product of first n integer

i am wondering whether i clearly state my question?
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hope that someone can reply me whether there is one solution or not.

thanks everybody.

seanceserene wrote:is there a formular to have the product of n consecutive integers?

when n is big, for instance, 1*2*3*...*121, it is time-consuming to calculate the product.

ask a shortcut to have product

I do not think there is a formula or a shortcut to calculate the product of n Consecutive numbers. I am confident that GMAT will not make you do things you can't do within 2-3 minutes. So, if you can post the specific question, I may be of help.

ajith wrote:

seanceserene wrote:is there a formular to have the product of n consecutive integers?

when n is big, for instance, 1*2*3*...*121, it is time-consuming to calculate the product.

ask a shortcut to have product

I do not think there is a formula or a shortcut to calculate the product of n Consecutive numbers. I am confident that GMAT will not make you do things you can't do within 2-3 minutes. So, if you can post the specific question, I may be of help.

If n is the product of the integers from1 to 20 inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 2k is a factor of n?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
E. 20

seanceserene wrote:
If n is the product of the integers from1 to 20 inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 2k is a factor of n?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
E. 20

If n is the product of the integers from1 to 20 inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 2^k is a factor of n?

16 has 4, two's as it's factor
8 has 3
4,12 and 20 has 2

Rest of the even numbers 5 of them has 1
so k = 4+3+3*2 +5 =18

Another way to solve this will be

floor(20/2) + floor(20/4) + floor(20/8)+ floor(20/16)
10+5+2+1 =18

seanceserene wrote: If n is the product of the integers from1 to 20 inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 2k is a factor of n?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
E. 20

there is no short cut for finding the value of n!
but there is a one for this type of question

divide n by 2 note the quotient
for 20 divided by 2 quotient is 10
then div 10 by 2 and note down the q=5
5/2 q=2
div 2/2 q=1
div 1/2 q=0

summ all the quotient you get the ans
here uts 10+5+2+1=18

I am clearly missing something here. If k is 20 then 2k = 40. 40 is definitely a factor of 20!. So IMO answer should be E.

@ajith can you please explain why the answer will be 18 ? It did not ask to calculate H.C.F. or L.C.M which I think you did.

Please explain.

sarthak wrote:I am clearly missing something here. If k is 20 then 2k = 40. 40 is definitely a factor of 20!. So IMO answer should be E.

@ajith can you please explain why the answer will be 18 ? It did not ask to calculate H.C.F. or L.C.M which I think you did.

Please explain.

i apologize for giving 2K. it should be 2^K.

thephoenix wrote:

seanceserene wrote: If n is the product of the integers from1 to 20 inclusive, what is the greatest integer k for which 2k is a factor of n?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
E. 20

there is no short cut for finding the value of n!
but there is a one for this type of question

divide n by 2 note the quotient
for 20 divided by 2 quotient is 10
then div 10 by 2 and note down the q=5
5/2 q=2
div 2/2 q=1
div 1/2 q=0

summ all the quotient you get the ans
here uts 10+5+2+1=18

great. but is it applicable when the consecutive sequence is not starting with 1 ?
and, since you only use the last number "20", does rest of the numbers are irrelavant in this calculation?

just wondering the theorem behind the trick.