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Floors are numbered by skipping fours, Find actual number of floors.
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How do you find the number of floors,in a tetraphobic numbering system like 1,2,3,5,6,7,..,12,13,15..,39,50.
I am trying to find the pattern and the mathematical algorithm to solve for floor numbered n.
for eg
n = 3 : ans = 3
n = 8 : ans = 7
n = 22 : ans = 20
Note: This is not a HW problem , I read about it and tried to solve it as fun, I am stuck so I am asking here
combinatorics elementary-number-theory
asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
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How do you find the number of floors,in a tetraphobic numbering system like 1,2,3,5,6,7,..,12,13,15..,39,50.
I am trying to find the pattern and the mathematical algorithm to solve for floor numbered n.
for eg
n = 3 : ans = 3
n = 8 : ans = 7
n = 22 : ans = 20
Note: This is not a HW problem , I read about it and tried to solve it as fun, I am stuck so I am asking here
combinatorics elementary-number-theory
asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
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Why do you have 12 in there?
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– Mohammad Zuhair Khan
Jan 26 at 7:46
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@MohammadZuhairKhan I think the OP is leaving out all numbers in which the digit $4$ occurs. That's why he skips from $39$ to $50.$
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– saulspatz
Jan 26 at 9:24
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How do you find the number of floors,in a tetraphobic numbering system like 1,2,3,5,6,7,..,12,13,15..,39,50.
I am trying to find the pattern and the mathematical algorithm to solve for floor numbered n.
for eg
n = 3 : ans = 3
n = 8 : ans = 7
n = 22 : ans = 20
Note: This is not a HW problem , I read about it and tried to solve it as fun, I am stuck so I am asking here
combinatorics elementary-number-theory
asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
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How do you find the number of floors,in a tetraphobic numbering system like 1,2,3,5,6,7,..,12,13,15..,39,50.
I am trying to find the pattern and the mathematical algorithm to solve for floor numbered n.
for eg
n = 3 : ans = 3
n = 8 : ans = 7
n = 22 : ans = 20
Note: This is not a HW problem , I read about it and tried to solve it as fun, I am stuck so I am asking here
combinatorics elementary-number-theory
combinatorics elementary-number-theory
asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
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asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
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asked Jan 26 at 7:27
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
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Why do you have 12 in there?
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– Mohammad Zuhair Khan
Jan 26 at 7:46
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@MohammadZuhairKhan I think the OP is leaving out all numbers in which the digit $4$ occurs. That's why he skips from $39$ to $50.$
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– saulspatz
Jan 26 at 9:24
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1
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Why do you have 12 in there?
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– Mohammad Zuhair Khan
Jan 26 at 7:46
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@MohammadZuhairKhan I think the OP is leaving out all numbers in which the digit $4$ occurs. That's why he skips from $39$ to $50.$
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– saulspatz
Jan 26 at 9:24
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Why do you have 12 in there?
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– Mohammad Zuhair Khan
Jan 26 at 7:46
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Why do you have 12 in there?
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– Mohammad Zuhair Khan
Jan 26 at 7:46
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@MohammadZuhairKhan I think the OP is leaving out all numbers in which the digit $4$ occurs. That's why he skips from $39$ to $50.$
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– saulspatz
Jan 26 at 9:24
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@MohammadZuhairKhan I think the OP is leaving out all numbers in which the digit $4$ occurs. That's why he skips from $39$ to $50.$
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– saulspatz
Jan 26 at 9:24
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I'll do an example. You can elaborate it into an algorithm. Which floor has number $7619?$
The way to approach this is to count how many floors we skip. Call $10$ consecutive two-digit numbers where the first ends in $1$ and the last in $0$ a "decade." Similarly define a "century" and a "millennium." In a decade that starts with $4$ we skip $10$ numbers, and in a decade that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $1$ number, so in a century that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $19$ numbers and in a millennium that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $100+9cdot19=271$ numbers.
