NUMBER SYSTEM - I

01. If N = 1050 – 74, what is the sum of the digits of N?

A) 9 B) 18 C) 27 D) 36 E) 440

02. If the sum of five consecutive positive integers is S, then the sum of the
next five consecutive integers in terms of S is
A) S + 1 B) S + 5 C) S + 25 D) 2S E) 5S

03. If m and n are integers then what is the smallest possible value of integer m
m
such that = 0.3636363636……..?
n
A) 3 B) 4 C) 7 D) 13 E) 22

04. If a and b are positive integers. Is (a + 4b) odd?

(1) b is even
(2) a is odd

05. If n is a positive integer such that (n + 1)(n + 3)(n + 5) is odd, then the
expression (n + 2)(n + 4)(n + 6) must be a multiple of
A) 8 B) 6 C) 16 D) All the above E) NOTA

06. If x is a non-prime integer greater than 1, is x an even integer?

(1) The difference of any two prime factors of x is even.
(2) The product of any two prime factors of x is odd.

07. If p is a positive integer, is p prime?

(1) The highest common factor of p and 110 is 11.
(2) The least common multiple of p and 110 is 110.
08. If a, b, c, d are prime numbers such that 1< a < b < c < d & abcd =1430,
then what is the value of d ?
A) 3 B) 9 C) 11 D) 13 E) 22

09. The ratio between two numbers is 3:4. If their LCM is 180, then HCF is
A) 60 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20 E) 30

10. If a and b are positive integers, is 12 the HCF of a and b?

(1) Both a and b are multiples of 12
(2) a = b + 12

11. k is an integer from 1 to 9, inclusive. If N = 29736 + k, then k = ?

(1) 9 is a factor of N.
(2) 5 is a factor of N.

12. n = ?
(1) 7 is a factor of n.
(2) n is a prime number.

13. If a and b are positive integers divisible by 6, is 6 the HCF of a and b?

(1) a = 2b + 6
(2) a = 3b

14. x, y & z are distinct even integers. Which of the following MUST be even?
A) (x – y)z B) (x + y)z C) (y2 + z2)x D) (xy + yz + zx)x + y + z E) None of these

15. Three bells toll at an interval of 2 min, 5 min and 9 min respectively. If they
first toll together at 12 am, when will they toll together for the fifth time?
A) 2 AM B) 3 AM C) 4 AM D) 6 AM E) 9 AM

16. How many 3-digit numbers have exactly 3 positive factors?

A) None B) 1 C) 2 D) 4 E) 7
17. A wall of size 80m × 96m is to be completely covered with square carpets,
without folding or cutting any carpet. Minimum number of carpets needed is
A) 7,680 B) 30 C) 480 D) 16 E) 320

18. Is the sum of two positive integers, x + y an odd value?

(1) Both x and y are prime numbers.
(2) The successor of neither of the two integers is a prime number.

19. If the units digit of the three-digit positive integer k is nonzero, what is the
tens digit of k ?
(1) The tens digit of k + 9 is 3.
(2) The tens digit of k + 4 is 2.

20. The smallest number which when increased by 5 is completely divisible by

8, 11 and 33 is
A) 259 B) 2899 C) 269 D) 504 E) None of these

21. If S is a set of 44 consecutive integers of which 22 are negative, what is the

sum of the integers in the set?
A) 0 B) 1 C) –21 D) 21 E) –22

22. If x and y are integers, is x2 + xy + y2 odd?

(1) x + 2y is odd
(2) 3x + y is odd

23. Is the real number x an odd integer?

(1) 3x is an odd integer
x
(2) is an odd integer
3

24. If x is an integer, what is the value of x?

(1) |23x| is a prime number
(2) 2 x2 is a prime number
25. Mrs. Gonzales wants to divide some candies amongst her students. But on
distributing three candies to each student, she is left with 1 extra candy. If she
distributes five to each, again one extra candy remains. This continues even if
she distributes 7 or 9 candies, leaving exactly one extra. What must be the
minimum numbers of candies with Mrs. Gonzales?
A) 106 B) 946 C) 64 D) 316 E) 1920

26. How many factors of 175,000 are not multiples of 5?

A) 0 B) 3 C) 8 D) 6 E) 2

27. The smallest number that has exactly 18 factors is

A) 180 B) 216 C) 240 D) 288 E) None of these

28. The product of two numbers is 2028 and their HCF is 13. How many such
unordered pairs of number are there?
A) 4 B) 3 C) 2 D) 1 E) 5

