18PDH101T

General Aptitude
Numbers
Positive Integers - Natural Numbers

Non – Negative Integers - Whole Numbers

Prime Numbers
- Divisible by 1 and by the number itself
- Only 2 factors
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 . . .
Composite Numbers
- Except Prime Numbers
1 – Neither Prime nor Composite
2 – Only Even Prime number
Prime Numbers – marked in yellow
 Divisibility Tests

Divisible by 2
- All even numbers
- Numbers end with 0, 2, 4, 6, 8
Divisible by 3
- Sum of the digits divisible by 3
Example –
176
1+7+6 = 14 not divisible
24871
2 + 4 + 8 + 7 + 1 = 22 not divisible
14913
1+4+9+1+3 = 18 divisible
 Divisibility Tests

Divisible by 4
- last 2 digits divisible by 4
Example –
226 - 26 / 4 not divisible
1248 - 48 / 4 divisible
Divisible by 5
- Last digit 0 or 5
Divisible by 6
- Divisible by both 2 and 3
 Divisibility Tests

Divisible by 8
- last 3 digits divisible by 8
Example –
12226
226 / 8 not divisible
21248
248 / 8 divisible
 Divisibility Tests
Divisible by 9
- Sum of the digits divisible by 9
Example –
176
1+7+6 = 14 not divisible
24871
2 + 4 + 8 + 7 + 1 = 22 not divisible
14913
1+4+9+1+3 = 18 divisible
Divisible by 10
- Last digit 0
 Divisibility Tests

Divisible by 11
- The difference between Sum of odd terms
and even terms = 0 or divisible by 11
Example
156348
1 + 6 + 4 = 11
5 + 3 + 8 = 16
Difference = 16 – 11 = 5
not divisible
 Divisibility Tests

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Divisible by 7
Not Divisible
7x7 = 49
Example 2
49 + 1 = 50
16548
x5 and Add
1654 8x5
Example 1
40 1694
1321
169 4x5
132 1x5
20 189
5
18 9x5
137
45 63
13 7x5
Divisible
35
 Divisibility Tests

Divisible by 13
13x3 = 39
39 + 1 = 40
x4 and Add

Divisible by 17
17 x 3 = 51
51 – 1 = 50
x5 and Subtract
 Divisibility Tests

Divisible by 12
- Divisible by both 3 and 4

To select 2 numbers to check divisibility

- Product should be the original number
- The numbers should be co – prime
Divisible by 18
- Divisible by 2 and 9
Divisible by 24
- Divisible by 3 and 8
 Divisibility Tests

Divisible by 35
- Divisible by 5 and 7
Divisible by 36
- Divisible by 4 and 9
1. What is the minimum number to be added to make
329611 as divisible by 6
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7

divisible by 6
divisible by 2 and 3
/2
/3
329611 + 5 = 329616
3+2+9+6+1+1
even number
= 22
so divisible by 2
From options
a 22 + 1 = 23 not divisible
Answer : c
b 22 + 3 = 25 not divisible
c 22 + 5 = 27 divisible
2. 1358k24679 is divisible by 11. Find the value of k
a) 0 b) 1 c) 4 d) 9

divisible by 11
1358k24679
1+5+k+4+7= 17 + k
3+8+2+6+9= 28

28 – (17 + k) = 0 or divisible by 11
so k = 0

answer : a
3. 4231k4 is divisible by 24. Find the value of k
a) 7 b) 4 c) 6 d) 1

divisible by 24
- divisible by 3 and 8
4 + 2 + 3 + 1 + k + 4 = 14 + k
from options
a 14 + 7 = 21 divisible by 3
174 / 8 not divisible by 8
b 14 + 4 = 18 divisible by 3
144 / 8 divisible by 8

answer : b
4.11564k4 is divisible by 36. Find the value of k
a) 6 b) 2 c) 9 d) 7

divisible by 36
- divisible by 4 and 9
1 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 4 + k + 4 = 21 + k
from options
a 21 + 6 = 27 divisible by 9
64 / 4 = 16 divisible by 4

answer : a
5. 996ab is divisible by 80. What is (a + b) ?
a) 3 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8

divisible by 80
996ab
b must be 0
996a is divisible by 8
Option a and b 3 & 5 odd numbers
not divisible by 8
option c 966 / 8
not divisible by 8
so a = 8 968 / 8 divisible by 8
a = 8 ; b =0 a+b=8
answer : d
6. 477 is not divisible by
a) 53 b) 3 c) 6 d) 9

477 is odd number

not divisible by 6
477 / 53 = 9 divisible by 53
4 + 7 + 7 = 18 divisible by 3 and 9

answer : c
7. The product of 4 consecutive even numbers is
always divisible by:
a) 600 b) 768 c) 864 d) 384

Product of first 4 consecutive even numbers

= 2 * 4 * 6 *8
= 384

answer : d
8. What is the largest 4 digit number exactly divisible
by 88?
a) 9944 b) 9999 c) 9988 d) 9900