Now back to $7619.$ There are $7$ millennia up to $7000$. In one of them we skip $1000$ number and in $6$ of them we skip $271$ giving $2626.$ Now we have to figure out how many are skipped from $7001$ to $7619.$ This is clearly the same number that are skip from $1$ to $619$. There are $6$ centuries up to $600$ and in one of them we skip $100$ numbers, and in the other $5$ we skip $19$, making $195,$ and a total of $2821$ so far. Now we have to count how many number are skipped from $601$ to $619$ which is the same as the number skipped from $1$ to $19$. We can apply the same idea and get $2,$ so that $2823$ numbers are skipped in all.
The final answer is $7619-2823=4796$
answered Jan 26 at 9:48
saulspatzsaulspatz
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I found a better answer. The floor number are in basically in base-9 as it never uses one number (0-3 and 5-9) where as the number of floors is in base-10 (0-9) because it uses all decimal digits.
We convert the floor number to proper base-9 number decrementing all digits that are greater than 4 by 1. Once you have a base-9 number , convert it to base-10.
Eg. Floor-number : 56
Base -9. : 45
Base-10 (Ans): 41
answered Jan 27 at 8:45
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
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I'll do an example. You can elaborate it into an algorithm. Which floor has number $7619?$
The way to approach this is to count how many floors we skip. Call $10$ consecutive two-digit numbers where the first ends in $1$ and the last in $0$ a "decade." Similarly define a "century" and a "millennium." In a decade that starts with $4$ we skip $10$ numbers, and in a decade that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $1$ number, so in a century that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $19$ numbers and in a millennium that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $100+9cdot19=271$ numbers.
Now back to $7619.$ There are $7$ millennia up to $7000$. In one of them we skip $1000$ number and in $6$ of them we skip $271$ giving $2626.$ Now we have to figure out how many are skipped from $7001$ to $7619.$ This is clearly the same number that are skip from $1$ to $619$. There are $6$ centuries up to $600$ and in one of them we skip $100$ numbers, and in the other $5$ we skip $19$, making $195,$ and a total of $2821$ so far. Now we have to count how many number are skipped from $601$ to $619$ which is the same as the number skipped from $1$ to $19$. We can apply the same idea and get $2,$ so that $2823$ numbers are skipped in all.
The final answer is $7619-2823=4796$
answered Jan 26 at 9:48
saulspatzsaulspatz
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I'll do an example. You can elaborate it into an algorithm. Which floor has number $7619?$
The way to approach this is to count how many floors we skip. Call $10$ consecutive two-digit numbers where the first ends in $1$ and the last in $0$ a "decade." Similarly define a "century" and a "millennium." In a decade that starts with $4$ we skip $10$ numbers, and in a decade that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $1$ number, so in a century that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $19$ numbers and in a millennium that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $100+9cdot19=271$ numbers.
Now back to $7619.$ There are $7$ millennia up to $7000$. In one of them we skip $1000$ number and in $6$ of them we skip $271$ giving $2626.$ Now we have to figure out how many are skipped from $7001$ to $7619.$ This is clearly the same number that are skip from $1$ to $619$. There are $6$ centuries up to $600$ and in one of them we skip $100$ numbers, and in the other $5$ we skip $19$, making $195,$ and a total of $2821$ so far. Now we have to count how many number are skipped from $601$ to $619$ which is the same as the number skipped from $1$ to $19$. We can apply the same idea and get $2,$ so that $2823$ numbers are skipped in all.
The final answer is $7619-2823=4796$
answered Jan 26 at 9:48
saulspatzsaulspatz
17k31435
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$begingroup$
I'll do an example. You can elaborate it into an algorithm. Which floor has number $7619?$
The way to approach this is to count how many floors we skip. Call $10$ consecutive two-digit numbers where the first ends in $1$ and the last in $0$ a "decade." Similarly define a "century" and a "millennium." In a decade that starts with $4$ we skip $10$ numbers, and in a decade that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $1$ number, so in a century that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $19$ numbers and in a millennium that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $100+9cdot19=271$ numbers.
