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6 (a) Express 99 as the product of its prime factors.
(b) Find the smallest possible integer value of n for which 99n is a multiple of 24.
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10 Green Line buses run every 10 minutes.
Red Line buses run every 20 minutes.
Purple Line buses run every 35 minutes.
One bus from each Line leaves the city centre at 09 00.
After how many minutes will buses from all three Lines next leave the city centre at the same time?
4024/01/M/J/07 6 (a) Express 154 as the product of its prime factors.
(b) Find the lowest common multiple of 154 and 49.
4024/12/M/J/10 9 Written as a product of prime factors, 168 = 23 × 3 × 7.
(a) Express 140 as a product of its prime factors.
(b) Find the highest common factor of 168 and 140.
(c) Find the smallest positive integer, n, such that 168n is a square number.
4024/12/M/J/11 14 (a) Express 108 as a product of its prime factors.
p q r
(b) Written as products of their prime factors, N = 2 × 5 × 7 and 500 = 22 × 53 .
The highest common factor of N and 500 is 22 × 52 .
The lowest common multiple of N and 500 is 23 × 53 × 7 .
Find p, q and r.
4024/12/M/J/15 13 (a) Express60asaproductofitsprimefactors.
(b) Findthesmallestpossibleintegermsuchthat60misasquarenumber.
(c) Thelowestnumberthatisamultipleofboth60andtheintegernis180.
Findthesmallestpossiblevalueofn.
6 (a) Express 96 as a product of its prime factors.
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(b) 24 is a common factor of 96 and the integer n.
Given that n is less than 96, find the largest possible value of n.
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17 120 = 2 3 # 3 # 5
(a) Express 1200 as the product of its prime factors.
(b) Find the smallest value of n, such that 120n is a square number.
18 Four interior angles of a hexagon are 100°, 110°, 120° and 140°.
The remaining two interior angles are equal to each other.
Calculate the size of one of these interior angles.
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12 (a) Express 198 as the product of its prime factors.
(b) M = 22 × 3 × 52 N = 23 × 32 × 7
(i) Find the largest number that divides exactly into M and N.
(ii) Find the smallest value of k, such that M × k is a cube number.
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3 A number written as the product of its prime factors is 22 × 52 × 7.
(a) Evaluate this number.
(b) The lowest common multiple of 22 × 52 × 7 and another number, N, is 22 × 3 × 52 × 72.
Find the lowest possible value of N.
8 Written as the product of its prime factors, 360 = 23 × 32 × 5.
4024/01/O/N/06 (a) Write 108 as the product of its prime factors.
(b) Find the lowest common multiple of 108 and 360.
Give your answer as the product of its prime factors.
(c) Find the smallest positive integer k such that 360 k is a cube number.
4024/01/O/N 2003 6 (a) Find the lowest common multiple of 12, 30 and 66.
(b) Three lightships flash simultaneously at 6 00 a.m.
The first lightship flashes every 12 seconds, the second lightship every
30 seconds and the third lightship every 66 seconds.
At what time will the three lightships next flash together?