IB skill practice

Apply Fermat style modular reasoning

Use modular exponent reasoning to simplify powers and justify remainders.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Apply Fermat style modular reasoning - Fermat modular reasoning item

Case B6. Use Fermat theorem and the residue cycle to calculate the requested modular value or validity code.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.