CAT workshop 13 - Number System

Question: If a + b = c, where a, b and c are positive single-digit integers, what is the greatest possible value
of the product abc?
(a) 126 (b) 162 (c) 180 (d) 250

Question: Let A, B and C be positive integers satisfying A < B < C and A + B + C = X. What is the smallest
value of X that does not determine A, B and C uniquely?
(a) 9 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8

Question: Let D be a decimal of the form D = 0.abcdabcdabcd …, where the digits a, b, c and d are integers
lying between 0 and 9. At most three of these digits are zero. By what number should D be multiplied so
that the result is a natural number?
(a) 999 (b) 9990 (c) 49995 (d) 499995

Question: If abc is a three-digit whole number, such that abc = 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 . [300 < abc < 400], find the
sum of a, b and c.
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) Data Sufficient

Question: Find the smallest value of x such that x! ends with exactly 23 zeros.
(a) 100 (b) 99 (c) 98 (d) No such no. exist

Question: Find the maximum value of 'n' at which the expression will be an integer.
(a) 1949 (b) 1746 (c) 1299 (d) 1088

Question: A number consists of three consecutive digits in order, the one in units place being the greatest
of the three. The number formed by reversing the digits exceeds the original number by 22 times the sum
of the digits. Find the number.
(a) 345 (b) 567 (c) 123 (d) 234

Question: If the first 100 natural numbers are written side by side to make a big number, how many digits
of this number will be even?
(a) 80 (b) 91 (c) 90 (d) 89
Question: If N = 15 × 30 × 45 × 60 × … × 1500, what will be the number of zeros at the end of N?
(a) 63 (b) 55 (c) 97 (d) 124

Question: A number when divided by a divisor left a remainder of 23. When twice the number was divided
by the same divisor, the remainder was 11. Find the divisor.
(a) 12 (b) 34 (c) 35 (d) 24

Question: If the LCM of first 60 natural numbers is x, then find the LCM of first 67 natural numbers.
(a) 67x (b) 6387x (c) 4087x (d) 8174x

Question: There is a set of positive integers called Number Box which contains positive integers which
when divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 leave the remainders of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 respectively. What is the maximum value
of square root of the number of numbers that can be in the Number Box such that it does not contain any
number with 4 digits?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 5 (d) 3

Question: Three numbers which are co-prime to each other are such that the product of the first two is 551
and that of the last two is 1073. The sum of the three numbers is
(a) 75 (b) 81 (c) 85 (d) 89

Question: Let N be the greatest number that will divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same remainder
in each case. Then sum of the digits in N is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8

Question: A person had a number of toys to distribute among children. At first, he tried distributing equally
between two children, then among three, four, five and six children, but every time he was left with one
toy. When he finally tried distributing equally among seven children, he succeeded. What is the smallest
number of toys that he could have?
(a) 419 (b) 301 (c) 105 (d) 77

Question: Three rotating wheels can complete 300, 180 and 120 revolutions per 5 minutes. The point of
beginning of rotation on each wheel is distinctly marked. On completion of each revolution, the starting
point touches the ground. Two coins are tossed when starting marks of all the wheels touch the ground
together. Starting from the beginning, how much time would have passed so that the two coins have been
tossed 50 times each?
(a) 5 minutes 10 seconds (b) 4 minutes 5 seconds
(c) 6 minutes 5 seconds (d) 6 minutes

Question: Two numbers, 297B and 792B, belong to base B number system. If the first number is a factor of
the second number then the value of B is:
A. 11 B. 12 C. 15 D. 17. E. 19

Question: How many numbered pairs (a, b) less than 10 will have HCF other than 1?

Question: If the first 100 natural numbers are written side by side to make a big number, then how many
times in this number will the even digits occur?

Question: How many three-digit numbers do not change even if their digits are reversed?
A. 81 B. 90 C. 100 D. 10

Question: What is the smallest natural number that can be expressed as the sum of ten consecutive
natural numbers as well as the sum of nine consecutive natural numbers?
A. 145 B. 135 C. 125 D. 115
 A. Both A and B are false B. A is true but B is false.
C. A is false but B is true D. Both A and B are true.

Question: A positive whole number M, less than 100, is represented in base 2 notation, base 3 notation
and base 5 notation. It is found that in all the three cases, the last numeral is 1, while in exactly two out of
the three cases, the leading numeral is 1. M is equal to
A. 31 B. 63 C. 75 D. 91

Question: Ram and Shyam take a vacation at their grandparents' house. During the vacation, they do any
activity together. They either played tennis in the evening or practiced Yoga in the morning, ensuring that
they do not undertake both the activities on any single day. There were some days when they did nothing.
Out of the days that they stayed at their grandparents' house, they involved in one of the two activities on
22 days. However, their grandmother while sending an end of vacation report to their parents stated that
they did not do anything on 24 mornings and they did nothing on 12 evenings.
How long was their vacation?
A. 36 days B. 14 days C. 29 days D. CBD

Question: Let X be a four-digit number with exactly three consecutive digits being same and is a multiple of
9. How many such X’s are possible?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 19 D. 20
Question: How many factors of the number 28 * 36 * 54 * 105 are multiples of 120?
A. 540 B. 660 C. 594 D. 792

Question: If a three digit number ‘abc’ has 2 factors (where a, b, c are digits), how many factors does the 6-
digit number ‘abcabc’ have?
A. 16 B. 24 C. 18 D. 80