NUMBER SYSTEM

Basics
1. If x2y3z < 0, which of the following must be true?
A] yz < 0 B] y < 0 C] y2z < 0 D]
z<0

2. Let x = 0.abcdabcdabcd……, where a, b, c and d are non-zero digits.

If x is multiplied by a certain natural number D, then the result is also
a natural number. Which of the following is a possible value of D? 
A] 99999 B] 9990 C] 69993 D] None of these 

3. If a and b are two integers divisible by 5, which of the following

is not necessarily true? 
A] a – b is divisible by 5    B] a2 – b2 is divisible by 25 C] a + b
is divisible by 10  D] None of these 
4. If 2a * 3b= 12 ^4  *18^5 then  a+b =  a)  23     b) 27   c) 25    d)
None of these
5. In T. Nagar the building were numbered from 1 to100. How many
4’s will be present in the numbers?   (a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 21
6. All the natural numbers from 501 to 700 are written. How many times
does the digit 6 appear?  (a) 138 (b) 139 (c) 140 (d) 141
7. How many numbers are there from 1 to 500 in which the digit
‘4’ comes at any place?
(a)180 (b) 176 (c) 100 (d) None of these
8. How many numbers lie from 300 to 500 in which the digit 4
comes only one time?
(a) 99 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 120
9. The positive square root of 31 + 4 root 57 ?
(a) root 19 + 4 root 3 (b) root 19 + 2 root 3     (c) root 17 +
root14 (d) root 17 + 3root 14
10. Which of the following is the largest?  

11. If  log a=x and log b = y then log(a2/ b3) is equal to a) 3x+2y  b)
2x +3y   c) 2x—3y  d) 3x-2y
12. If   log x3= a  then what is the value of log x5      a) 3a/5     b)
2a/3     c)   5a/3       d)  3a/2
HOME EXERCISE
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 Divisibility Rules
1. If 774958P96Q is divisible by 8 as well as 9, then the values of
P and Q respectively, will be
A] 7 and 8 B] 8 and 0 C] 5 and 8
D] None of these
2. 23a7b is divisible by 45 but not by 10. Find the value of a. 
A] 1 B 2 C] 3 D] 4 
3 111222333444555666777888999 when divided by 11, leaves
the remainder 
A] 1 B] 3 C] 2 D] 5 
4. What least value should be assigned to * so that the number
63576*2 is divisible by 8 ?
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
5. If 1826X73 is divisible by 9, then what can be the value of ‘X’? 
(a) 9 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) (a) or (b)
6. If 256X561 is divisible by 11, then what can be the value of
‘X’?  (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 8
7. If ABC0 is a 4 digit number divisible by 4, then how many such
4 digit number exist?
(a) 360 (b) 400 (c) 450 (d) 500
8. If a number 968A96B is to be divisible by 72, the respective
values of A and B can be?
(a) 7 and 8 (b) 7 and 0    (c) 5 and 8 (d) None of these
9. 4a56 is divisible by 33. What is the value of ‘a’?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
10.     Ravi multiplied 484 by a certain number to get the result
3823a. Find the value of a. 
A] 2 B] 4 C] 6 D] 8 

UNIT   DIGIT
1. What are the respective digits in the unit’s place in the
expansions of 717   and 177    ?
(a) 2, 6       (b) 7, 3       (c) 1, 4        (d) 9, 9
2.   Find the number of zeros at the end of 30 30! 
A] 77 B] 49 C] 630!  D] None of these 
3. Find the last digit of 222  * 333 * 555  ?   (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 0
 4. What will be the last digit of the expression 3153    (a) 5 (b) 9 (c)
3 (d) 7
5 Find the unit digit of 3200 * 4500?    (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6

LCM/HCF
1.  Three gold coins of weight 780gm, 840gm and 960gm are cut into
small pieces, all of which have the equal weight. Each piece must be
heavy as possible. If one such piece is shared by two persons, then
how many persons are needed to give all the pieces of gold coins?   
A. 86    B.70   C.43   D.35

2. 21 mango trees, 42 apple trees and 56 orange trees have to be planted in

rows such that each row contains the same number of trees of one
variety only. Minimum number of rows in which the above trees may
be planted is
A] 7 B] 15 C] 17 D] 20
3. How many factors has the number 120? How many of them are
odd? How many of them even?
A.16, 4, 12    B. 14, 2, 12   C. 12, 4, 8   D. 12, 8, 4
4.  Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12 and 15 minutes   respectively.
All three begins to toll at 8 a.m. At   what time will they toll together
again ?
(a) 11 a.m. (b) 8:30 a.m. (c) 10 a.m. (d) 10:30 a.m.
5.  A person has to completely put each of the three liquids i.e.  403
liters of petrol, 465 liters of diesel and 496 liters of Mobil oil in
bottles of equal size without mixing any of the three types of liquids
such that each bottle is completely filled. What is the least possible
number of bottles required?
(a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 31 (d) None of these
6. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 2310 and their H.C.F. is 30. If one
of these numbers is 210, the second number is : (a) 330 (b) 1470 (c)
2100 (d) 16170
7. The least perfect square number which is divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6 and
8, is :  (a) 900 (b) 1200 (c) 2500 (d) 3600
8. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 12 times their H.C.F. The sum of 
H.C.F. and L.C.M. is 403. If one number is 93, then the other is ?  (a)
128 (b) 124 (c) 134 (d) None of these
9. Which is the least number that must be added to 1856 to  make it
divisible by 7, 12 and 16 ?
(a)176 (b) 160 (c) 167 (d) None of these
10. The sum of 2 numbers is 224 and their HCF is 16. How many
such pairs are possible?
A] 1 B] 2 C] 3 D] 4

REMAINDERS
1. A number when divided by 54 leaves a remainder of 31. Find 
the remainder when the same number is divided by 27 ?  (a) 4
(b) 23 (c) 15 (d) (a) or (b)
2. Find the remainder when 2^ 96  is divided by 7 ?  a) 1 b) 2 c) 4
d) 6
3. Find the remainder when (24)^ 5    is divided by 5 ?    (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 4 (d) None of these
4. The remainder, when (1523 +  2323) is divided by 19, is    (a) 4 (b)
15 (c) 0 (d) 18
5. What is the remainder when 496   is divided by 6?    (a) 0 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
Base System
1. Convert (1101001)2 into  base 10
2. Convert (1101001)2 into  base 16
3. Convert (BD7)16 into  base 10
4. Convert (BD7)16 into  base 2
5. (1101001)2 + (1101111)2 = ?
Answers (Basics) -1A 2C 3C 4B 5C 6C 7B 8A 9B 10D 11C 12C Divisibility Rules -1B 2A 3D 4D
5D 6A 7C 8B 9A 10C Unit Digit-1B 2D 3D 4C 5D LCM/HCF- 1A 2C 3A 4A 5A 6A 7D 8B 9B
10 C Remainders -1A 2A 3C 4C 5D