Class II: HCF

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CLASS-II: HCF
1. Find the greatest possible number with which when we divide 37 and 58, it leaves the respective
remainder of 2 and 3.
(a) 15 (b) 5
(c) 7 (d) 8
2. Find the greatest number that will divide 786, 991 and 1196 leaving 4, 5 and 6 as remainders
respectively.
(a) 204 (b) 102
(c) 68 (d) 34
3. Find the largest possible number with which when 38, 66 and 80 are divided, the remainder remains
same.
(a) 7 (b) 14
(c) 21 (d) 28
4. Find the greatest number that will divide 1709, 1879 and 2399 leaving in each case the same remainder.
(a) 5 (b) 170
(c) 35 (d) 10
5. A shopkeeper has three kinds of oil. Oil of first kind is 117 litres, second kind is 130 litres and the third
kind is 143 litres. The least number of containers of equal size required to store oil is:
(a) 13 (b) 30
(c) 390 (d) None of these
6. Three vessels contain respectively 480, 720 and 2640 litres; find the vessel of greatest capacity that will
empty off all the vessels.
(a) 240 (b) 2640
(c) 120 (d) 5280
7. The HCF of 5/6, 2/9 & 4/27 is
(a) 10/27 (b) 40/27
(c) 1/54 (d) 20/3
8. The LCM of 6/11, 5/22 & 15/44 is
(a) 30/11 (b) 1/44
(c) 15/11 (d) 1/11
9. What is the greatest length x such that 3 ½ m and 8 ¾ m are integral multiples of x?
(a) 1 ½ m (b) 1 1/3 m
(c) 1 ¼ m (d) 1 ¾ m

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10. The LCM of two numbers is 2900% more than their HCF and the sum of LCM and HCF of two number is
310. If one of the numbers is 20, the other number is:

(a) 150 (b) 75

(c) 290 (d) 105

11. The HCF and LCM of two numbers and 21 and 4641 respectively. If one of the numbers lies between 200
and 300, then the two numbers are:

(a) 273, 357 (b) 231, 378

(c) 252, 378 (d) 273, 399

12. The sum of two numbers is 256. If 32 is their HCF, then the numbers are
(1) 60 and 196
(2) 32 and 224
(3) 96 and 160
Which of the above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3
13. The LCM of two numbers is 12 times their HCF. The sum of the HCF and the LCM is 403. If one of the
numbers is 93, then the other number is
(a) 124 (b) 120
(c) 70 (d) 40
14. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:4:5 and their LCM is 2400. Their HCF is:

(a) 40 (b) 80

(c) 120 (d) 200

15. 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

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