Mathematics (Sec 1)

Worksheet 1.2: Factors & Multiples

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1. Express 1400 as a product of prime factors.

2. Express 6120 as a product if prime factors in index notation

3. Find the HCF of 756, 1260, 2268 and 4788.

4. Find the LCM of 168, 336, 448, 784.

5. Given a = 2 2  33  5 4 and b = 3 2  4 2  5 2 , find :

(a) the HCF of a and b
(b) the LCM of and b

6. Use prime factorization to evaluate the following:

(a) 1296

(b) 7056
3
(c) 9261
3
(d) 91125

7. Find the difference of the two prime numbers between 20 and 30.

8. Given that y = 1.7  102 , evaluate y −1

9. Find
(a) the difference between the first two perfect squares that end with a 1.
(b) The sum of the first three perfect squares that end with a 4.

10. Find two numbers (excluding 4 and 60) if their HCF is 4 and LCM is 60.

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11. Given that 7875 written as a product of its prime factors is 7875 = 3 2  53  7 .
(a) Find the smallest integer value of n for which 7875n is a perfect square.
(b) Write down 675 as a product of its prime factors
(c) Find the highest common factor of 7875 and 675, giving your answers as a
product of prime factors.

12. Peter has 330 Singapore stamps and 525 Malaysian stamps. He wants to arrange an
equal number of each type of stamps into as many albums as possible. How many
albums will he need?

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