STUDENTS CHALLANGING POINT

Date: 14/08/2011
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Three different containers contain 496 litre, 403 litres and 713 litres of mixtures of milk & water respectively. What biggest measure can measure all the different quantities exactly? a. 7 litres b. 31 litres c. 1 litre d. 41 litres The traffic lights of three different road crossings change after every 50 sec, 60 sec and 75 sec respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 10:15:10 Hrs, they will again change simultaneously at a. 10:30:00 hrs b. 10:25:30 hrs c. 10:35:00 hrs d. 10:30:10 hrs The HCF of 223355, 2332527 and 243457 211 is: a. 22325 b. 23325711 c. 243455 d. 243455711 The no. of no.-pair lying between 40 and 100 with their HCF as 15 is: a. 3 b. 3 c. 4 d. 6 The smallest no. which when diminished by 7, is divisible by 12, 16, 18, 21 and 28 is ..? a. 1008 b. 1015 c. 1022 d. 1032 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 The greatest no. that exactly divides 105, 1001 and 2436 is: a. 3 b. 7 c. 11 d. 21 The HCF of 2/3, 8/9, 64/81 and 10/27 is: a. 2/3 b. 2/81 c. 160/3 d. 160/81 The products of co-primes a and b is 72. Their LCM is a. 18 b. 72 c. 36 d. 144 Which of the following fractions is the largest? a. 7/8 b. 13/16 c. 31/40 d. 63/80 Reduce 238368/128352 to its lowest terms. a. 4/3 b. 13/5 c. 13/7 d. 13/9 The HCF of 2923 and 3239 is: a. 47 b. 37 c. 79 d. 73 LCM of two prime nos. x and y (x > y) is 161. The value of 3y x is: a. -1 b. 2 c. 1 d. -2 The largest 4-digit no. which when divided by 4, 7 or 13 leaves a remainder of 3 in each case, is: a. 9893 b. 9831 c. 8739 d. 9834 The HCF of two nos. is 12 & their difference is 12. The nos. are: a. 84, 96 b. 70, 82 c. 94, 106 d. 86, 100 Three nos. are in the ratio 3:4:5 and their LCM are 2400. Their HCF is: a. 20 b. 60 c. 40 d. 80 Two nos., both greater than 29, have HCF 29 & LCM 4147. The sum of the nos. is: a. 696 b. 666 c. 669 d. 686 Find the lowest common multiple of 24, 36, and 40? a. 480 b. 360 c. 240 d. 120 Jacob has 60 red, 156 blue & 204 green marbles. He distributes them amongst a group of kids such that each kid gets equal no. of marbles and no kid have marbles of more than 1 colour. Find the no. of kids? a. 12 b. 21 c. 36 d. 40 The HCF of two nos. is 8. Which one of the following can never be their LCM? a. 24 b. 48 c. 56 d. 60 Let N be the greatest no. that will divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same remainder in each case. Then sum of the digits in N is: a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 252 can be expressed as a product of primes as: a. 22237 b. 23337 c. 33337 d. 22337 The GCD of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9 is: a. 0.03 b. 0.9 c. 0.18 d. 0.108 The LCM of 148 & 185 is: a. 680 b. 720 c. 730 d. 740 The HCF of 1.75, 5.6 and 7 is: a. 0.07 b. 0.7 c. 0.35 d. 3.5 Define co-primes. I have two 10 paise coins. If 4/5 of what I have is 8/9 of what you have, how much do you have? Write 31 using only digit 3 five times? Which would you say is heavier, a pound of cotton or a pound of gold? There is a no. which is very peculiar. This no. is 3 times the sum of its digits. Find the no.?