Divisible by 88
- Divisible by 8 and 11
all 4 options divisible by 11
a 944 / 8 = 118 divisible by 8
b odd number not divisible by 8
c 988 / 8 not divisible by 8

answer : a
 (a^n) – (b^n)
is divided by (a-b) for ∀n∈ N
is divided by(a+b) for all even integers of N
(a^n) + (b^n)
is divisible by (a+b) for all odd integers of N

9. Which of the following numbers will completely

divide ((49^15) - 1) ?
a) 11 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9

((49^15) - 1) = (7^30) – 1

It is divisible by 7+1

8
10. It is being given that (232 + 1) is completely divisible
by a whole number. Which of the following numbers is
completely divisible by the number?
a) (216 + 1) b) (216 - 1) c) (7 x 223) d) (296 + 1)

(296 + 1) = (232 ) 3+ 1

So Its divisible by (296 + 1)

 Unit Digit

Find the unit digit of the sum

263 + 541 + 275 + 562 + 758
Add only the unit digits
= 19
Unit digit = 9
Find the unit digit of the product
543 * 548 * 476 * 257
Multiply only unit digits
unit digit = 8
 Unit Digit
what is the unit digit of
1237 - 4563 + 6214 + 8541 - 5612
a) 5 b) 3 c) 8 d) 7
Answer : d
Find the unit digit of the product
567 x 142 x 263 x 429 x 256
a) 5 b) 3 c) 8 d) None of these
Answer : c
Find the unit digit of product of the prime numbers up to 50.
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 5
2*3*5*…
=0
Answer : a
 Unit Digit

Unit digit of 2^ 156 = ?

2^5 = 32
2^1 = 2
2^6 = 64
2² = 4
2^7 = 128
2³ = 8
2^8 = 256
2⁴ = 16
Unit digit of 2^ any number is one among
2, 4, 8 and 6
Divide the power by 4 Unit digit of 2^ 156
If divisible unit digit 2⁴ =6 56 / 4
divisible
If remainder 1 unit digit 2^1 = 2 so unit digit is 6
If remainder 2 unit digit 2² =4
If remainder 3 unit digit 2³ =8
 Unit Digit

3^1 = 3
3² = 9
3³ = 27
3⁴ = 81

Unit digit of 3^ any number is one among

3, 9, 7 and 1
Divide the power by 4
If divisible unit digit 3⁴ =1
If remainder 1 unit digit 3^1 = 3
If remainder 2 unit digit 3² =9
If remainder 3 unit digit 3³ =7
 Unit Digit

4^1 = 4 5^1 = 5
4² = 16 5² = 25
4³ = 64 5³ = 125
4⁴ = 256 Unit digit is always 5

Unit digit of 4^ any number is 4 or 6

If the power is odd number
6^1 = 6
Unit digit is 4
6² = 36
If the power is even number
6³ = 216
Unit digit is 6
Unit digit is always 6
 Unit Digit

7^1 = 7
7² = 49
7³ = __3
7⁴ = __1

Unit digit of 7^ any number is one among

7, 9, 3 and 1
Divide the power by 4
If divisible unit digit 7⁴ =1
If remainder 1 unit digit 7^1 = 7
If remainder 2 unit digit 7² =9
If remainder 3 unit digit 7³ =3
 Unit Digit

8^1 = 8
8² = 64
8³ = __2
8⁴ = __6

Unit digit of 8^ any number is one among

8, 4, 2 and 6
Divide the power by 4
If divisible unit digit 8⁴ =6
If remainder 1 unit digit 8^1 = 8
If remainder 2 unit digit 8² =4
If remainder 3 unit digit 8³ =2
 Unit Digit

9^1 = 9 1^1 = 1
9² = 81 1² = 1
9³ = __9 1³ = 1
9⁴ = __1 Unit digit is always 1

Unit digit of 9^ any number is 9 or 1

If the power is odd number
0^1 = 0
Unit digit is 9
0² = 0
If the power is even number
0³ = 0
Unit digit is 1
Unit digit is always 0
 Unit Digit

2, 3, 7 and 8
Divide the power by 4

4 and 9
Power odd / even number

0, 1, 5 and 6
The number itself
1. What is the digit in the unit place of the number
represented by
(79^5 – 35^8)?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1

(79^5 – 35^8)

9^5 - 5^8

= 9 - 5

=4

9^5

Power is odd number 5^8

So Unit digit is 9 Unit digit is 5

Answer : a
2. Find the unit digit of
352^4 + 43^24 + 4137^ 754 + 689 ^ 561
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8

352^4 + 43^24 + 4137^ 754 + 689 ^ 561

= 2^4 + 3^24 + 7^ 754 + 9 ^ 561
= 6 + 1 + 9 + 9 = 25

2^4 = 16 unit digit 6 Unit digit 5

3^24 Divide the power by 4
9 ^ 561
24 / 4 divisible
Power 561 is odd number
So 3^4 Unit digit 1
Unit digit 9
7^ 754 Divide the power by 4
54 / 4 = 13 remainder 2
So 7² = 49 Unit digit 9 Answer : a
 3. Find the unit digit of the product
(2012^2012)*(2013^2013)*(2014^2014)*(2015^2015)
a) 0 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5

