INTEGERS PROBLEM SET

1) “r” and “s” are integers and “rs + r” is a. I

odd, which MUST be even? b. II
a. r c. III
b. s d. I & II
c. r + s e. I, II & III
d. rs – r
e. r2 + s 7) “n” and “m” are positive integers,
what is remainder when “34n + 2 + m”
2) Is integer “r” divisible by 3? is divided by 10?
a. “r” is the product of 4 a. n = 2
consecutive positive integers b. m = 1
b. “r” < 25

3) “n” is an integer between 10 and 99, 8) If “x” and “y” are integers greater
is “n” < 80? than 1, is “x” a multiple of “y”?
a. Sum of the two digits on “n” a. 3y2 + 7y = x
is a prime number. b. x2 – x is a multiple of y
b. Each of the two digits of “n”
is a prime number 9) “x”, “y”, and “z” are integers greater
than 1, what is value of “x + y + z”?
4) If “n” is a positive integer less than a. xyz = 70
200 and 14n⁄60 is also an integer, b. x/yz = 7/10
then “n” has how many different
positive prime factors 10) Is “z” equal to the median of the 3
a. 2 positive integers “x”,”y” & “z”?
b. 3 a. x < y + z
c. 5 b. y = z
d. 6
e. 8 11) “n” and “y” are positive integers and
450y = n3, which is an integer?
5) If “r” and “s” are positive integers, is
“r/s” an integer? I. y / 3 * 22 * 5
a. Every factor of “s” is also a II. y / 32 * 2 * 5
factor of “r”. III. y / 3 * 2 * 52
b. Every prime factor of “s” is
also a prime factor of “r”. a. None
b. I
6) Which of the following is and c. II
integer? d. III
I. 12!/6! e. I, II, III
II. 12!/8!
III. 12!/(7!x5!)
12) What is the remainder when positive 18) Positive integers X, Y, and Z are such
integer X is divided by 3? that X is a factor of Y and Y is a factor
of Z, if Z even?
a. When X is divided by 6
remainder is 2. a. XZ is even
b. When X is divided by 15, b. Y is even
remainder is 2.
19) If X is a positive number less than 10,
13) Sum of positive integers X and Y is is Z greater than average of X and
72. What is XY? 10?
a. X = Y + 1 a. Z is closer to 10 than X on the
b. X and Y have same tens digit. number line
b. Z = 5X
14) If X is negative integer, which of the
following has the least value? 20) For every positive even integer “n”,
the function H(n) is defined to be the
a. X2 – 0.5 product of all even integers from 2 to
b. X2 – 0.51 “n” inclusive. If “p” is the smallest
c. X3 – 0.502 prime factor of H(100) + 1, then “p”
d. X3 – 0.511 is between
e. X4 – 0.512
a. 2 and 10
N 2
15) For how many integers N is 2 = N b. 10 and 20
c. 20 and 30
a. None d. 30 and 40
b. 1 e. > 40
c. 2
d. 3
e. More than 3? 21) 75 can be written as the sum of the
squares of 3 different positive
16) What is GCD of positive integers M integers. What is sum of these
and N? integers?
a. 17
a. M is a prime number b. 16
b. 2N = 7M c. 15
d. 14
17) If ZN = 1, what is value of Z? e. 13

a. N is a nonzero integer
b. Z > 0
22) If P is positive integer, what is
remainder when P is divided by 4?
 a. When P is divided by 8
remainder is 5. b. “n” is not divisible by 3.
b. P is the sum of the squares of
two consecutive positive
integers. 27) Positive integer K has exactly 2
positive prime factors, 3 and 7. If K
has a total of 6 positive factors,
23) Is M + Z > 0? including 1 and K, what is the value
of K?
a. M – 3Z > 0
b. 4Z – M > 0 a. 32 is a factor of K.
b. 72 is not a factor of K.
24) A set of 15 different integers has
median of 25 and a range of 25.
What is greatest possible integer 28) If integer N is > 1, is N = 2?
that could be in this set?
a. N has exactly 2 positive
a. 32 factors.
b. 37 b. The difference of any 2
c. 40 distinct positive factors of N
d. 43 is odd.
e. 50
29) If x is positive, which of the following
could be the correct ordering of 1/x,
25) How many odd integers are greater 2x, and x2?
than integer X and less than integer
Y? I. x2 < 2x < 1/x
II. x2 < 1/x < 2x
a. There are 12 even integers III. 2x < x2 < 1/x
greater than X and less than
Y. a. None
b. I
b. There are 24 integers greater c. III
than X and less than Y. d. I and II
e. I, II, and III

26) If “n” is a positive integer and “r” is 30) If K is a positive integer, then 20K is
remainder when (n-1)(n+1) is divided divisible by how many different
by 24, what is the value of “r”? positive integers?

a. “n” is divisible by 2. a. K is prime.

 b. K is 7.
31) How many different prime numbers
are factors of positive integer “n”?
a. 4 different prime numbers
are factors of 2n.
b. 4 different prime numbers
are factors of n2.
36) If C and D are integers, is C even?
a. C(D +1) is even
b. (C+2)(D+4) is odd
37) If 11 consecutive integers are listed
from least to most, which is the
mean of the 11 digits?

