PLAYING WITH NUMBERS

EXERCISE 01
SECTION -A (FIXED RESPONSE TYPE)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. If a 3-digit number ‘abc’ is divisible by 11, then ___________.

(A) a + b + c is a multiple of 11 (B) a + b – c is a multiple of 11
(C) a – b + c is a multiple of 11 (D) a – b – c is a multiple of 11

2. The number (10n–1) is divisible by 11 for

(A) n  N (B) Odd values of n
(C) Even values of n (D) n is the multiple of 11

3. If the eight digit number 2575d568 is divisible by 54, the value of the digit ‘d’ is
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 0 (D) 8

4. 237 * 5 is divisible by 15. Then * = ?

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) all of these

5. 635 * 2 is divisible by 6. Then the value of * = ?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 1

1 A B
6. If  C C A and there is no carry on addition, then the value of B is ______.
6 9 7
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

1 A
 A
7. If , where A and B are single digit number such that B – A = 3, then the values of A
B6
and B are
(A) 4, 5 (B) 9, 6 (C) 5, 4 (D) 6, 9

8. What is the value of A if each letter represents a different digit ?

A3B
×B
217B
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7

Directions : (9 to 10) In the following questions some/letters stands for arithmetic sign as
indicated below. The remaining letters have their serial numbers in the Alphabets. Decode
the letters into number and sign to decide correct alternative-
A = ×, E = –, O = , U = +

9. TEF
(A) 14 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 18

10. SETUH
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

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FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. 1234567?7654321 is divisible by 11, then ?
2. 5, 8, 13, 21, 34,______
3. 7, 21, 84, 420, ______

Use +, –,  to fill the blanks

4. 18  6 __ 5 + 2 __ 4 = 6
5. 8 __ 7 __ 3 =12

6. 8  4 __ 2 __ 3 = 7

TRUE / FALSE
1. 13650275 is divisible by 25
2. 1289739 is divisible by 11.
3. 1004001 is divisible by 3 but not by 9
4. Every number divisible by 2 is also divisible by 4.
5. Every number divisible by 9 is also divisible by 3

MATCH THE COLUMN

1. Column–I Column–II
(A) abc – cba (p) divisible by 2
(B) ab5 (q) divisible by 111
(C) ab8 (r) divisible by 99
(D) abc + bca + cab (s) divisible by 5
2. Column –I Column–II
(A) The sum of a number (p) 5
and the number obtained
by reversing its digits is
always divisible by
(B) If the sum of the digits of (q) 2
a two- digit number is
subtracted from the number
then the resultant number is
divisible by
(C) If a is divisible by 5 and b is (r) 9
divisible by 5 then a+b is
divisible by
(D) If a is divisible by 4 and b is (s) 11
divisible by 4 then a–b is
divisible by
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SECTION -B (FREE RESPONSE TYPE)

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE
1. What least value must be assigned to * so that the number 197 * 5462 is divisible by 9 ?
2. Find the number of pairs of x, y for which the number 357y25x is divisible by both 3 and 5.
3. Solve : (x – a) (x – b) (x – c)........................(x – z) = ?
4. What numbers goes in the blank spaces ?

5. Shifting only 3 circles, make this shape upside down ?

SHORT ANSWER TYPE

6. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 25. He multiplied it by 52 and got his
answer more than the correct one by 324. Find the number to be multiplied.
1
7. A number of two digits has 3 for its units digit and the sum of digits is of the number
7
itself. What is the number ?

 1  1  1  1  1  1  1
8. Find the value of  1    1    1    1    1    1    1  
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8
 1  1  1  1
9. Find the value of :  1–   1–   1–  ..............  1– 
 3  4  5  n

10. You just bought twelve articles (small trees). You want to put them in six lines with four
trees in each lines. How are you going to do it ?

LONG ANSWER TYPE

11. A two-digit number becomes five-sixth of itself when its digits are reversed. The two digits,
differ by one. What is the number ?
12. The digit in the ten’s place of a two-digit number is three times that in the one’s place. If the
digits are reversed the new number will be 36 less than the original number. Find the
number. .
A B
13.  3 , find the value of A + B + C.
C A B

14. Every minute, each amoeba splits into two amoebas. At 5 P.M., you put one amoeba in a
box. At 6 P. M., the box is full of amoebas. When was the box half full ?

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15. Put the numbers (1 to 9) in the bubbles so that each row, column & diagonal adds up to the
same thing

EXERCISE 02
SECTION -A (COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION QUESTION)
1. The number which is exactly divisible by 99 is __________.
(A) 3572404 (B) 135792 (C) 913464 (D) 114345

2. The least value must be given to x so that the number 91876 × 2 is divisible by 8 is
________.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

3. The largest natural number by which the product of three consecutive even natural
numbers is always divisible, is ______.
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 48 (D) 96

4. If N divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 3, then one’s digit of N must be ________ .

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 7

5. 15287 is divisible by __________ .

(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) None of thes

6. a + b + c + d = d + e + f + g = g + h + i = 17. Each of the alphabets denotes distinct natural

numbers from 1 to 9. Find value of d + g.
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 11 (D) 10
Directions : (7 to 9) In the following questions find out the digits corresponding to the letters
representing those digits in the multiplication give below.