29. If A, B and C are single digits such that both ABC and CBA are three digit
numbers (A > C), what can be the maximum possible number of positive
factors of the number N = ABC – CBA?
A) 10 B) 12 C) 18 D) 6 E) 24

30. If p is an even integer and q is an odd integer, which of the following MUST
be an odd integer?
I. pq
II. 2p + q
III. 2(p + q)
IV. p2 + q2
A) II only B) I, III only C) II, IV only D) I, III, IV only E) I, II, III, IV

31. Does the positive integer N have more than one prime number as its factor?
(1) The product of all factors of N equals the cube of N.
(2) N has exactly 7 distinct positive factors
32. If 1 < x < 2, can x be expressed as a terminating decimal?
(1) 22x is an integer
(2) 56x is an integer

33. M is an integer such that M3 when divided by 48 is also an integer P. The

minimum value of P is
A) 8 B) 6 C) 12 D) 36 E) 54

34. Given that Q is a multiple of P, and R is a factor of P, which of the following

is NOT necessarily an integer?

QP PR  Q 2 QP P 2Q QR

A) B) C) D) E)
P R2 R R3 P

35. The number 11 is expressed as the sum of square roots of four different
non-zero integers. Which of the following is a possible sum of these 4 integers?
I. 33
II. 35
III. 37
IV. 39
A) I only B) I, II, III C) IV only D) I & II E) I, II, III, IV

36. The product of three consecutive even integers MUST be divisible by

A) 6 B) 8 C) 16 D) All of the above E) None

37. A person had a number of toys to distribute among children. At first he

tried giving 2 toys to each child, then 3 toys to each, then 4 to each, then 5 to
each, then 6 to each, but was always left with one. On trying 7 he had no toys
left with him. What is the smallest number of toys that he could have had?
A) 630 B) 504 C) 420 D) 301 E) 245

38. P is the product of all prime numbers from 1 to 100. The number of zeros
at the end of P is
A) 1 B) 0 C) 4 D) 8 E) 24
39. If the integer n is greater than 1, is n equal to 2?
(1) n has exactly two positive factors.
(2) The difference of any two distinct positive factors of n is odd.

40. XY and YX represent 2-digit numbers. What is the value of X × Y?

(1) XY – YX = 9
(2) XY + YX = 187

41. Is the integer k a prime number?

(1) k = 10! + m, where 1 < m < 8
(2) k is a multiple of 7

42. If k is a positive integer, is k a prime number?

(1) No integers between 2 and k , inclusive divide k.

k
(2) No integers between 2 and , inclusive divide k, and k is greater than 5.
2

43. The product of all the prime numbers less than 20 is closest to which of
the following powers of 10?
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9 E) 10

44. The difference between a two digit number and the number formed by
reversing its digits is 63. How many such numbers are possible?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 0

45. If a positive integer n has exactly two positive factors, then n = ?

n
(1) is one of the factors of n.
2
(2) The lowest common multiple of n and n + 10 is an even number.

46. If 0 < x < y and x and y are consecutive perfect squares, what is the
remainder when y is divided by x?
(1) Both x and y have exactly 3 positive factors.
(2) Both x and y are prime numbers.
47. Set S consists of more than two integers. Are all numbers in set S negative?
(1) The product of any three integers in the list is negative
(2) The product of the smallest and largest integers in the list is a prime
number

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48. k and t are integers and k 2  t 2 is an odd integer. Which of the following
MUST be an even integer?
I. k+t+2
II. k² + 2kt + t²
III. k² + t²
A) None B) I only C) II only D) III only E) I, II and III

49. What is the value of prime number p ?

(1) p + 8 is prime.
(2) p – 8 is prime.

50. Is the positive integer N a perfect square?

(1) N is the successor of the product of two consecutive odd integers.
(2) N has exactly 25 positive factors.

51. If n is a positive integer and n2 is divisible by 120, which of the following

MUST be an integer?
n
I.
24
n
II.
15
n
III.
40
n
IV.
60

A) I, III B) I only C) II only D) I, III, IV E) II, IV

52. For how many values of a are, a, a + 2, a + 4 prime numbers?

A) 0 B) 2 C) 5 D) 1 E) Infinite
53. If N is a 3-digit integer, what is the value of N?
(1) The ten’s digit of N is twice the unit’s digit and half of the hundred’s digit.
(2) The ten’s digit of N is thrice the unit’s digit and one-third of the hundred’s
digit.

