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Solve Problems: 1) What is the difference in the place value of 5 in the numeral 754853?
49500 49950 45000 49940 Show Answer The Correct answer is (B)
Answer with explanation:
The digit 5 has two place values in the numeral, 5 * 105 = 50,000 and 5 * 101 = 50.
∴Required difference = 50000 – 50 = 49950
2) What should be added to 1459 so that it is exactly divisible by 12?
4 3 5 6 Show Answer The Correct answer is (C)
Answer with explanation:
On dividing 1459 by 12, the remainder is 7.
∴The number to be added would be = 12 – 7 = 5
3) If the number 467X4 is divisible by 9, find the value of the digit marked as X.
4 5 6 7 Show Answer The Correct answer is(C)
Answer with explanation:
The number is divisible by 9 so the sum of its digits would be divisible by 9.
∴4 + 6 + 7 + X + 4 = 21+ X, must be divisible by 9.
X = 6, fulfills our requirement so the required digit is 6.
4) 7X2 is a three digit number and X is the missing digit. If the number is divisible by 6, the missing digit is
4 3 2 5 Show Answer The Correct answer is (B)
Answer with explanation:
The given number is divisible by 6 so it would be divisible by 2 and 3. As the last digit is 2 whatever be the value of X, it would be divisible by 2.
Now, 7+X+2 = 9 + X, must be divisible by 3.
∴X = 3 makes the number divisible by 3, so 3 is the required digit.
5) What smallest number should be subtracted from 9805 so that it is divisible by 8?
3 4 5 7 Show Answer The Correct answer is (C)
Answer with explanation:
On dividing 9805 by 8, the remainder is 5. So, 5 is the smallest number which should be subtracted from 9805 to make it divisible by 8.
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6) Which of the following numbers is divisible by 9?
67578 56785 45678 65889 Show Answer The Correct answer is (D)
Answer with explanation:
A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Sum of the digits of the given numbers are;
6+7+5+7+8= 33
5+6+7+8+5= 31
4+5+6+7+8= 30
6+5+8+8+9= 36
The sum of the digits of the number 65889 is 36 which is divisible by 9, so the correct answer is 65889.
7) If (2p + 1) is a prime number, which one of the following digits could be the value of p?
3 4 5 6 Show Answer The Correct answer is (B)
Answer with explanation:
In such questions, each alternative should be tried.
So, if P = 3, we will get; 8 + 1= 9
If P = 4, we will get; 16 + 1 = 17
If P = 5, we will get; 32 + 1 = 33
If P= 6, we will get; 64 + 1= 65
Out of the four results, only 17 is the prime number. So, the required value of the P is 4.
8) Find the number of three-digit numbers which are divisible by 6.
150 130 120 110 Show Answer The Correct answer is (A)
Answer with explanation:
The required three digit numbers would be 102, 108, 114, 120…990 and 996.
The sequence of numbers shows that it is an arithmetic progression, where ‘a’ = 102, ‘d’ = 6 and last number = 996
Let the number of terms = n
9) What is the sum of first 35 natural numbers?
610 630 645 660 Show Answer The Correct answer is (B)
Answer with explanation:
First 35 natural numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…..35
Apply Formula; Sn=n(n+1)/2
=35(35+1)/2
=(35*36)/2
=630
10) Given that 1+2+3+.. +9 = 45, find the value of (11+12+13+..+19).
125 130 135 140 Show Answer The Correct answer is (C)
Answer with explanation:
11+12+13+…+19 is an arithmetic progression with number of terms ‘n’ = 9, first term = 11 and last term = 19.
Apply formula; Sn = n/2 (first term + last term)
∴Required value or sum = 9/2 ( 11 + 19)
= 4.5 * 30 = 135
