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Class 6
Factors and Multiples of a Number
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Choose correct answer(s) from the given choices

(1) I am a factor of 36 and a multiple of 3. What number am I?

a. 26 b. 35
c. 22 d. 36

(2) There are 5 consecutive composite numbers between ____ and ____.
a. 13 and 19 b. 19 and 25
c. 73 and 79 d. 43 and 49

(3) _____ is a number that is neither prime nor composite.

a. 4 b. 3
c. 1 d. 6

(4) All the factors for 240 are:

a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, b. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48,
60, 80, 120, 240 60, 80, 120
c. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, d. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60,
60, 80, 120, 240 80, 120, 240

Fill in the blanks

(5) The largest 2 digit even number is .

Check True/False

(6) Every non-zero number is a multiple of itself.

True False

(7) The greatest factor of a number is the number itself.

True False

(8) The sum of two odd numbers is an even number.

True False

Answer the questions

(9) Find the missing odd number.

855 ? 859 861 863 865

(10) What do we get on adding any two even numbers?

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Answers
(1) d. 36

Step 1
We know that when a number divides another number completely, the divisor is called the factor of the
dividend and the dividend is called the multiple of the divisor.

Step 2
So, the factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36 and the multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21,
24, 27, 30, 33, 36,..... and so on.

Step 3
Hence, the numbers that are both the factors of 36 and the multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36.

Step 4
Out of the factors and multiples calculated above, only number 36 is given in the options.

Step 5
Hence, option d is the correct answer.

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(2) c. 73 and 79

Step 1
We know that a number having exactly two factors is a prime number and a number having more than
two factors is a composite number.

Step 2
Also, consecutive numbers are the numbers that follow each other without gaps, from the smallest to the
largest.

Step 3
Let us consider each option one by one.

Step 4
In option a, the numbers 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 lie between 13 and 19, out of which 17 is prime. Hence, 5
consecutive composite numbers do not lie between 13 and 19.

Step 5
In option b, the numbers 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 lie between 19 and 25, out of which 23 is prime. Hence, 5
consecutive composite numbers do not lie between 19 and 25.

Step 6
In option c, the numbers 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78 lie between 73 and 79, out of which none is prime.
Hence, 5 consecutive composite numbers lie between 73 and 79.

Step 7
In option d, the numbers 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 lie between 43 and 49, out of which 47 is prime. Hence, 5
consecutive composite numbers do not lie between 43 and 49.

Step 8
Therefore, we conclude that option c is the correct answer.

(3) c. 1

Step 1
We know that 1 is neither prime nor composite.

Step 2
Hence, option c is the correct answer.

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(4) a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60, 80, 120, 240

Step 1
Let us find all the factors of 240 as below:
1 x 240 = 240
2 x 120 = 240
3 x 80 = 240
4 x 60 = 240
5 x 48 = 240
6 x 40 = 240
8 x 30 = 240
10 x 24 = 240
12 x 20 = 240
15 x 16 = 240

Step 2
Hence the factors of 240 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60, 80, 120, 240.

(5) 98

Step 1
The largest 2 digit number is 99, which is odd.

Step 2
Right before 99 comes 98, which is even. So the largest 2 digit even number is 98.

(6) True

Step 1
As we know that 1 times a number is equal to itself. So a number is a multiple of itself.

Step 2
Hence, the given statement is true.

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(7) True

Step 1
As a number always divides itself completely, it is a factor of itself. Also, the factors of a number are
always less than or equal to a number.

So, the greatest factor of a number is the number itself.

For eg: The factors of 15 are 1, 3, 5, and 15.

The greatest factor of 15 is 15.

Step 2
Hence, the above statement is true.

(8) True

Step 1
Let us take any two odd numbers and add them: 3 + 5 = 8, or 1 + 3 = 4.

Step 2
We can see that the sum of two odd numbers is always an even number. Hence, the given statement is
true.

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(9) 857

Step 1
Let us observe the given numbers.
First number = 855
Second number = ?
Third number = 859
Fourth number = 861
Fifth number = 863
Sixth number = 865

Step 2
Let us now count forward from 855.
855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865
We find that the given number are obtained by skip counting by 2s.

Step 3
On skip counting by 2 from 855 we get 857.
Also, on skip counting by 2 from 857 we get 859.

Step 4
Hence, 857 is the missing odd number.

855 857 859 861 863 865

(10) An even number

Step 1
We know that if we add 2 to an even number, we get an even number.
Eg: 2 + 2 = 4 (Even)

Step 2
Hence, even number + even number
= (Even number + 2) + (Even number + 2)
= Even number + Even number + 4
Since, 4 is an even number, we can replace it with 'Even number' in the above sentence.
So,
Even number + Even number + Even number = Even number

Step 3
Hence, the sum of 2 even numbers is an even number.

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