1. What is the sum of 12 and 17?

A) 29 B) 30 C) 31 D) 32 Answer: C) 31 Solution: To find

the sum of 12 and 17, add the two numbers: 12 + 17 = 29.
2. What is the difference between 49 and 24? A) 23 B) 25 C) 26 D) 27 Answer: A) 25
Solution: To find the difference between 49 and 24, subtract 24 from 49: 49 - 24 = 25.
3. What is the product of 5 and 6? A) 11 B) 25 C) 30 D) 36 Answer: C) 30 Solution: To find
the product of 5 and 6, multiply the two numbers: 5 x 6 = 30.
4. What is the quotient of 36 and 6? A) 5 B) 6 C) 9 D) 10 Answer: B) 6 Solution: To find the
quotient of 36 and 6, divide 36 by 6: 36 ÷ 6 = 6.
5. What is the sum of the first 5 whole numbers? A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 15 Answer: B) 15
Solution: The first five whole numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. To find their sum, add them
together: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15.
6. What is the difference between 89 and 37? A) 42 B) 50 C) 52 D) 62 Answer: C) 52
Solution: To find the difference between 89 and 37, subtract 37 from 89: 89 - 37 = 52.
7. What is the product of 7 and 8? A) 14 B) 15 C) 56 D) 64 Answer: D) 64 Solution: To find
the product of 7 and 8, multiply the two numbers: 7 x 8 = 64.
8. What is the quotient of 48 and 6? A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9 Answer: C) 8 Solution: To find the
quotient of 48 and 6, divide 48 by 6: 48 ÷ 6 = 8.
9. What is the sum of the first 8 whole numbers? A) 34 B) 36 C) 40 D) 42 Answer: D) 36
Solution: The first eight whole numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. To find their sum,
add them together: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 36.
10. What is the difference between 62 and 48? A) 14 B) 15 C) 16 D) 18 Answer: C) 14
Solution: To find the difference between 62 and 48, subtract 48 from 62: 62 - 48 = 14.

1. What is the smallest whole number that can be expressed as the sum of two different
prime numbers? a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10 Answer: b. 6 Solution: The only two prime numbers
that add up to 6 are 2 and 4. Therefore, 6 is the smallest whole number that can be
expressed as the sum of two different prime numbers.
2. What is the sum of all whole numbers from 1 to 100? a. 4950 b. 5000 c. 5050 d. 5100
Answer: c. 5050 Solution: To find the sum of all whole numbers from 1 to 100, we can
use the formula: sum = (n/2)(first number + last number), where n is the total number of
terms. In this case, n = 100, the first number is 1, and the last number is 100. Plugging in
these values, we get: sum = (100/2)(1 + 100) = 50 x 101 = 5050.
3. Which of the following is the largest prime number less than 50? a. 37 b. 41 c. 43 d. 47
Answer: d. 47 Solution: To find the largest prime number less than 50, we can start with
49 and work backwards until we find a prime number. 49 is not prime (it is divisible by
7), but 48 is also not prime (it is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8). 47, however, is prime and is
therefore the largest prime number less than 50.
4. What is the smallest whole number that has exactly 9 factors? a. 24 b. 36 c. 48 d. 64
Answer: b. 36 Solution: To find the smallest whole number that has exactly 9 factors, we
 need to look for a number that can be expressed as the product of two prime numbers,
one of which is raised to the power of 2. This is because the number of factors of a
whole number is equal to the product of the exponents of its prime factors, plus one.
Therefore, if one of the prime factors is raised to the power of 2, we can get a total of 9
factors with the other prime factor. The smallest such number is 2^2 x 3^2 = 36.
5. What is the 100th digit to the right of the decimal point in the decimal expansion of
1/7? a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 5 Answer: c. 4 Solution: To find the 100th digit to the right of the
decimal point in the decimal expansion of 1/7, we can use long division to divide 1 by 7.
The decimal expansion will repeat after some number of digits, so we just need to find
the remainder when 1 is divided by 7 repeatedly until we get to the 100th digit. After 99
divisions, the remainder is 1, so the 100th digit is the first digit of the next cycle, which is
4. Therefore, the answer is 4.

1. What is the smallest whole number that is divisible by both 3 and 5? a) 10 b) 15 c) 30 d)

45

Solution: The smallest whole number that is divisible by both 3 and 5 is their least
common multiple (LCM), which is 15. So, the answer is (b).

2. What is the value of 2^0 + 2^1 + 2^2 + ... + 2^10? a) 1023 b) 2047 c) 4095 d) 8191

Solution: This is a geometric series with a common ratio of 2 and 11 terms. Using the
formula for the sum of a geometric series, we get:

2^0 + 2^1 + 2^2 + ... + 2^10 = (2^11 - 1)/(2 - 1) = 2047

So, the answer is (b).

3. What is the remainder when 12345678987654321 is divided by 4? a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

Solution: To find the remainder when a number is divided by 4, we only need to look at
its last two digits. The last two digits of 12345678987654321 are 21, which gives a
remainder of 1 when divided by 4. So, the answer is (b).

4. What is the sum of the first 100 prime numbers? a) 5,622 b) 5,713 c) 5,828 d) 5,941

Solution: We can use a computer program or a prime number table to find the first 100
prime numbers and then add them up. The sum of the first 100 prime numbers is 5,761.
So, the answer is not among the given options.
5. What is the largest prime factor of 123456789? a) 37 b) 43 c) 47 d) 53

Solution: We can use trial division to find the prime factors of 123456789. It is divisible
by 3 and 9, but not by 2, 5, or 7. Continuing the process, we find that its prime
factorization is:

123456789 = 3^2 × 3607 × 3803

The largest prime factor is 3803. So, the answer is (none of the above).

1. What is the smallest whole number that can be expressed as the sum of two different
prime numbers in three different ways?

Solution: The smallest such number is 30. It can be expressed as the sum of the
following three pairs of primes: (2, 28), (11, 19), and (13, 17).

2. In a game of dice, what is the probability of rolling two consecutive numbers, such as 3
and 4?

Solution: There are 36 possible outcomes when rolling two dice, and only 4 of them
result in two consecutive numbers: (1,2), (2,3), (3,4), and (4,5). Therefore, the probability
is 4/36, or 1/9.

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