I.
Problems based on Classification:
1. Is 221 a prime number?
2. How many prime numbers are there between 100 and 125?
3. How many numbers from 1 to 100 are not prime?
4. What is the sum of first 10 prime numbers?
5. How many distinct prime numbers will occur in the prime factorisation of 50!
6. Of the first 100 natural numbers, two distinct prime numbers are selected and their sum is
found tobe odd. How many such pairs are there?
7. Of the first 100 natural numbers, two prime numbers are selected and multiplied. After this, 1
is added to the product and it results in a perfect square. How many such pairs are possible?
8. Convert the following rational number into fractions :
(i) 5.678 (ii) 32.123 (iii) 0.001234 (iv) 32.56
9. [Link].....if converted into fractions, then the denominator is always in powers of three
prime factors . Which are these?
10. [Link].....if converted into fractions, then the denominator is always in powers of two
prime factors. Which are these?
11. If (1/13) is converted into decimals, then what will be the 999th digit after the decimal place?
12. Find the least number by which 54000 must be multiplied to make it a perfect square.
13. Find the least number by which 72000 must be multiplied to make it a perfect cube.
14. Of the first 1000 natural numbers, how many numbers are there that are perfect squares
but not perfect cubes?
15. Let x, y and z be distinct integers. x and y are odd and positive, and z is even and positive.
Which one of the following statements cannot be true?
a. (x-z)2y is even b. (x-z) y2is odd c.(x - z) y is odd d. (x- y)2z is even
16. If n is a positive integer and the product of all the integers from 1 to n, inclusive, is a
multiple of 990, what is the least possible value of n?
17. If a, a + 2 and a + 4 are prime numbers, then the number of possible solutions for a is:
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. More than 3
18. P and Q are two positive integers such that PQ = 64. Which of the following cannot be the
value of P + Q?
a. 20 b. 65 c. 16 d. 35
19. A rational number A/B , where A and B are co-prime, is converted into a decimal number.
If both A and B are less than 100, then for how many values of B will A/B always be a
terminating decimal?
a. 40 b. 60 c. 14 d. 15
20. ‘ab’ is a two-digit prime number such that one of its digits is 3. If the absolute difference
between the digits of the number is not a factor of 2, then how many values can ‘ab’
assume?
a. 5 b. 3 c. 6 d. 8
21. The number 44 is written as a product of 5 distinct integers. If ‘n’ is the sum of these five
integers then what is the sum of all the possible values of n?
a. 11 b. 23 c. 26 d. 32
22. Let a, b, c be distinct digits. Consider a two-digit number ‘ab’ and a three-digit number
‘ccb’, both defined under the usual decimal number system, if (ab)2 = ccb >300, then the
value of b is:
a. 1 b. 0 c. 5 d. 6
23. (BE)2 = MPB, where B, E, M and P are distinct integers. Then M is
a. 2 b. 3 c. 9 d. None
24. A young girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand. She started
calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5, then
reversed direction, calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7, index finger 8, thumb 9, then
back to the index finger for 10, middle finger for 11, and so on. She counted up to 1994.
She ended on her:
a. Thumb b. Index figure c. Ring figure d. Middle figure
25. Let D be a recurring decimal of the form D = 0. xyxyxy .., where digits x and y lie between
0 and 9. Further, at most one of them is zero. Which of the following numbers necessarily
produces an integer, when multiplied by D?
a. 18 b. 108 c. 198 d. 288
26. If n2 = 12345678987654321, what is n?
a. 12344321 b. 1235789 c. 111111111 d. 11111111
27. Let x and y be positive integers such that x is prime and y is composite. Then
a. y – x cannot be an even integer b. xy cannot be an even integer
c. (x +y)/ x cannot be an even integer d. None of these
28. a6 + b6 is a prime number. If ‘a’ and ‘b‘ are distinct integers, then what is their sum?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 1 d. Data Inconsistent
29. P, Q and R are three consecutive odd numbers in ascending order. If the value of three
times P is 3 less than two times R, find the value of R.
a. 5 b. 7 c. 9 d. 11
30. If n =1+ x, where x is the product of four consecutive positive integers, then which of the
following is/are true?
A. n is odd B. n is prime C. n is a perfect square
a. A and C only b. A and B only c. A only d. None
Answer Key
1 No 2 5 3 75 4 129 5 15
6 24 7 8 8 ___ 9 2,3,5 10 3,37
11 6 12 15 13 3 14 28 15 a
16 11 17 a 18 d 19 c 20 b
21 a 22 a 23 b 24 b 25 c
26 c 27 c 28 b 29 c 30 a
II. Problems based on Sums:
1. Find the sum of all natural numbers from 41 to 101.
2. Find the sum of all multiples of 3 from 36 to 96.
3. Find the sum of all numbers from 1 to 100 which are multiples of 5 but not of 10.
4. Find the sum of all even numbers from 28 to 64.
5. Find the sum of all odd numbers from 30 to 90.
6. While finding the sum of first ‘n’ natural numbers, a man by mistake added a number
twice and got the sum as 1000. Find the number that he added twice.
7. While finding the sum of first ‘n’ natural numbers, a person, by mistake missed one
number and got the result as 575. Find the number he missed.
8. The number 75 can be written as the sum of the squares of 3 different positive
integers. What is the sum of these 3 integers?
Answer Key
1 4331 2 1386 3 50 4 874 5 1800
6 10 7 20 8 13