Question

What should be added to 459684 so that it becomes exactly divisible by 187?

Answer 1

Firstly you devide 459684 by 187 then the remainder comes out is the required number which when added to 459684 gets exactly divisible by 187.


Hope u understand it's simple.

Answer 2

149 is added to 459684 when exactly divided by 187 .

Solution:

We divide the number 459684 to 187, we get 2458.2032.

Now as we can see that the number is in decimal and to find out the number to be added, we check the next whole number after 2458.2032 is 2459.  

Therefore we multiply the number 2459 with 187 to see how far we are from 459684.  

Multiplying the number $2459 \times 187=459833$

Now let us find how far or close is this number from 459684.

The difference is 459833 – 459684 = 149.  

Number to be added to 459684 to be divisible by 187 is 149.