32) X is the sum of even integers from 40 a. Average of the first 9 digits is
to 60 inclusive and Y is the number 7.
of even integers from 40 to 60 b. Average of last 9 digits is 9.
inclusive, what is X + Y?
38) The function f is defined for all the
a. 550 integers “n” by f(n) is the number of
b. 551 positive integers each of which is less
c. 560 than “n” and has no positive factor in
d. 561 common with “n” other than 1. If “p”
e. 572 is any prime number, then f(p) =?

33) If N and P are integers, is P > 0? a. p–1

b. p–2
a. N + 1 > 0 c. p+2 / 2
b. NP > 0 d. p-1 / 2
e. 2
34) Are positive integers P and Q both
greater than N? 39) If K and T are integers, and K2 – T2 is
an odd integer, which must be even?
a. P - Q > N
b. Q > P I. K+T+2
II. K2 + 2kt + T2
35) Sum of 1st 50 positive even integers III. K2 + T2
is 2550. What is sum of even integers
from 102 to 200 inclusive? a. None
b. I
a. 5100 c. II
b. 7550 d. III
c. 10100 e. I, II, and III
d. 15500
e. 20100
40) R and T are positive integers, is RT 45) If M, R, X & Y are positive, is the ratio
even? of M to R equal to the ratio of X to Y?

a. R + T is odd a. Ratio of M to Y is equal to

b. RT is odd ratio of X to R
b. Ratio of M + X to R + Y equals
ratio of X to Y
41) What is greatest prime factor of 417 –
228? 46) If the average of five numbers, X, 7,
2, 16, and 11 equals the median,
a. 2 what is X?
b. 3
c. 5 a. 7 < X > 11
d. 7 b. X is median of the five
e. 11 numbers

42) If X ≠ 0, then √X2/X = 47) If XYZ > 0, is X > 0?

a. -1 a. XY > 0
b. 0 b. XZ > 0
c. 1
d. X 48) For a finite set of nonzero numbers,
e. |X|/X the number of variations in sign is
defined as the number of pairs of
43) If # is defined by a # b = a + b – ab, consecutive terms of the sequence
then which is true? for which the product of the
consecutive terms is negative. What
I. a#b=b#a is the number of variations in sign for
II. a#0=a the sequence 1, -3, 2, 5, -4, -6?
III. (a # b) # c = a # (b # c)
a. 1
a. I b. 2
b. II c. 3
c. I & II d. 4
d. I & III e. 5
e. I, II & III
49) Is X less than 20?
44) Is X between 0 and 1?
a. Sum of X and Y is less than 20
a. X is between -1⁄2 and 3⁄2 b. Y is less than 20
b. 3⁄4 is 1⁄4 more than X
50) What is the value of N?
 a. N is between 0 and 1 I. x>y>z
b. 7⁄16 is 3⁄8 more than N II. z>y>x
III. x>z>y
51) If XY + Z = X(Y + Z), which must be a. I
true? b. I and II
c. I and III
a. x = 0; z = 0 d. II and III
b. x = 1 or y = 1 e. I, II, and III
c. y = 1; z = 0
d. x = 1 or y = 0 56) On the number line, if K is to the left
e. x = 1 or z = 0 of T, is KT to the right of T?
a. T < 0
52) S is finite set of numbers. Does S b. K < 1
contain more negative numbers than
positive numbers? 57) If 0 < r < 1 < s < 2 which must be less
than 1?
a. Product of all numbers in S is I. r⁄s
-1200 II. rs
b. There are 6 numbers in S III. s–r

53) If X4 + Y4 = 100, the greatest possible a. I

value of X is between b. II
c. III
a. 0 and 3 d. I and II
b. 3 and 6 e. I and III
c. 6 and 9
d. 9 and 12 58) Are X and Y both positive?
e. 12 and 15
a. 2X – 2Y = 1
54) If each term in the series a1 + a2 + … b. X⁄Y > 1
an is either 7 or 77, and the sum
equals 350, which of the following 59) If MV < PV < 0, is V > 0?
could be equal to “n”? a. M < P
b. M < 0
a. 38
b. 39 60) If S and T are two different numbers
c. 40 on the number line, is S + T = 0?
d. 41
e. 42 a. Distance from S to 0 is the
same as the distance from T
55) If X > Y2 > Z4, which of the following to 0
could be true? b. 0 is between S and T