2014 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 8

Problem

Eleven members of the Middle School Math Club each paid the same amount for a guest speaker to talk about problem solving at their math club meeting. They paid their guest speaker $\textdollar\underline{1} \underline{A} \underline{2}$ . What is the missing digit $A$ of this $3$ -digit number?

$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad \textbf{(E) }4$

Solution 1

Since all the eleven members paid the same amount, that means that the total must be divisible by $11$ . We can do some trial-and-error to get $A=3$ , so our answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}~3}$ ~SparklyFlowers

Solution 2

We know that a number is divisible by $11$ if the odd digits added together minus the even digits added together (or vice versa) is a multiple of $11$ . Thus, we have $1+2-A$ = a multiple of $11$ . The only multiple that works here is $0$ , as $11 \cdot 0 = 0$ . Thus, $A = \boxed{\textbf{(D)}~3}$ ~fn106068

Video Solution (CREATIVE THINKING)

https://youtu.be/kNHe_IMcMiU

~Education, the Study of Everything

Video Solution

https://youtu.be/mHWTWk-xt0o ~savannahsolver

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