Standard Questions

1. For any natural numbers a, b, and c, (a + b) × (b + c) × (c + a) is ________.

a. Always Even b. Always Odd c. Sometimes Even, sometimes Odd
2. If, 2a = 4b = 8c, find the ratio of a : b : c
a. 3 : 2 : 1 b. 4 : 2 : 1 c. 6 : 3 : 2 d. 1 : 2 : 4 e. None of these
3. Which is greater of the two 2300 or 3200?
a. Both are equal b. 3200 c. 2300
4. The units digit of 31002 × 71002 × 131003 is
a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7 e. 9
5. The smallest natural number n such that n! is divisible by 1000 is
a. 20 b. 15 c. 10 d. 12 e. 25
6. Find the least natural number by which 72 should be multiplied so as to make it a multiple
of 112.
a. 14 b. 4 c. 7 d. 28 e. 2
7. Find the smallest number by which 3750 should be divided so that the quotient is a perfect
square.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 6 e. 15
8. If n is the smallest perfect square which is divisible by 6, 8 and 15, find the sum of digits of n?
a. 11 b. 7 c. 15 d. 18 e. 9
9. Find the total number of prime factors of (641 × 356 × 117 × 659).
a. 5 b. 9 c. 4 d. 3 e. 6
10. If both 112 and 33 are factors of the number a × 43 × 62 × 1311, then what is the smallest possible
value of a?
a. 3 b. 121 c. 363 d. 3267 e. 33
11. All natural numbers from 101 to 200 are multiplied together. Find the number of zeros at the end
of the product.
a. 24 b. 25 c. 33 d. 97 e. 20
12. Find the greatest number that will divide 365, 512 and 323 so as to leave a remainder 8 in each
case.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 21 d. 32 e. 42
13. Find the greatest number that will divide 964, 1238, 1400 leaving remainders 41, 31 and 51
respectively?
a. 13 b. 17 c. 19 d. 71 e. 142
14. Find the least number which when divided by 5, 6 and 7 and leaves a remainder 3, but when
divided by 9 leaves no remainder.
a. 288 b. 213 c. 207 d. 423 e. 603
15. If eggs are removed from a basket two, three, four, five, and six at a time, there remain,
respectively, one, two, three, four, and five eggs. But if the eggs are removed seven at a time no
eggs remain. What is the least number of eggs that could have been in the basket?
a. 59 b. 119 c. 126 d. 147 e. 154
16. n is a number that when divided by 12 and 15 leave a remainder of 2 and 5 respectively.
How many distinct three digit numbers can n assume
a. 14 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18 e. 17
17. X when divided by 899 leaves a remainder 63. What is the remainder when X is divided by 29?
a. 5 b. 7 c. 9 d. 24 e. Cannot be determined
18. A certain number when divided by 222 leaves a remainder of 35; another number when divided by
407 leaves remainder 47. What is the remainder when sum of these 2 numbers is divided by 37?
a. 35 b. 24 c. 18 d. 29 e. 8
19. If a = b2 – b where b is any positive integer greater than 4, then the greatest number that
definitely divides a2 – 2a, for every possible value of b is:
a. 4 b. 8 c. 24 d. 72 e. 48
20. Find the remainder when 7187 is divided by 800.
a. 7 b. 49 c. 343 d. 0 e. 1
21. Find the remainder when 21000 is divided by 25.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 8 e. 24
100000
22. Find the remainder when 5 is divided by 18.
a. 13 b. 17 c. 12 d. 1 e. 5
23. What is the remainder when 1044 × 1047 × 1050 × 1053 is divided by 33?
a. 3 b. 12 c. 21 d. 30 e. None of these
24. The natural numbers 1, 2, 3, ……, up to 100 are written in that natural order to form the single
num er … . The number of times the digit 1 occurs in this number is:
a. 11 b. 12 c. 20 d. 21 e. 19

25. 8  3 7  12  5 7  23  8 7 

a. 2 7 b. 5 c. 9 d. 1  7 e. 3 7

Level of Difficulty 1:
26. The number of prime numbers P such that 1999! + 1 < P < 1999! + 1999 is:
a. 1 b. 1998 c. 1999 d. 2000 e. 0
27. All the digits of a number is just 1, i.e. the number is made up of just 1s. Find the number of digits
in the smallest such number that is divisible by 7?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 9 d. 10 e. 11
28. The sum of the fourth powers of the first 100 natural numbers will have a unit s digit of ___?
a. 0 b. 3 c. 1 d. 6 e. 5
37
29. What is the unit digit of 1727 ?
 a. 1 b. 3 c. 7 d. 9 e. 5
30. Find the unit digit of 11! + 22! + 33! + 44! + 55! + … + 10!

