Practice Test: Chapter 5 – Prime Time
Class: 6 | Subject: Mathematics | Total Questions: 25 | Time Allowed: 45
Minutes
Section A: Understanding Prime & Composite Numbers
Q1. Which of the following numbers is neither a prime nor a composite
number?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Q2. How many even prime numbers exist in the entire number system?
A) Zero
B) Exactly one
C) Exactly two
D) Infinitely many
Q3. What is the sum of the first three prime numbers?
A) 6
B) 10
C) 17
D) 15
Q4. Which of the following is a composite number?
A) 31
B) 41
C) 51
D) 61
Q5. The greatest prime number less than 50 is:
A) 49
B) 47
C) 43
D) 41
Q6. What is the total number of prime numbers between 1 and 20?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
Section B: Twin Primes & Co-Prime Numbers
Q7. Two prime numbers are called twin primes if their difference is:
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Q8. Which of the following pairs represents twin primes?
A) (3, 7)
B) (5, 7)
C) (9, 11)
D) (11, 15)
Q9. If the only common factor of two numbers is 1, they are called:
A) Twin primes
B) Composite numbers
C) Co-prime numbers
D) Perfect numbers
Q10. Which of the following pairs is a pair of co-prime numbers?
A) (8, 15)
B) (6, 9)
C) (14, 21)
D) (15, 25)
Section C: Divisibility Rules
Q11. A number is divisible by 3 if:
A) Its last digit is 3
B) Its last digit is odd
C) The sum of its digits is divisible by 3
D) It ends in 0 or 3
Q12. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 4?
A) 5,618
B) 7,324
C) 9,114
D) 2,410
Q13. If a number is divisible by both 2 and 3, it must also be divisible
by:
A) 5
B) 6
C) 8
D) 9
Q14. Which number is completely divisible by 9?
A) 1,234
B) 5,678
C) 4,329
D) 7,112
Q15. A number is divisible by 11 if the difference between the sum of
digits at odd places and even places is either 0 or a multiple of:
A) 2
B) 3
C) 9
D) 11
Q16. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 8?
A) 1,124
B) 3,800
C) 5,116
D) 9,264
Q17. What digit should replace the asterisk * in the number 73*4 so
that it is divisible by 3?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
Section D: Factors & Prime Factorization
Q18. The prime factorization of 48 is:
A) 2 × 2 × 3 × 4
B) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3
C) 4 × 12
D) 2 × 3 × 8
Q19. How many distinct prime factors does the number 60 have?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
Q20. In a factor tree of 90, if one branch is 10, the other branch must
be:
A) 80
B) 9
C) 5
D) 45
Q21. The prime factorization of the smallest 3-digit number is:
A) 2 × 2 × 5 × 5
B) 10 × 10
C) 2 × 5 × 10
C) 4 × 25
Section E: HCF & LCM Concept Foundations
Q22. The Highest Common Factor (HCF) of two co-prime numbers is
always:
A) Their product
B) 0
C) 1
D) Their sum
Q23. The Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of two co-prime numbers is
always:
A) 1
B) Their product
C) Their difference
D) Smaller of the two numbers
Q24. What is the HCF of 12 and 18?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 6
D) 36
Q25. What is the LCM of 6 and 8?
A) 24
B) 14
C) 48
D) 2
Answer Key & Explanations
Questio Correct
Explanation
n Option
1 has only one factor (itself), so it is neither prime (requires
Q1 B
exactly 2 factors) nor composite.
2 is the first prime number and the only even prime number
Q2 B
in existence.
The first three prime numbers are 2, 3, and 5. Their sum is 2
Q3 B
+ 3 + 5 = 10.
51 is divisible by 3 (17 × 3 = 51), making it a composite
Q4 C
number. All others are primes.
47 has no factors other than 1 and itself. 49 is composite (7
Q5 B
× 7 = 49).
The primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, and 19 (total of 8
Q6 B
numbers).
Twin primes are defined as pairs of prime numbers that have
Q7 B
a difference of exactly 2.
5 and 7 are both primes, and 7 - 5 = 2. (Note: 9 and 15 are
Q8 B
not prime numbers).
By definition, numbers that share no common factors other
Q9 C
than 1 are co-prime.
Q10 A Factors of 8 are 1,2,4,8 and factors of 15 are 1,3,5,15. Only 1
is common.
Q11 C This is the fundamental definition of the divisibility rule for 3.
Last two digits form 24, which is perfectly divisible by 4 (24
Q12 B
÷ 4 = 6).
Since 2 and 3 are co-prime, any number divisible by both is
Q13 B
divisible by their product: 2 × 3 = 6.
Sum of digits for 4,329 is 4+3+2+9 = 18, which is a multiple
Q14 C
of 9.
This is the official mathematical rule used to quickly check
Q15 D
divisibility by 11.
The last three digits form 264. Since 264 ÷ 8 = 33 exactly,
Q16 D
9,264 is divisible by 8.
Sum of digits: 7 + 3 + * + 4 = 14 + *. Adding 1 gives 15,
Q17 A
which is divisible by 3.
Every factor in the expression must be prime. 2 × 2 × 2 × 2
Q18 B
× 3 = 48.
Prime factorization of 60 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5. The distinct prime
Q19 A
factors are 2, 3, and 5 (3 total).
In a factor tree, the product of the branches equals the
Q20 B
parent number (10 × 9 = 90).
The smallest 3-digit number is 100. Its prime factorization is
Q21 A
2 × 2 × 5 × 5.
Since co-prime numbers share no common factors other
Q22 C
than 1, their HCF is 1.
Because they share no common factors, their lowest
Q23 B
common multiple is simply their product.
Factors of 12 (\(1,2,3,4,\mathbf{6},12\)) and 18 (\(1,2,3,\
Q24 C
mathbf{6},9,18\)). The largest common one is 6.
Multiples of 6 (\(6,12,18,\mathbf{24},...\)) and 8 (\(8,16,\
Q25 A
mathbf{24},...\)). The first matching multiple is 24.