NUMBER SYSTEM

S.S.HARICHANDAN
SOME IMPORTANT FACTORS
• FACTORS
• FACTORIALS
• NO OF ZEROS
• UNIT DIGIT
• REMAINDERS
• SUCCESSIVE REMAINDERS
• H.C.F & L.C.M
• DIVISIBILITY TEST
• PRIME NUMBERS
Questions on factors:

Question:1
How many factors are
there in 240?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
Questions on factors:

Question:2
How many odd factors are
there in 240?
A.4
B.6
C.8
D.9
Questions on factors:

Question:3
How many even factors
are there in 240?
A.12
B.15
C.16
D.18
Questions on factors:

Question:4
What is the sum of all the
factors of 240?
A. 744
B. 748
C. 786
D. 796
• Question:5
• What is the sum of all
the odd factors of 240?
• (a) 24
• (b) 30
• (c)36
• (d) 48
• Question:6
• What is the sum of all
the even factors of 240?
• (a)720
• (b) 724
• (c)732
• (d) 736
QUESTIONS ON FACTORIALS

Question:1
How many zeros are there
in 148!?
A.30
B. 32
C. 34
D. 35
QUESTIONS ON FACTORIALS

Question:2
What is the unit digit of 1248!
A.0
B.1
C.4
D.8
QUESTIONS ON FACTORIALS:

Question:3
What is the highest power
of 5 that can divide 124!
exactly?
A.24
B.25
C.27
D.28
DIVISIBILITY OF A NUMBER BY THE HIGHEST POWER OF A GIVEN
NUMBER:

Question:1
Find the highest power of
2 that can divide 70!.
A. 65
B. 66
C. 67
D. 55
Question:2
Choose the correct answer.
What is the highest power of 5
that divides 90 x 80 x 70 x 60 x
50 x 40 x 30 x 20 x 10?
A.10
B.12
C.14
D.None of these
NUMBER OF ZEROS AT THE END OF A PRODUCT:

Question:1
How many zeros are there at
the end of the product
10*15*20*25*30*35*40*45*50?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
QUESTIONS ON UNIT DIGIT:

Question:1
Find the unit digit of 28724+
6357.
A. 9
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
QUESTIONS ON UNIT DIGIT:

Question:2
Find the last digit of the
product 752 657 × 4 765.
A. 2
B. 8
C. 3
D. 9
QUESTIONS ON UNIT DIGIT:

Question:3
Find the last digit of the
expression :
126 881 + 32 567 × 37 123.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5
QUESTIONS ON UNIT DIGIT:
Question:4
Find the last digit of the
product :
1312 × 1313 × 1314 × 1315 ×
1316 × 1317 × 1318.
A. 5
B. 0
C. 2
D. 4
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:

Question:1
What is the remainder
when 285 is divided by 15?
A.3
B.1
C.0
D.2
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:

Question:2
Find the remainder when
3234 is divided by 82.
A. 2
B. 3
C.15
D. 9
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:

Question:3
What is the remainder
when 7279is divided by
342?
A. 1
B. 49
C. 343
D. 279
• Question:4
• If 769840325789 is
divided by 125, what will
be the remainder?
• (a)9
• (b)29
• (c)39
• (d)49
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:

Question:5
If 7685345893267756 is
divided by 99 what will be
the remainder?
A.55
B.44
C.27
D.10
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:
Question:6
A number when divided by a
divisor leaves a remainder of 24.
When twice the original number is
divided by the same divisor, the
remainder is 11. What is the value
of the divisor?
A. 13
B. 59
C. 35
D. 37
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:
Question:7
What is the smallest four-digit
number which when divided
by 6, leaves a remainder of 5
and when divided by 5 leaves
a remainder of 3?
A. 1043
B. 1073
C. 1103
D.None of these
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:

Question:8
What is the remainder of
(32^31^301) when it is
divided by 9?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 2
D. 1
QUESTIONS ON REMAINDERS:

Question:9
What is the remainder
when 1723 is divided by
16?
A. 1
B. 0
C. 2
D. 3
QUESTIONS ON SUCCESSIVE REMAINDERS:

Question:1
A number which when on being
divided by 5 & 7 successively leave
the remainders 3 & 4 respectively. If
the same number is divided by 35
what will be the remainder?
A. 23
B. 22
C. 21
D. 20
QUESTIONS ON SUCCESSIVE REMAINDERS:
Question:2
A number which when on being
divided by2, 3 &4 successively
leave the remainders 1,2 & 3
respectively. If the same number is
divided by 24 what will be the
remainder?
A. 23
B. 22
C. 21
D. 20
Question:3
A number when divided by 289
leaves the remainder 60. If the
same number is divided by 17
what will be the remainder?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST

Question:1
The product of 4
consecutive even
numbers is always
divisible by:
A. 600
B. 768
C. 864
D. 384
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST

Question:2
If 764xy is divisible by 90 ,
then what will be the value
of x+y ?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST
Question:3
Which of the following
numbers must be added to
5678 to give a reminder 35
when divided by 460?
A. 980
B. 797
C. 955
D. 618
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST
Question:4
When 242 is divided by a certain divisor
the remainder obtained is 8. When 698 is
divided by the same divisor the remainder
obtained is 9.However, when the sum of
the two numbers 242 and 698 is divided by
the divisor, the remainder obtained is 4.
What is the value of the divisor?
A. 11
B. 17
C. 13
D. 23
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST
Question:5
Choose the correct answer.
P is an integer. P>883. If P-7 is a
multiple of 11, then the largest
number that will always divide
(P+4) (P+15) is:
A. 11
B.121
C.242
D.None of these
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST
Question:6
Choose the correct answer.
Let C be a positive integer
such that C + 7 is divisible by
5. The smallest positive
integer n (>2) such that C + n2
is divisible by 5 is:
A.4
B.5
C.3
D.Does not exist
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST
Question:7
Which digits should come in
place of @ and # if the number
62684@# is divisible by both 8
and 5?
A. 4, 0
B. 0, 4
C. 4, 4
D. 1, 1
QUESTIONS ON DIVISIBILITY TEST
Question:8
Choose the correct answer.
The difference between two
numbers is 1365.When the larger
number is divided by the smaller
one ,the quotient is 6 and the
remainder is 15.The smaller
number is:
A.240
B.270
C.295
D.360
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M