(2012^2012) * (2013^2013) * (2014^2014) * (2015^2015)

(2^2012) * (3^2013) * (4^2014) * (5^2015)

6 * 3 * 6 * 5 0

(2^2012) (3^2013)
Divide the power by 4 Divide the power by 4
= 12 / 4 = 13 / 4
Divisible Remainder 1
Unit digit is 6 Unit digit is 3

(4^2014)
(5^2015)
Power is even number
Unit digit is 5
Unit digit is 6
Answer : a
4. Find the unit digit of 4! + 10!
a) 0 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6

1! = 1
2! = 1 x 2 = 2
3! = 1 x 2 x 3 = 6
4! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 = 24
5! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 = 120
Next all numbers factorials Unit digit is 0
4! + 10!
4+0 =4

Answer : b
5. Find the unit digit of 0! + 3! + 200!
a) 0 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

0! = 1
3! = 1 x 2 x 3 = 6
0! + 3! + 200!
1+6 + 0 =7

Answer : d
 Number of zeroes at the end

2 x 5 = 10
2 x 2 x 5 x 5 = 100
2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 = 200
2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 500
2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 1000

So number of 2 and 5 pairs = Number of zeroes at the end

1. Number of zeros at the end of
1200 + 1265000 + 1500000 + 9213000 + 2100 is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

1200
1265000
1500000
9213000
2100
300

Answer : a
2. Calculate the number of zeros at the end of 63!
a) 12 b) 15 c) 21 d) 14

63 ! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x . . . x 63
63
= 12
5
12
= 2
5

14

Answer : d
3. Calculate number of zeros at the end of 74! & 75!
a) 16 & 17 b) 16 & 18 c) 17 & 18 d) 18 & 19

74
= 14 75
5 = 15
5
14
= 2 15
5 = 3
5
16 18

Answer : b
4. Calculate the number of zeros at the end of 625!
a) 155 b) 150 c) 125 d) 156

625
= 125
5
125
= 25
5
25
= 5
5
5
= 1
5

156
Answer : d
5. Number of zeros at the end of (100!) X (120!)
a) 28 b) 52 c) 672 d) 252

100 120
= 20 = 24
5 5
20 24
= 4 = 4
5 5

24 28

24 + 28
= 52
Answer : b
6. The number of zeros at the end of the product of all prime numbers
between 1 and 1111 is?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 225 d) 275

Only one 2 and

Only one 5

So only one zero

Answer : b
7. The number of zeros at the end of the product of
74 x 75 x 76x 77 x 78 x 79 x 80 is?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

5s in 75 and 80
75 = 3 x 25
= 3x5x5
80 = 16 x 5

Only 3 number of 5s
and more number of 2s
So 3 zeroes
Answer : c
8. The number of zeros at the end of the product of
2 x 5 x 8 x 25 x 75 is?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

5s in 5, 25 and 75
5
25 = 5x5
75 = 3x5x5
5 number of 5s
2
8 = 2x2x2
Only 4 number of 2s

So 4 zeros
Answer : d
 Maximum Power

1. What is the highest power of 3 that can divide 100!?

100
= 33
3
33
= 11
3
11
= 3
3
3 1
=
3

48
2. What is the maximum power of 7 contained in 120!?

120
= 17
7
17
= 2
7

19
3. What is the highest power of 4 that can divide 125!?

125! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 x 8 x . . . X 125
2x3
4 = 2²

125 7
= 62 = 3
2 2
62 3
= 31 = 1
2 2
31 119
= 15
2 2^119
15 7 2² ^ ?
=
2 = 119 / 2
= 59
4. What is the highest power of 12 that can divide 116!?

12 =3x4
4 = 2²
12 = 2² x 3
116 7
= 58 = 3
2 2
58 3
= 29 = 1
2 2
29 112
= 14
2 2^112
14 7 2² ^ ?
=
2 = 112 / 2
= 56
116 2² ^ 56 and 3^55
= 38
3 12 = 2² x 3
38 (2² x 3) ^ ?
= 12
3 So Maximum power of 12
12 = 55
= 4
3
4 1
=
3

55
5. What is the highest power of 8 that can divide 125!?

8 = 2x4
= 2x2x2
= 2³
125 7
= 62 = 3
2 2
62 3
= 31 = 1
2 2
31 119
= 15
2 2^119
15 7 2³ ^ ?
=
2 = 119 / 3
= 39
6. What is the maximum power of 18 in 210!?
a) 102 b) 51 c) 206 d) 103
18 = 2x9
= 2x3x3
= 2 x 3²
210 13
= 105 = 6
2 2
105 6
= 52 = 3
2 2
52 3
= 26 = 1
2 2
26 13 206
=
2
2^206
210
= 70
3
70 3^102
= 23
3 3² ^ = ?
23 = 102 / 2
= 7
3 = 51
7 2 3² ^ 51
=
3 2 ^ 206
102 (2 x 3²) ^ 51
18 ^ 51 Answer : b