54. If a, b, c and d are integers and ad – bd – cd is odd, which of the following

MUST be odd?
I. a – b
II. a + b + c
III. b – c
IV. d
A) I, III B) II only C) IV only D) I, II, III E) II, IV

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55. If j and k are integers and is odd, which of the following MUST be true?
k
(A) j and k are both even
(B) j and k are both odd
(C) j is divisible by k
(D) If j is even, k is even
(E) j 2  k

56. If a and b are integers and 240a = b3, which of the following MUST be an
integer?
a
I.
300
a
II.
600
a
III.
450

A) None B) I only C) III only D) I and III E) I, II and III

57. A watch ticks 90 times in 95 seconds and another watch ticks 315 times in
234 seconds. If they are started together, how many times will they tick
together in the first hour?
A) 7 B) 5 C) 8 D) 1 E) 11
58. A vendor has 231 oranges, 165 apples, and 297 plums. If he packs the
fruits into crates with an equal number of fruit without mixing them, what is
the minimum number of crates?
A) 18 B) 25 C) 14 D) 27 E) 21

59. The digit at the unit’s place of a 2 digit number is increased by 50% and
the digit at ten’s place of the same number is increased by 100%. The new
number obtained is 33 more than the original number. Which of the following
is true about the original number?
(A) It is a prime number
(B) It is a perfect cube
(C) It has only 2 prime factors
(D) Its successor is a perfect square
(E) It has exactly 3 distinct positive factors

60. For single digits a, b and c; the minimum number of positive factors of the
six digit number N = abcabc is
A) 8 B) 15 C) 12 D) 18 E) 16

61. How many positive integers are the factors of both 192 and 288?
A) 12 B) 18 C) 8 D) 15 E) 16

62. The product of 2 numbers is the cube of their HCF, such that none of the
numbers equals the HCF itself. If their LCM is 1225, the smaller number is
A) 245 B) 210 C) 175 D) 140 E) NOTA

63. Four wheels, whose circumferences are 33, 42, 55, 63 cm respectively are
set in motion at the same time. After how many revolutions of the first wheel
will they all have simultaneously completed an exact number of revolutions for
the first time?
A) 210 B) 180 C) 45 D) 140 E) 70

64. If 75% of a two-digit number is added to it, the digits of the number are
reversed. The ratio of the ten’s digit to the unit’s digit in the original number is
A) 2:1 B) 3:2 C) 4:5 D) 1:4 E) 1:2
65. The LCM of two co-prime integers is 2100. How many unordered pairs of
such numbers are possible?
A) 8 B) 4 C) 3 D) 7 E) 5

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66. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is of the sum of the number
11
and the number obtained by interchanging its digits. What is the difference
between the digits of the number?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 5 E) Data Insufficient

67. Let the number M be a decimal such that M = 0.pqrpqrpqrpqr… where p, q

and r are digits between 0 & 9. At most two out of p, q and r are equal to 0. By
which of the following should M be multiplied so that it becomes an integer?
A) 99 B) 990 C) 111 D) 1001 E) 3996

68. In a parking lot, every third car is red and every fourth car is white. What
could be the maximum number of cars in that parking lot?
A) 12 B) 15 C) 13 D) 11 E) Data Insufficient

69. Let p = m × n where p, m and n are all positive integers greater than 1. If p
has 25 positive factors, m has r factors and n has s factors; then r + s =
A) 12 B) 8 C) 10 D) 16 E) 24

70. Is the integer x odd?

(1) x is a factor of 240
(2) x is a multiple of 120

71. Is x an integer?
(1) x2 is an integer
(2) 9x is an integer

72. Is the sum of 7th through the 18th term in a sequence of integers even?
(1) Each term in the sequence is 5 more than the previous term
(2) The first term in the sequence is 5
73. If A is a positive integer, is 20×A the greatest common divisor of X and Y?
(1) X = 30×A
(2) Y = 40×A

74. Both a and b are perfect squares, and the product a ×b is divisible by 10 as
well as 15. By which of the following the product a ×b may NOT be divisible?
A) 60 B) 50 C) 120 D) 150 E) 225

75. For a positive integer x, is (2x2 + 15x – 5) even?

(1) x is divisible by 6
(2) x is a factor of 18

76. N is the smallest positive integer to have 20 distinct positive factors. N lies
in which of the following intervals?
A) 125-250 B) 251-400 C) 401-600 D) 601-750 E) 751-1000

77. If 12 is a factor of p and q, is 12 the highest common factor of p and q ?

(1) p = 5q
(2) p = 4q + 12

78. If a and b are positive integers such that a = 24b + 56, what is the highest
common factor for a and b?
(1) b = 7p, where p is a positive integer
(2) b = 11p, where p is a positive integer