Now back to $7619.$ There are $7$ millennia up to $7000$. In one of them we skip $1000$ number and in $6$ of them we skip $271$ giving $2626.$ Now we have to figure out how many are skipped from $7001$ to $7619.$ This is clearly the same number that are skip from $1$ to $619$. There are $6$ centuries up to $600$ and in one of them we skip $100$ numbers, and in the other $5$ we skip $19$, making $195,$ and a total of $2821$ so far. Now we have to count how many number are skipped from $601$ to $619$ which is the same as the number skipped from $1$ to $19$. We can apply the same idea and get $2,$ so that $2823$ numbers are skipped in all.
The final answer is $7619-2823=4796$
answered Jan 26 at 9:48
saulspatzsaulspatz
17k31435
$endgroup$
I'll do an example. You can elaborate it into an algorithm. Which floor has number $7619?$
The way to approach this is to count how many floors we skip. Call $10$ consecutive two-digit numbers where the first ends in $1$ and the last in $0$ a "decade." Similarly define a "century" and a "millennium." In a decade that starts with $4$ we skip $10$ numbers, and in a decade that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $1$ number, so in a century that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $19$ numbers and in a millennium that doesn't start with $4$ we skip $100+9cdot19=271$ numbers.
Now back to $7619.$ There are $7$ millennia up to $7000$. In one of them we skip $1000$ number and in $6$ of them we skip $271$ giving $2626.$ Now we have to figure out how many are skipped from $7001$ to $7619.$ This is clearly the same number that are skip from $1$ to $619$. There are $6$ centuries up to $600$ and in one of them we skip $100$ numbers, and in the other $5$ we skip $19$, making $195,$ and a total of $2821$ so far. Now we have to count how many number are skipped from $601$ to $619$ which is the same as the number skipped from $1$ to $19$. We can apply the same idea and get $2,$ so that $2823$ numbers are skipped in all.
The final answer is $7619-2823=4796$
answered Jan 26 at 9:48
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I found a better answer. The floor number are in basically in base-9 as it never uses one number (0-3 and 5-9) where as the number of floors is in base-10 (0-9) because it uses all decimal digits.
We convert the floor number to proper base-9 number decrementing all digits that are greater than 4 by 1. Once you have a base-9 number , convert it to base-10.
Eg. Floor-number : 56
Base -9. : 45
Base-10 (Ans): 41
answered Jan 27 at 8:45
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
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$begingroup$
I found a better answer. The floor number are in basically in base-9 as it never uses one number (0-3 and 5-9) where as the number of floors is in base-10 (0-9) because it uses all decimal digits.
We convert the floor number to proper base-9 number decrementing all digits that are greater than 4 by 1. Once you have a base-9 number , convert it to base-10.
Eg. Floor-number : 56
Base -9. : 45
Base-10 (Ans): 41
answered Jan 27 at 8:45
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I found a better answer. The floor number are in basically in base-9 as it never uses one number (0-3 and 5-9) where as the number of floors is in base-10 (0-9) because it uses all decimal digits.
We convert the floor number to proper base-9 number decrementing all digits that are greater than 4 by 1. Once you have a base-9 number , convert it to base-10.
Eg. Floor-number : 56
Base -9. : 45
Base-10 (Ans): 41
answered Jan 27 at 8:45
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
$endgroup$
I found a better answer. The floor number are in basically in base-9 as it never uses one number (0-3 and 5-9) where as the number of floors is in base-10 (0-9) because it uses all decimal digits.
We convert the floor number to proper base-9 number decrementing all digits that are greater than 4 by 1. Once you have a base-9 number , convert it to base-10.
Eg. Floor-number : 56
Base -9. : 45
Base-10 (Ans): 41
answered Jan 27 at 8:45
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
212
answered Jan 27 at 8:45
Ajinkya GawaliAjinkya Gawali
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answered Jan 27 at 8:45
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– Mohammad Zuhair Khan
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@MohammadZuhairKhan I think the OP is leaving out all numbers in which the digit $4$ occurs. That's why he skips from $39$ to $50.$
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– saulspatz
Jan 26 at 9:24