes out to be    = 165 Highest power of 5 to 100! = 24

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 13   132  Highest power of 8 to 100! = 32
+ 12 = 177.

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(i) The minimum value of b = 5
(ii) The maximum value of b = 8 × 3 × 5 = 40

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30. 4 Let the three-digit number in base 7 be ‘xyz’. Therefore,
the three-digit number in base 11 will be ‘zyx’. (iii) The possible values of b are 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40.

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‘xyz’ when converted in decimal will be equal to
(49x + 7y + z). 33. 2 Number of days between nth day of August and 2nth

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‘zyx’ when converted in decimal will be equal to 112 × day of october = 31 – n + 30 + 2n = (n + 61) days.
z + 11y + x. (n + 61) must be multiple of 7 and 2n  31.
Or, 49x + 7y + z = 121z + 11y + x.  n = 2 or 9

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Or, 12x = 30z + y. Hence, they are two possible values of n.
The value of x, y and z is an integer and is less than 7.
(Digits in base 7 are always less than 7)

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34. 4 On the basis of the given information, the required
Therefore, the possible values of x, y and z that satisfy
day will be either Wednesday or Thursday depending
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on the number of 0 or 1 leap year during the given
Sum of the digits could be either 7 or 10, which in base
7 would be 10 and 13 respectively. period.

31. 4 Assume A and B to be the two three-digit numbers in 35. 2 W e know that, 2012 is a leap year and a leap year

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a certain base system. has 366 total days.
Now, it’s given that, year 2012 has 52 weeks and x
So, A + B = 711 and A – B = 75.
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The base must be 8, 9 or 10.
On dividing 366 with 52, we get
Adding these two equations in base 9, we get 366 = 7 × 52 + 2
2A = 786. Here, remainder = 2
So, A is not integer in base 9. In base 10, A = 393 but  x = 2.
here the digit at the tens place is not zero.

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