1. The first and third digits of the five-digit number d6d41 are the same.

If the number is
exactly divisible by 9, what is the sum of its five digits?

A 18 B 23 C 25 D 27 E 30

2. A four-digit number was written on a piece of paper. The last two digits were then
blotted out (as shown). If the complete number is exactly divisible by three, by four, and
by five, what is the sum of the two missing digits?

8 6

A 4 B 6 C 7 D 9 E 14

3. The 8-digit number 1234*678 is a multiple of 11. Which digit is represented by * ?

A 1 B 3 C 5 D 7 E 9

4. Exactly one of the following numbers is divisible by 11. Which is it?

7 7 7 7 7
A 10 − 11 B 10 −1 C 10 D 10 +1 E 10 + 11

5. The factorial of n, written n!, is defined by n! = 1 × 2 × 3×…×(n − 2) × (n − 1) × n

e.g. 6! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 = 720. What is the smallest positive integer which is not a
factor of 50! ?

A 51 B 52 C 53 D 54 E 55

6. The number N is exactly divisible by 7. It has 4008 digits. Reading from left to right, the
first 2003 digits are all 2s, the next digit is n and the last 2004 digits are all 8s. What is
the value of n?

A 4 B 5 C 0 or 3 D 2 or 9 E 1 or 8

7. How many of the following positive integers are divisible by 24?

22 × 32 × 52 × 73 22 × 32 × 53 × 72 22 × 33 × 52 × 72 23 × 32 × 52 × 72

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4

8. What is the remainder when 22 x 33 x 55 x 77 is divided by 8

A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 7

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1. D. If a number is divisible by 9, then the sum of its digits must also be a multiple of 9.
The sum of the digits of d6d41 is 2d + 11, which must be an odd number between 13
and 29 inclusive. The only odd multiple of 9 in this interval is 27.

2.

7 7 7
3. D. Since 10 is not divisible by 11, then neither is 10 − 11 nor 10 + 11. Therefore, the
correct answer is either B or D.
7
10 − 1 = 9 999 999 = 11 × 909090 + 9. Therefore
7
10 + 1 = 11 × 909090 + 11. Hence D is the correct answer.

4. E. A test for divisibility by 11 is to add alternate digits:

1 + 3 + * + 7 = 11 + *; 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 20.

If the original number is a multiple of 11 then these two totals will be the same or will
differ by a multiple of 11. In this case, 11 + * = 20  * = 9. Or, you can solve it without
knowing a rule as follows:–
1234*678 = 12340678 + 1000* = (11 × 1121879 + 9) + 11 × 90* + 10* and hence is
divisible by 11  10* + 9 is divisible by 11. So * = 9.

5. C. All of the positive integers from 1 to 50 inclusive must be factors of 50!

51 = 3 × 17 and 52 = 2 × 26 which means that these two numbers are also factors of
50!. 53 is prime and is not a factor of 50!.

6. D. First note that 1, 11, 111, 1111, 11111 are not divisible by 7 but that 111111 =
15873 × 7. So any number in which all the digits are the same is divisible by 7 if the
number of digits is a multiple of 6. Therefore the 2004-digit number 888…888 is a
multiple of 7. Similarly, the 2004-digit number 222…222 is a multiple of 7, as is the
2004-digit number 222…229 since it differs from 222…222 by 7. Furthermore, the
2004-digit number 222…22n is not a multiple of 7 if n is any digit other than 2 or 9. Now
2004
N = 222…22n × 10 + 888…888, so if N is divisible by 7 then 222…22n is divisible
by 7 and we deduce that n = 2 or 9.

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