a. 9 b. 7 c. 5 d. 3 e. 0
31. Find the number of factors of 16!.
a. 16 b. 34 c. 376 d. 5376 e. 216 – 1
32. What is the largest power of 10! that can divide 100!
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 20 e. 16
33. In how many ways can 1 billion (1,000,000,000) be written as a product of two numbers such that
neither of the numbers is a multiple of 10?
a. 2 b.1 c. Not possible d. 3 e. More than 3 ways
34. If all the factors of 720 be written in increasing order, the factor which occupies the 26th position
is
a. 120 b.144 c. 216 d.360 e. 125
35. How many of the following statements are true?
i. Only squares of prime numbers have three factors
ii. If a number has 4 factors, the number must be a perfect cube
iii. If a number has 5 factors, the number must be a fourth power of a natural number
a. None b. One c. Two d. All three
36. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 75 and 864 respectively. If one of the numbers is 240, find
the other number.
a. 240 b. 270 c. 300 d. 225 e. Data inconsistent

37. When a number is divided by a particular divisor, the remainder obtained is 11. When another
number is divided by the same divisor, the remainder obtained is 15. When yet another number is
divided by the same divisor, the remainder obtained is 18. When the sum of the three numbers is
divided by the same divisor, the remainder obtained is 2. How many such divisors are possible?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. More than 3

38. When two numbers are individually divided by a particular divisor (greater than 1), they leave the
same remainder. The difference between the numbers is 450. How many such divisors are
possible?
a. 17 b. 12 c. 8 d. 1 e. 18
39. When 222, 333 and 444 are divided by a number n, the remainders obtained are 51, 48 and 45
respectively. What is the remainder obtained when (n + 4) × (n + 7) is divided by 19?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 9 d. 18 e. 10
40. What is the minimum number of identical cubes with which one can construct a solid cuboid of
dimensions 20 cm × 16 cm × 12 cm?
a. 12 b. 40 c. 60 d. 80 e. 20
41. There are a certain number of identical cuboids of dimensions 6 cm × 4 cm × 3 cm. What is the
volume of the smallest solid cube that can be made by stacking any number of these cuboids but
each cuboid is stacked in the same orientation?
a. 216 b. 1000 c. 1296 d. 1728 e. 144
42. What is the remainder when 9 + 9 + 9 + …… + 1 2 3 99
is divided by 6?
a. 0 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e. 1
43. Find the remainder when 250 is divided by 97.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 16 e. 32
7
44. Find the remainder when 35 is divided by 41.
a. 3 b. 9 c. 27 d. 38 e. 14
125
45. Find the remainder when 525 is divided by 11.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 6 d. 10 e. 5
83
46. Find the remainder when 6373 is divided by 13.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 11 d. 12 e. 2
47. A number when divided successively by 7, 5, and 3, leaves a remainder of 5, 3 and 1 respectively.
Find the remainder when the number is divided by 105.
a. 1 b. 3 c. 28 d. 61 e. 52
48. How many three digit numbers exists which have at least one of the digits as 5?
a. 280 b. 271 c. 200 d. 171 e. 243
49. How many three digit numbers exists which have exactly one of the digits as 5?
a. 280 b. 271 c. 262 d. 243 e. None of these
50. In the following each of the letters represents a unique whole number from 0 to 9. No two
letters represent the same digit and no digit is represented by two different letters.
E I N
 E I N
 E I N
 E I N
V I E R

What is the sum V + I + E + R?

