LCM AND HCF

02 (Practice sheet)

1. Three numbers which are co-prime to one another 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:
551 1073

(a) 75 (b) 81 (c) 85 (d) 89

(SSC CGL Tier-I 2003
2. The sum of two numbers is 84 and their HCF is 12. Total number of such pairs of number is
84 12
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
(SSC CHSL DEO & LDC 2010)
3. The HCF (GCD) of a, b is 12, a, b are positive integers and a > b > 12. The smallest values of (a, b) are
respectively
a, b, 12 a b a>b>12 (a, b)
(a) 12, 24 (b) 24, 12 (c) 24, 36 (d) 36, 24
(SSC CGL Tier-I 2012)
4. 84 Maths books, 90 Physics books and 120 Chemistry books have to be stacked topicwise. How many books
will be there in each stack so that each stack will have the same height too?
84 90 120

(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) 21

(SSC CPO S.I. & Delhi SI 2014)
5. Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their HCF is 12. The numbers are
1:2:3 12
(a) 12, 24, 36 (b) 5, 10, 15 (c) 4, 8, 12 (d) 10, 20, 30
(SSC CGL Tier-I 2014)
6. The greatest number by which 2300 and 3500 are divided leaving the remainders of 32 and 56 respectively:
2300 3500 32 56
(a) 168 (b) 42 (c) 48 (d) 136
(SSC CPO S.I. & Delhi Police SI 2015)

7. The product of two 2-digit numbers is 2160 and their H.C.F. is 12. The numbers are
2160 12
(a) (12 ,60) (b) (72,30) (c) (36, 60) (d) (60,72)
(SSC CGL Tier-I 2016)
8. In a school, 391 boys and 323 girls have been divided into the largest possible equal classes, so that each
class of boys numbers the same as each class of girls, What is the number of classes?
391 323

(a) 23 (b) 19 (c) 44 (d) 17

(SSC CGL Tier-I 2016)

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9. Two pipes of length 1.5 m and 1.2 m are to be cut into equal pieces without leaving any extra length of
pipes. The greatest length of the pipe pieces of same size which can be cut from these two lengths will be
1.5 1.2

(a) 0.13 m/ (b) 26 m/ (c) 0.3 m/ (d) 0.41 m

(SSC CGL Tier-II 2017)
10. The greatest number that divides 411, 684, 821 and leaves 3, 4 and 5 as remainders, respectively, is
411, 684, 821 3, 4 5
(a) 254 (b) 146 (c) 136 (d) 204
11. Two number are in the ratio 5 : 11 It their HCF is 24 then the sum of two these number is
5 : 11 24
(a) 384 (b) 408 (c) 120 (d) 264
(SSC CPO SI 2019)
12. When 7897, 8110 and 8536 are divided by the greatest number x, then the remainder in each is the same. The sum
of the digit of x is:
7897,8110 8536 x x
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) 14
(SSC CGL Mains 2019)