Problem 801

Daily Math Challenge - October 04, 2022



You are given the following non-decreasing sequence of positive integers in which the nth term appears n times: 

1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, . . .  

What is the remainder when the 1993rd term is divided by 5?

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