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Playing With Numbers question types

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Playing With Numbers questions

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason(s) $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A): The multiples of $7$ are $7, 14, 21, 28,…$
Reason (R): every multiple of a number is greater than or equal to that number
  • Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
  • B
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
  • C
    $A$ is true but $R$ is false
  • D
    $A$ is false but $R$ is true

Answer: A.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason(s) $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A): $48$ is divisible by $8.$
Reason (R): a number with $4$ or more digits is divisible by $8,$ if the number formed by the last three digits is divisible by $8.$
  • Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
  • B
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
  • C
    $A$ is true but $R$ is false
  • D
    $A$ is false but $R$ is true

Answer: A.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason(s) $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A): The $LCM$ of $20, 25$ and $30$ is $20.$
Reason (R): The Lowest Common Multiple $(LCM)$ of two or more given numbers is the lowest (or smallest or least) of their common multiples.
  • A
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
  • B
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
  • C
    $A$ is true but $R$ is false
  • $A$ is false but $R$ is true

Answer: D.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason(s) $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A): $60$ is not divisible by $3$ and $5$ which are co-primes.
Reason (R): If a number is divisible by two co-prime numbers then it is divisible by their product also.
  • A
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
  • B
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
  • C
    $A$ is true but $R$ is false
  • $A$ is false but $R$ is true

Answer: D.

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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions $(A)$ and Reason(s) $(R)$ have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A): $7$ is a multiple of itself
Reason (R): every number is a multiple of itself
  • Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$
  • B
    Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is not the correct explanation of $A$
  • C
    $A$ is true but $R$ is false
  • D
    $A$ is false but $R$ is true

Answer: A.

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$HCF$ of co-prime numbers $4$ and $15$ was found as follows:
$4 = 2$ $\times$ $2$ and $15 = 3$ $\times$ $5$
since there is no common factor, so $H.C.F.$ of $4$ and $15$ is $0$. Is the answer correct? If not, what is the correct $H.C.F$.
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Q 333 Marks Question3 Marks
Three tankers contain $403$ litres, $434$ litres and $465$ litres of diesel, respectively. Find the maximum capacity of a container that can measure the diesel of the three containers exact number of times.
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Q 343 Marks Question3 Marks
The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every $48$ seconds, $72$ seconds and $108$ seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at $7 a.m$., at what time will they change simultaneously again?
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Using divisibility tests, determine which of the following numbers are divisible by $2;$ by $3;$ by $4;$ by $5;$ by $6;$ by $8;$ by $9;$ by $10;$ by $11 ($say, yes or no$):$
Number Divisible by
$2$ $3$ $4$ $5$ $6$ $8$ $9$ $10$ $11$
$128$                  
$990$                  
$1586$                  
$275$                  
$6686$                  
$639210$                  
$429714$                  
$2856$                  
$3060$                  
$406839$                  
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