79. How many positive integers that are less than 960, are co-prime to 960?
A) 256 B) 384 C) 120 D) 160 E) 288

80. Jack has a few six-faced dice. Each die has numbers 3, 5 and 6 each
printed on two faces. He throws all dice and multiplies the digits displayed on
the top surface of each die. If the product so obtained is 243,000; how many
dice does Jack have?
A) 6 B) 8 C) 11 D) 9 E) 13
81. If A, B, X and Y are all single digits such that the sum of the two digit
numbers AB and BA is the three digit number AYX, then X + Y =
A) 1 B) 2 C) 5 D) 9 E) CBD

82. If a, b and c are integers such that a(b – c) is odd, which of the following
MUST be odd?
A) b B) c C) ab D) ab + c E) abc

84 p
83. If p and q are positive integers, is a terminating decimal?
315q
(1) p > q
(2) p > 2q

p
84. If p and q are composite integers, is an integer?
q
(1) Each prime factor of q is also a factor of p.
(2) The total number of factors of q is 12, and that of p is 24.

p
85. If p and q are composite integers, is an integer?
q
(1) The total number of factors of q is 18, and that of p is 36.
(2) Each non-prime factor of q is also a factor of p.

86. If p, an integer, is 32% more than q, another integer, which of the following
MUST be an integer?
p q p q
I. II. III. IV.
8 5 3 4

A) None B) I, II C) I only D) II, III E) I, II, III, IV

pqr
87. If p, q and r are integers, and is an odd integer, is p an even integer?
4
(1) (pq + r) is an even integer.
(2) (qr + p) is an odd integer.
88. If three integers from among the first 10 positive integers are chosen, what
is the probability that the product of these integers is even?
5 2 3 11 14
A) B) C) D) E)
6 3 4 12 15

89. If x = 6p, where p is a positive integer greater than 15, what is the
minimum possible number of factors of x?
A) 4 B) 8 C) 9 D) 6 E) 12

90. If x and y are positive integers, what is the highest common factor of 21x
and 35y?
(1) x – y = 7p, for some integer p.
(2) x + y = 7q, for some integer q.

91. If x and y are positive integers, does x equal a multiple of y?

(1) (y2 + y ) is not a factor of x.
(2) (x2 – x ) is not a multiple of y.

92. If x and y are positive integers, does x equal a multiple of y?

(1) (x – 5) is a multiple of y.
(2) y > 6

93. If x ≠ 0, is 3x an integer?

x
(1) is not an integer.
3
(2) 3 x is not an integer.

94. If x is an odd integer, is x prime?

(1) The sum of the digits of x is 5.

(2) x < 200
95. If x is an integer greater than 2, is x even?
(1) x is a factor of 120.
(2) x is a factor of 135.

96. If x, y and z are positive integers greater than 1, is x a prime number?

(1) x has the same number of factors as y.

(2) x has the same number of factors as z2.

x
97. Is an integer?
2
(1) 2 x is an integer.
x
(2) is an integer.
18

98. If n = 1 + x, where x is the product of four consecutive positive integers,

then which of the following statements is/ are true?
I. n is odd II. n is prime III. n is a perfect square
A) I only B) II only C) I, II D) I, III E) I, II, III

m
99. If m and n are integers, is an integer?
n
(1) m is a multiple of 144, n is a factor of 96.
(2) 20 is a multiple of m, 200 is a factor of n.

100. P is a positive integer. How many factors does P10 have?

(1) P is an even integer.

(2) P has exactly 3 positive factors.
 ANSWER KEY

01) E
02) C
03) B
04) B
05) D
06) D
07) C
08) D
09) C
10) C
11) A
12) C
13) A
14) E
15) D
16) E
17) B
18) C
19) A
20) A
21) E
22) D
23) B
24) E
25) D
26) C
27) A
28) C
29) E
30) C
31) B
32) C
33) D
34) E
35) C
36) D
37) D
38) A
39) B
40) B
41) A
42) D
43) B
44) C
45) D
46) D
47) C
48) A
49) C
50) D
51) E
52) D
53) B
54) E
55) D
56) D
57) C
58) E
59) C
60) E
61) A
62) C
63) A
64) E
65) A
66) E
67) E
68) D
69) C
70) B
71) C
72) A
73) A
74) C
75) A
76) A
77) B
78) E
79) A
80) B
81) A
82) D
83) B
84) E
85) B
86) D
87) C
88) D
89) B
90) E
91) B
92) C
93) D
94) C
95) B
96) B
97) B
98) D
99) B
100) B