a. 14 b. 15 c. 16 d. 17 e. 18
Level of Difficulty 2:
c
51. 0.abababab......  , where c and d are single digit relatively prime whole numbers. If a and b are
d
also single digit whole numbers (both not being simultaneously zero), not necessarily distinct, how
many distinct values can the number ab assume?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11 e. 12
52. A gardener plants rose bushes in his garden, each bush having 66 roses. The total number of roses
in his garden are 49a81b, a and b being single digits. How many different numbers can represent
the possible number of rose bushes?
 a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 0
1 1 1
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53. If 3a 5 b  15 c , find the value of a + b + c
a. 0 b. 1 c. 15 d. 30 e. 23
54. n is the smallest positive integer such that 2n is a perfect square, 3n is a perfect cube and 5n is a
perfect fifth power. If n is represented in its factorised form as p1a × p2b × p3c × ……, where p1, p2,
p3, … are all disti t pri e u ers, the fi d the su a + b + c + ….
a. 31 b. 37 c. 54 d. 56 e. 59
55. n is the smallest positive integer such that n/2 is a perfect square, n/3 is a perfect cube and n/5 is a
perfect fifth power. If n is represented in its factorised form as p1a × p2b × p3c × ……, where p1, p2,
p3, … are all disti t pri e numbers, then find the sum a + b + c + ….
a. 31 b. 37 c. 54 d. 56 e. 59
56. How many of the 120 factors of 24 × 37 × 52 will have just one zero at the end?
a. 24 b. 40 c. 64 d. 120 e. 48
57. Find the number of natural numbers which are prime to 34 × 52 and less than it.
a. 2024 b. 945 c. 1080 d. 1079 e. 935
58. How many factors of 45 × 54 × 63 are perfect squares but not perfect cubes?
a. 6 b. 24 c. 30 d. 34 e. 39
59. A 100 digit number is formed by writing the digits 9 to 0 next to each other 10 times. What is the
smallest whole number that should be added to this number to make it divisible by 132?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 12 d. 18 e. 28
60. How many pair of numbers are possible such that their LCM is 2 7 × 55 and the HCF is 23 × 52?
a. 20 ways b. 12 ways c. 7 ways d. 2 ways e. 1 way
61. A trader has some pickle jars. When he divides these jars in groups of n, 7 jars are left at the end
i.e. after forming all possible groups of n jars. If he had just one-fifth of the number of jars and had
he divided these into groups of n jars, he would have been left with 32 jars after forming all
possible groups of n jars. Assuming that n has the smallest possible value, how many jars will be
left if he tries to pack 460 jars in the same way?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 3 d. 6 e. 9
62. A trader has some pickle jars that he needs to pack. When he divides these jars into groups of n
jars, he is left with 7 jars at the end i.e. after forming all possible groups of n jars. If he had five
times the number of jars he had and had he divided these into groups of n jars, he would have
been left with 4 jars at the end i.e. after forming all possible groups of n jars. Find the value of n?
a. 11 b.14 c. 27 d. 31 e. 37
63. How many numbers less than 100 when divided by 7, 8 and 9 leave a remainder of 5, 4 and 3?
a. None b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. More than 3
64. If n is the smallest number which when divided by 3, 5, 7 and 9 leave a remainder of 1, 2, 3 and 4
respectively, find the product of the digits of n.
a. 35 b. 28 c. 21 d. 14 e. 8
65. There are two traffic signals. The first one stays red for 5 minutes and green for 2 minutes whereas
the second one stays red for 6 minutes and green for 2 minutes. If both the signals just turned red
simultaneously, after how much time will they turn green simultaneously?
a. 32 minutes b. 56 minutes c. 54 minutes d. 28 minutes e. Never
66. When 23 divides 461n and 485n, the difference in the remainder is 1. Which of the following could
be a value of n?
a. 265 b. 392 c. 184 d. 323 e. 110
67. Find the remainder when 1444246849 is divided by 792.
a. 1 b. 7 c. 9 d. 2 e. 3
75
68. Find the remainder when 2535 is divided by 15
a. 0 b. 5 c. 10 d. 14 e. 1
Directions for Qs 69 & 70: Roopa was carrying n flowers to be offered to four temples that come
on her way. Each of the temple has a magical pond before it which doubles the number of flowers
dipped in it. Roopa dips all the flowers she is carrying in each of the pond before entering any
temple and then offers the same number of flowers at each temple, turn by turn. In the end she is
left with one fourth of the number of flowers she started with.
69. What is the least number of flowers she started with and what is the number of flowers she
offered at each temple?
a. 30, 16 b. 20, 21 c. 40, 28 d. 15, 18 e. 40, 42
70. If she offered more than 80 but less than 100 flowers at each temple, how much did she start
with?
a. 72 b. 80 c. 86 d. 102 e. 84
71. A number when successively divided by 8 and 9 leaves a remainder of 5 and 4 respectively. What
will the remainders be if the order of division is reversed i.e. if the number is successively divided
by 9 and 8?
a. 4 and 5 b. 2 and 3 c. 1 and 4 d. 2 and 4 e. 1 and 5
72. How many pairs of the natural numbers exist whose LCM is 540 and GCD is 18?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 e. None of these
73. Find the number of natural numbers which are prime to 23 × 32 × 5 and less than it. (This question
will also require the funda of set theory for more efficient solution)
a. 300 b. 263 c. 152 d. 118 e. 96
74. How many numbers from 1 to 100 are divisible only by 2 but neither by 3 nor by 7?
a. 34 b. 31 c. 29 d. 27 e. 25
75. In the following each of the letters represents a unique whole number from 0 to 9. No two
letters represent the same digit and no digit is represented by two different letters.
S E N D
 M O R E
M O N E Y

