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Indices, SM-Bank 053

A number is divisible by 12 if it is also divisible by 3 and 4.

Prove, using the divisibility tests for 3 and 4, that 756 is divisible by 12.   (2 marks)

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\(\text{A number is divisible by }3\ \text{if the sum of the digits is divisible by }3.\)

\(7+5+6=18\ \Rightarrow\ \text{divisible by 3}\ \checkmark\)

\(\text{For divisibility by }4\ \text{the last 2 digits in the number must be divisible by }4. \)

\(56\ ÷\ 4=14\ \Rightarrow\ \text{divisible by 4}\ \checkmark\)

\(\therefore 756\ \text{is divisible by }12\ \text{as it is divisible by both }3\ \text{and }4.\)

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