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Number Theory Homework Basic Problems: 1. Classify Each Number As Prime or Composite

This document contains a student's homework assignment on number theory. It includes basic problems classifying numbers as prime or composite, finding least common multiples and greatest common factors, prime factorizing numbers, and challenge problems involving properties of numbers, divisibility, and digit sums. The homework is for a class numbered M8 Class 27 and includes the student's name, ID number, and 16 problems to solve.

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Number Theory Homework Basic Problems: 1. Classify Each Number As Prime or Composite

This document contains a student's homework assignment on number theory. It includes basic problems classifying numbers as prime or composite, finding least common multiples and greatest common factors, prime factorizing numbers, and challenge problems involving properties of numbers, divisibility, and digit sums. The homework is for a class numbered M8 Class 27 and includes the student's name, ID number, and 16 problems to solve.

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M8 Class 27 homework

First name: ____________ Last name: ____________ Student ID: ______________

Number Theory Homework

Basic problems:
1. Classify each number as prime or composite.

1. 62 2. 93 3. 71 4. 32
Prime Prime Prime Prime
Composite Composite Composite Composite
5. 11 6. 34 7. 98 8. 67
Prime Prime Prime Prime
Composite Composite Composite Composite

2. Find the least common multiple.


1. 6 and 8 2. 6, 18, and 48 3. 16 and 22

4. 4, 8, and 10 5. 15, 21 and 18 6. 33 and 132

3. Find the greatest common factor.


1. 96 and 12 2. 84 and 80 3. 45 and 24

4. 60, 72, and 36 5. 40, 55, and 60 6. 328, 216 and 400

7. xy, xyz 8. a2bc2, a3b2c 9. m3n4, m2n6

10. 39v, 30uv 11. 35n2m, 21m2n 12. 30y3 , 20y2

13. 66yx, 30x2y 14. 36xy3 , 24y2 15. 60y, 56x2

16. 105x, 30yx, 75x 17. 140n, 140m2 , 80m2 18. 72ab3, 16a3b2c, 20ab3

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4. Find the prime factorization of each number. Express your answer in exponential form.

1. 164 2. 124 3. 270 4. 111

5. 108 6. 472 7. 360 8. 10500

Challenge Problems

1. The sum of four consecutive whole numbers is a multiple of 5. Which of the following statements
about these four numbers is always true?
(A) The sum of the numbers ends in a 5. (B) The largest number ends in a 9.
(C) The smallest number is odd. (D) None of the numbers are multiples of 5.
(E) One of the numbers ends in a 3.

2. If N = 25 × 32 × 7 × □ and 100 divides evenly into N, which of the following numbers could be
placed in the box?
(A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 75 (D) 36 (E) 120

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3. The numbers from 1 to 5 are written in a 5 x 5 array so that each number appears exactly once in
each row and each column. Some of the numbers have already been entered. What number goes in
the place marked by the X?

2 5
3 2
1 4
4 3
5 X

4. There are various ways to make $207 using only $2 coins and $5 bills. One such way is using one
$2 coin and forty-one $5 bills. Including this way, in how many different ways can $207 be made
using only $2 coins and $5 bills?

5. The least common multiple of a and b is 12, and the least common multiple of b and c is 15. What
is the least possible value of the least common multiple of a and c?

6. The digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are each used once to write a five-digit number PQRST. The three-digit
number PQR is divisible by 4, the three-digit number QRS is divisible by 5, and the three-digit
number RST is divisible by 3. What is P?

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7. The decimal expansion of 2/13 is the repeating decimal 0.153846. What digit occurs in the 2008th
place after the decimal point?

8. The sum of all of the digits of the integers from 98 to 101 is


9 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 1 = 38
What is the sum of all of the digits of the integers from 1 to 2008?

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