M7 class 5 homework

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Number Theory Homework

Basic problems:

1. Classify each number as prime or composite.

1. 37 2. 12 3. 22 4. 24
Prime Prime Prime Prime
Composite Composite Composite Composite

5. 9 6. 11 7. 8 8. 7
Prime Prime Prime Prime
Composite Composite Composite Composite

2. Complete each divisibility table. Write yes if the number is divisible by the given number.
Write no if it is not divisible by the given number.

1. 20,446 2. 180 3. 288 4. 42

by 3 ________ by 3 ________ by 2 ________ by 4 ________
by 6 ________ by 4 ________ by 3 ________ by 5 ________
by 7 ________ by 5 ________ by 5 ________ by 6 ________
by 9 ________ by 7 ________ by 6 ________ by 9 ________
by 10 ________ by 9 ________ by 10 ________ by 10 ________

3. Find the greatest common factor of each set of numbers.

1. 80 and 50 2. 10 and 30 3. 84 and 42

4. 75 and 80 5. 24 and 96 6. 40 and 38

7. 3 and 51 8. 55 and 90 9. 50 and 20

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4. Find the least common multiple.

1. 7 and 16 2. 5 and 11 3. 6 and 17

4. 3 and 10 5. 3 and 11 6. 6 and 8

7. 2 and 7 8. 6 and 12 9. 2, 6, and 12

Challenge problems

1. Which of the following numbers has the smallest prime factor?

(A) 55 (B) 57 (C) 58 (D) 59 (E) 61

2. What is the smallest possible average of four distinct positive even integers?

3. Three-digit powers of 2 and 5 are used in this cross-number puzzle. What is the only possible digit
for the outlined square?

ACROSS DOWN
2. 2 m 1. 5 n

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4. Let “N” mean the number of whole number divisors of N. For example, “3” = 2 because 3 has two
divisors, 1 and 3. Find the value of “11” × “20”.

5. There are twenty-four 4-digit numbers that use each of the four digits 2, 4, 5, and 7 exactly once.
Listed in numerical order from smallest to largest, what is the number in the 17th position in the list?

6. If A and B are nonzero digits, then what is the number of digits (not necessarily different) in the sum
of the three whole numbers?

7. For how many positive integer values of N is the expression 36 an integer?

N +2

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8. The number 64 has the property that it is divisible by its unit’s digit. How many whole numbers
between 10 and 50 have this property?

9. "If a whole number n is not prime, then the whole number n - 2 is not prime." What is a value of n
that shows this statement to be false?

10. The number 6545 can be written as a product of a pair of positive two-digit numbers. What is the
sum of this pair of numbers?