What is the sum M + O + N + E + Y?

a. 14 b. 17 c. 19 d. 23 e. 25
 Level of difficulty 3:
76. Find the digit in the ten s place in the expansion of 129131.
a. 0 b.1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4
77 The last two digits of 62005 are
a. 96 b. 16 c. 36 d. 56 e. 76
78. Which is the smallest number that can have 24 factors?
a. 516 b. 420 c. 360 d. 480 e. None of these
79. A natural number n is such that it has x factors, the number 2n has 2x factors and the number 3n
3
has x factors. Find the number of factors of 12n.
2
9 9
a. x b. x c. 4x d. 12x e. 6x
4 2

80. Find the number of possible pairs of co-prime factors of 23 × 32

a. 2 b. 9 c. 13 d. 17 e. 22
81. Find the number of possible pairs of co-prime factors of 23 × 32 × 53
a. 11 b. 110 c. 122 d. 144 e. 160
82. Find the number of ways in which 23 × 34 × 56 × 72 can be written as a product of two co-prime
numbers.
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10 e. 16
83. Every third natural number starting from 1 (i.e. 1, 4, 7, , …) upto is ultiplied. Fi d the
number of zeroes at the end of the product.
a. 200 b. 175 c. 125 d. 85 e. 75
84. Find the HCF of 3712 – 1 and 379 – 1
a. 373 – 1 b. 373 + 1 c. 36 d. 372 + 1 e. 372 – 1
85. Fi d the HCF of … 100 ones a d … 60 ones.

a. 11 b. 111111 . … 12 ones d. … 20 ones e. … 60 ones

3 2
86. How many pairs of numbers have their LCM as 2 × 3 .
a. 18 b. 21 c. 24 d. 27 e. 30
LCM of 1, 2, 3, ......, 200
87. 
LCM of 105, 106, 107, ......, 200

a. 1 b. 101 c. 101 × 103 d. 101 × 102 × 103 e. 101 × 102 ×

103 × 104
88. If the LCM of , , , ……, is n, fi d the LCM of , , , ……, .
a. n b. 5n c. 11n d. 55n e. 110n
500
89. What is the remainder when 128 is divided by 153?
a. 4 b. 16 c. 64 d. 67 e. 89
90. What is the re ai der whe … 81 ones is divided by 81?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 9 d. 80 e. 72
91. What is the re ai der whe … 729 ones is divided by 728?
 a. 1 b. 11 c. 121 d. 111 e. 727
92. The largest number amongst the following that will perfectly divide 101 100 – 1 is
a. 100 b. 10,000 c. 100100 d. 100,000 e. 1010
93. From all natural numbers from 2 to 10,000, first all the perfect squares are erased, then all the
perfect cubes are erased, then all the perfect 4th powers are erased and so on, in successive
rounds, higher powers are eliminated. How many rounds are there such that atleast one number
is erased it them?
a. 13 b. 12 c. 8 d. 6 e. 5
Directions for Qs. 94 & 95: A diamond thief after stealing n diamonds had to pass through 3 doors
with security guard. At the first door, the thief had to give half the diamonds he was carrying plus
one additional diamond. At the second he had to part with one-third of the diamonds he was now
carrying plus two more diamonds. At the third door he had to give one-fourth of the diamonds he
was now carrying plus 3 diamonds. At last he was left with just m (m > 0) diamonds.
94. What is the least value that m can assume?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5
95. If m = 9, what is the value of n?
a. 32 b. 38 c. 44 d. 56 e. 60
3 5 1
96. How many solutions exist for the equation   , where a and b are integers.
a b 15

a. 31 b. 32 c. 15 d. 16 e. 8
97. Each of three friends independently think of a number, which is the product of two different
primes. Which of the following could be the product of three numbers thought by them, if no two
persons think of the same pair of primes?
a. 120b. 144 c. 12100 d. 3000 e. 420
98. A student comes and writes the first 100 even numbers on a black board, one besides the other.
Find the number of times the digit 2 is written.
a. 40 b. 38 c. 31 d. 30 e. None of these
99. The product of the first 100 odd numbers is equal to:
100! 200! 100! 200! 200!
a. b. c. d. e.
2100  50! 2100  50! 2200  50! 2100  100! 2200  100!

100. In the following each of the letters represents a unique whole number from 0 to 9. No two
letters represent the same digit and no digit is represented by two different letters.
M A D
 M A N
A S Y L U M

What is the sum A + S + Y + L + U + M?

a. 36 b. 31 c. 30 d. 27 e. 23