Found this one difficult, any insight into how to do the question appreciated: What is the largest value of x that makes 30!/3x an integer? Any help appreciated.

archiebanker wrote: What is the largest value of x that makes 30!/3x an integer? x is in the denominator. If we want to make x as large as possible, we want to make 30!/3x as small as possible. If x is positive, 1 is the smallest integer value that could be equal to 30!/3x. 30!/3x = 1 30! = 3x 30!/3 = x

Thanks for the quick reply, the issue is that the answer choices were 16, 18, 19 and two others i think. Can't remember was on a CAT for Princeton Review (by the way, how accurate are these? I am getting more and more right and staying in the 580 range).

archiebanker wrote:Found this one difficult, any insight into how to do the question appreciated: What is the largest value of x that makes 30!/3x an integer? Any help appreciated. Are you sure you posted the question correctly? The largest value of x that makes 30!/3x an integer is a HUGE number. 30!/3 = 30*29*28*27*26*...*5*4*2*1 (i.e. the only thing missing is the 3). So the largest value of x that makes 30!/3x an integer is: 30*29*28*27*26*...*5*4*2*1 which is a lot bigger than 19

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