Verbal Reasoning - Arithmetic Reasoning - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Arithmetic Reasoning - Section 1 (Q.No. 8)
8.
A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1994. She ended counting on which finger ?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Clearly, while counting, the numbers associated to the thumb will be : 1, 9,17, 25,.....
i.e. numbers of the form (8n + 1).
Since 1994 = 249 x 8 + 2, so 1993 shall correspond to the thumb and 1994 to the index finger.
Discussion:
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Meenakshi said:
1 decade ago
Yeah, shu is right, answer should be D, ring finger.
Shan said:
1 decade ago
How did we get count 8? Can anyone make it clear.
Aryanjain said:
9 years ago
(8 * 249 + 1) = 1993 which represents thumb.
Anju said:
1 decade ago
Yaa you are right. Answer is index finger.
Niru said:
2 years ago
I agree, index finger is the right answer.
Kaleem said:
1 decade ago
Sequence of counting is not clear?
Jojo negi said:
1 decade ago
It should be 8n-7 instead of 8n+1
Piyali said:
1 decade ago
249 digit how it will come?
Garima said:
8 years ago
Why +1 add in 8n+1?
Kinjal Jain said:
7 years ago
How come 8 hete?
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