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What is the least number that should be added to 1000 so the sum is exactly divisible by 8, 10, and 12?
Asked in Delhi Police Constable (Executive) · 2025
LCM and HCF · Quantitative Aptitude
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When a number leaves the same remainder \(r\) when divided by several divisors, subtract \(r\) first; the remaining part must be divisible by the LCM of the divisors.
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