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Section Test 1C (Refer to Book 1A Ch. 1 §1.4)

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1.4 Highest Common Factor and Lowest Common Multiple

1. Write down all the factors of 48. (2 marks)

2. Consider the following numbers:

2, 11, 20, 23, 49, 51
(a) Which of them are prime numbers? (3 marks)

(b) Which of them are composite numbers? (3 marks)

3. (a) Use index notation to express 2  3  3  5  11. (2 marks)

(b) Use index notation to express 540 as a product of prime factors. (2 marks)

4. Write down the first three common multiples of 15 and 20. (3 marks)

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5. Find the H.C.F. of 23  32 and 22  34  5. (2 marks)

6. Find the L.C.M. of 36 and 54 by using prime factorization. (3 marks)

7. Find the H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of 42, 70 and 168 by using short division. (6 marks)

8. Jack buys 27 pairs of gloves and 45 pairs of socks for a group of elders. If the gloves and socks
are evenly distributed among all the elders, find the maximum number of elders in the group.
(4 marks)

9. Cindy has some cookies. The cookies can be divided equally into 16 groups, 24 groups or
40 groups. Find the minimum number of cookies that Cindy has. (5 marks)

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