Question:1
The ratio of two numbers
is 4 : 7. If their LCM is 336,
what is the sum of the
numbers?
A. 122
B. 48
C. 84
D. 132
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:2
The LCM of two numbers is 45
times to their HCF. If one of
the number is 125 and sum of
LCM and HCF is 1150, the
other number is :
A. 220
B. 215
C. 230
D. 225
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:3
Find the greatest number that
will divide 45, 71 and 162 so
as to leave the same
remainder in each case.
A. 13
B. 26
C. 39
D. 49
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:4
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
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:5
3 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
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:6
Four bells begin to toll together and
then each one at intervals of 6 s, 7
s, 8 s and 9 s respectively. The
number of times they will toll
together in the next 2 hr is:
A.12
B.13
C.14
D.15
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:7
Choose the correct answer.
Three different containers contain
496 litres, 403 litres and 713 litres
of mixtures of milk and water
respectively. What biggest measure
can measure all the different
quantities exactly ?
A. 1 litre
B. 7 litre
C. 31 litre
D. 41 litre
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:8
Choose the correct answer.
Four different electronic devices
make a beep after every 30
minutes, 1 hour, 3/2 hour and 1
hour 45 minutes respectively. All
the devices beeped together at 12
noon. They will again beep together
at:
A. 12 midnight
B. 3 a.m.
C. 6 a.m.
D. 9 a.m.
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:9
Choose the correct answer.
M and N are two distinct natural
numbers. HCF and LCM of M and N
are K and L respectively. A is also a
natural number, which of the
following relations is not possible?
A. K*L=A
B.K*A=L
C.L*A=K
D.None of these
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:10
Choose the correct answer.
There are four prime numbers
written in ascending order of
magnitude. The product of first
three is 385 and that of last three is
1001. Find the first number.
A.5
B.7
C.11
D.17
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:11
Six bells commence tolling
together and toll at intervals of
2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds
respectively. In 30 minutes,
how many times do they toll
together ?
A.4
B.10
C.15
D.16
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:12
In a meet, persons from five different
places have assembled in Bangalore High
School. From the five places the persons
come to represent are 42,60,210,90 and
84 . What is the minimum number of
rooms that would be required to
accommodate so that each room has the
same number of occupants and occupants
are all from the same places?
A. 44
B. 62
C. 81
D. 96
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:13
Choose the correct answer.
A rectangular courtyard 3.78
meters long and 5.25 meters wide
is to be paved exactly with square
tiles ,all of the same size. What is
the largest size of the tile which
could be used for the purpose?
A. 14 cm
B.21 cm
C.42 cm
D.None of these
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:14
Choose the correct answer.
The least perfect square which
is divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 is:
A.900
B.1200
C.2500
D.3600
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:15
Choose the correct answer.
What will be obtained if 8 is
subtracted from the HCF of
168, 189, and 231?
A.15
B.10
C.21
D. None of these
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:16
Choose the correct answer.
The greatest number of four
digits which is divisible by 15,
25, 40 and 75 is:
A.9000
B.9400
C.9600
D.9800
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:17
The product of two numbers is
4107. If the H.C.F. of these
numbers is 37, then the
greater number is:
A.101
B.107
C.111
D.185
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:18
Choose the correct answer.
Three number are in the ratio
of 3 : 4 : 5 and their L.C.M. is
2400. Their H.C.F. is:
A.40
B.80
C.120
D.200
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:19
Choose the correct answer.
The product of two numbers is
2028 and their H.C.F. is 13. The
number of such pairs is:
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:20
Choose the correct answer.
The least multiple of 7, which
leaves a remainder of 4, when
divided by 6, 9, 15 and 18 is:
A.74
B.94
C.184
D.364
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:21
Choose the correct answer.
The least number which
should be added to 2497 so
that the sum is exactly
divisible by 5, 6, 4 and 3 is:
A.3
B.13
C.23
D.33
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:22
Choose the correct answer.
The least number which when
divided by 5, 6 , 7 and 8 leaves a
remainder 3, but when divided by 9
leaves no remainder, is:
A.1677
B.1683
C.2523
D.3363
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:23
Choose the correct answer.
The H.C.F. of two numbers is
11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If
one of the numbers is 275,
then the other is:
A.279
B.283
C.308
D.318
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:24
Choose the correct answer.
What will be the least number
which when doubled will be
exactly divisible by 12, 18, 21
and 30?
A.196
B.630
C.1260
D.2520
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M

Question:25
Choose the correct
answer.
The ratio of two numbers
is 3 : 4 and their H.C.F. is
4. Their L.C.M. is:
A.12
B.16
C.24
D.48
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:26
Choose the correct answer.
The smallest number which
when diminished by 7, is
divisible 12, 16, 18, 21 and 28
is:
A.1008
B.1015
C.1022
D.1032
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:27
Choose the correct answer.
The greatest possible length
which can be used to measure
exactly the lengths 7 m, 3 m
85 cm, 12 m 95 cm is:
A.15cm
B.25cm
C.35cm
D.42cm
QUESTIONS ON H.C.F & L.C.M
Question:28
Choose the correct answer.
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:29
The least number, which
when divided by 12, 15, 20
and 54 leaves in each case
a remainder of 8 is:
A.504
B.536
C.544
D.548
Question:30
If the sum of two numbers is
55 and the H.C.F. and L.C.M. of
these numbers are 5 and 120
respectively, then the sum of
the reciprocals of the numbers
is equal to:
A.55/601
B.601/55
C.11/120
D.120/11
Question:31
What is the greatest 4-digit
perfect square, which is
exactly divisible by 3, 5, 7 and
9?
A. 9999
B. 9684
C. 9801
D. Cannot be determined

E. 11025
Question:32
When writing numbers
from 1 to 10,000, how
many times is the digit 9
written?
A. 3200
B. 3600
C. 4000
D. 4200
Question:33
How many keystrokes are
needed to type numbers
from 1 to 1000 on a
standard keyboard?
A. 3001
B. 2893
C. 2704
D. 2890
SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
QUESTION:1
Each of the letters from A to I are
represented by 9 different digits
from 1 to 9 in such a way that :
A+B+C= C+D+E=E+F+G=G+H+I = 13
Find the value of E?
A.2
B.3
C.4
D.5
QUESTION:2
Each of the letters A to G are
represented by 7 different digits
from 0 to 9 in such a way that
A*B*C = B*G*F = D*E*F
Find the value of G.
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4