What least value must be assigned to * so that the number 63576*2 is divisible by 8?

• For a no. to be divisible by 8, the last 3-digits of that no. should be divisible by 8...
  Here 6x2 should be divisible by 8...
  Try for all possible value from 0 to 9...
  x = 3 => 632 which is perfectly divisible by 8...
  
  Ans : 3
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(0)
• The test for divisibility by 8 is that the last 3 digits of the number in question have to be divisible by 8.
  
  So, 6*2 has to be divisibile by 8.
  
  I know 512 is divisible by 8.
  
  Also 592 is divisible by 8.
  
  So, 632 is divisible by 8.
  
  So * is 3.
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)