3a4e
4a35
2961
34a39e

7. b stands for :
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

8. c stands for :
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4

9. d stands for :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

10. A number divided by 323 leaves 125 as remainder. What would be the remainder, if this
number is divided by 19 ?
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13

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SECTION -B (TECHIE STUFF)

11. The least value of x so that 97215 × 6 is divisible by 11 is _________.

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5
12. If 6 x y 5 is a four digit number divisible by 55, then (y – x) is equal to :
(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) 2

EXERCISE 03
PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. How many triangles are there in this figure 4 ? [Aryabhatta-2004]
C

K J
F E

I
L M
A B
G H

D
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 10
2. If ‘’ means ‘–’, ‘–’ means ‘x’, ‘x’ means ‘+’ and ‘+’ means ‘’ , then 20 × 60  40 – 20 + 10 =
[Aryabhatta-2010]
(A) 40 (B) 80 (C) 0 (D) 60

3. Which of the following numbers is exactly divisible by 99 ? (IMO 2010)

(A) 114345 (B) 135792 (C) 3572404 (D) 913464

4. Observe the pattern and find the number to fill the blank [Aryabhatta-2011]
216 2
27 5

? 3
8 6

(A) 25 (B) 125 (C) 215 (D) 625

5. The sum of a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits of the
number is 121. If the digits of the number differ by 5, then find the number
[Aryabhatta-2011]
6. A merchant has 140 litres, 260 litres and 320 litres of three kinds of oil. He wants to sell the
oil by filling the three kinds of oil separately in tins of equal volumes. The volume of such a
tin is_______. (IMO 2011)
(A) 20 litres (B) 13 litres (C) 16 litres (D) 70 litres

7. Find the next number in the series : [Aryabhatta-2012]

14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64,.........
(A) 52 (B) 56 (C) 96 (D) 128
8. How many numbers are there between 200 and 800 which are divisible by both 5 and 7?
(IMO 2012)
(A) 35 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) Can't be determined

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9. In the morning batch at 'a school' we have observed that when five students took seat on
each bench, 4 students remained unseated. But when eleven students took seat per
bench, 4 benches remained vacant. The number of students in the morning batch were?
(IMO 2012)
(A) 55 (B) 48 (C) 26 (D) 44
10. Aisha needs to buy 300 sheets of construction paper. The office supply store sells
construction paper in the following packages. Which of the following is the least expensive
way for Aisha to buy 300 sheets of construction paper ? (IMO 2012)

(A) 6 packages of paper W (B) 4 packages of paper X

(C) 3 packages of paper Y (D) 2 packages of paper Z
11. Pratik had Rs.425.82 in his account. How much does he have in his account after he
makes a deposit of Rs.120.75 and a withdrawal of Rs.185.90 ? (IMO 2012)
(A) Rs.12682 (B) Rs.538.82 (C) Rs.630.76 (D) Rs.360.67
12. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 11 ?
(A) 1011011 (B) 1111111 (C) 22222222 (D) 3333333
13. Three different containers contain different qualities of mixtures of milk and water, whose
measurements are 403 kg, 434 kg and 465 kg. What biggest measure must be there to
measure all the different quantities exactly ? (IMO 2013)
(A) 1 kg (B) 7 kg (C) 31 kg (D) 41 kg
14. If P and Q represents the prime digits, then find the value of P and Q respectively.
[Aryabhatta-2014]
P P 5
× Q Q
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2 Q 2 5
+ 2 Q 2 5 0
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2 5 5 7 5
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
(A) 3, 3 (B) 7, 5 (C) 1, 5 (D) 7, 3

15. If the eight digit number 5671a118 is exactly divisible by 222, then find the least possible
value of a. [IOM 2017]
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

16. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 13. If 45 is subtracted from the number, the
resultant number becomes the number obtained on reversing the digits of the original
number. Find the number which is nine times the original number. [IOM 2017]
(A) 765 (B) 846 (C) 684 (D) 603

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EXERCISE 01
SECTION -A (FIXED RESPONSE TYPE)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. C C B D A C D B A C

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. 8 2. 55 3. 2520 4. –,  5. +,–
6. , +
TRUE / FALSE
1. True 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. True
MATCH THE COLUMN
1. (A) – (r) ; (B) – (s); (C) – (p); (D) – (q)
2. (A) – (s) ; (B) – (r); (C) – (p); (D) – (q)
SECTION -B (FREE RESPONSE TYPE)
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE

1
1 1
1 2 1
1. 2 2. 7 3. 0 4. 1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1
1 5 10 10 5 1

SHORT ANSWER TYPE

2
6. 12 7. 63 8. 4.5 9.
n

10.

LONG ANSWER TYPE

11. 54 12. 62 13. 6 14. 5 : 59 P. M.
2 9 4

15. 7 5 3

6 1 8

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EXERCISE 02
SECTION -A (COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION QUESTION)

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ans. D A C A D B C A C B C B

EXERCISE 03
PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ans. A C A B 83/38 A B C D B D C C D D B

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