Online Course Discussion Forum

MCI-C Handout 3 Assignment

 
 
Picture of Wanyang Zhou
MCI-C Handout 3 Assignment
by Wanyang Zhou - Sunday, 18 March 2018, 2:25 PM
 

For number 3.20,

"What is the remainder of 1!+2!+3!+...+2016! upon division by 5?"

Can anyone help me to get started on this problem?

 
Picture of David Reynoso
Re: MCI-C Handout 3 Assignment
by David Reynoso - Monday, 19 March 2018, 10:40 AM
 

You could start by finding the remainder of $1!, 2!, 3!, 4!, 5!, 5!, 6!.\dots$ and try to spot a pattern of some sort.