Class Practice

1. Find the H.C.F of (a) 42, 63 and 140 and (b) 108, 288 and 360 ?
a) 5 and 36 b) 7 and 30 c) 7 and 63 d) 7 and 36 e) None

2. The greatest number that exactly divides 105, 1001 and 2436 is?
a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 21 e) None

3. A rectangular courtyard 5.25 meters long and 3.78 meters wide is to be paved exactly
with square tiles, all of the same size. What is the largest size of the tile which could
be used for the purpose?
a) 14 cm b) 21 cm c) 42 cm d) 48 cm e) None

4. A daily wage laborer was engaged for a certain number of days for Taka 5750, but
being absent on some of those days he was paid only Taka 5000. What was his
maximum possible daily wage in Tk?
a) 125 b) 250 c) 375 d) 500 e) None

5. Three sets of English, mathematics and science books containing 336, 240 and 96
books respectively have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored
subject wise and the height of each stack is the same. Total number of stacks will be?
a) 14 b) 21 c) 22 d) 48 e) None

6. The L.C.M of 22, 54, 108, 135 and 198 is?

a) 330 b) 1980 c) 5940 d) 11880 e) None

7. What is the least natural number which leaves no remainder when divided by all the
digits from 1 to 9?
a) 1800 b) 1920 c) 2520 d) 5040 e) None

8. Find the least number which when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 leaves the same
remainder 1 in each case?
a) 405 b) 505 c) 504 d) 404 e) None

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 9. The least number which should be added to 2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible
by 5, 6, 4 and 3 is?
a) 3 b) 13 c) 23 d) 33 e) None

10. What is the least number which when divided by the numbers 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12
leaves in each case a remainder 2 but when divided by 13 leaves no remainder?
a) 962 b) 926 c) 960 d) 17 e) None

11. An electronic device makes a beep after every 60 sec. Another device makes a beep
after every 62 sec. They beeped together at 10:00 AM. The next time, when they
would beep together at the earliest is?
a) 10:30 AM b) 10:31 AM c) 10:59 AM d) 11:00 AM e) None

12. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 sec, 72 sec and
108 sec. respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 8:20:00 hours, then at what
time will they again change simultaneously?
a) 7:20:07 hours b) 8:20:07 c) 8:27:12 hours d) 8:29:12 e) None
hours hours

13. Three persons walking around a circular track complete their respective single
1 1 2
revolutions in 156 seconds, 164 seconds and 183 seconds respectively. They will be
again together at the common starting point after an hour and?
a) 10 seconds b) 20 seconds c) 30 seconds d) 40 seconds e) None

14. What is the greatest number of three digits which when divided by 6, 9 and 12 leaves
a remainder of 3 in each case?
a) 903 b) 939 c) 975 d) 996 e) None

15. If H.C.F of P and Q is X and Q = XY, then the L.C.M of P and Q is?
a) PQ b) QY c) XY d) PY e) None

16. The product of the L.C.M and H.C.F of two numbers is 24. The difference of two
numbers is 2. Find the numbers?
a) 2 and 4 b) 6 and 4 c) 8 and 6 d) 8 and 10 e) None

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 17. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two numbers are 21 and 4641 respectively. If one of the
numbers lies between 200 and 300, the two numbers are?
a) 273, 357 b) 273, 359 c) 273, 361 d) 273, 363 e) None

6 5 10
18. The smallest fraction, which each of 7 , 14, 21 will divide exactly is?
30 30 60 50
a) b) 98 c) 147 d) 294 e) None
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19. The L.C.M of 3, 2.7 and 0.09 is?

a) 2.7 b) 0.27 c) 0.027 d) 27 e) None

Decimal fractions
20. 0.04 × 0.0162 is equal to?
a) 6.48 × 10-3 b) 6.48 × 10- 4 c) 6.48 × 10- 5 d) 6.48 × 10- 6 e) None

21. 4.036 divided by 0.04 gives?

a) 1.009 b) 10.09 c) 100.9 d) 0.01009 e) None

22. 5.5 – [6.5 – {3.5 ÷ (6.5 – 5.5 – 2.5)}] is equal to?

a) -1 b) 0 c) 0.1 d) 1 e) None
(0.6)4 −(0.5)4
23. (0.6)2+(0.5)2 = ?

a) 0.1 b) 0.11 c) 1.1 d) 11 e) None

24. Vishal donates blood thrice in 2 years each time 350 ml. How many liters of blood will
he donate in six years?
a) 1.2 b) 3.15 c) 4.5 d) 6.3 e) None

Home Practice

1. Find the H.C.F of 23 × 32 × 5 × 74, 22 × 35 × 52 × 73, 23 × 53 × 72 ?

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a) 98 b) 890 c) 980 d) 89 e) None

2. Find the largest number which divides 62, 132 and 237 to leave the same remainder
in each case?
a) 53 b) 40 c) 35 d) 55 e) None

3. The milkman has 3 jars containing 57 liters, 129 liters and 177 liters of pure milk
respectively. A measuring can, after a different number of exact measurements of
milk in each jar, leaves the same amount of milk unmeasured in each jar. What is the
volume of the largest such can?
a) 12 liters b) 16 liters c) 24 liters d) 30 e) None

4. A person has to completely put each of three liquids: 403 liters of petrol, 465 liters of
diesel and 496 liters of mobil oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of the
above three types of liquids such that each bottle is completely filled. What is the
least number of bottles required?
a) 34 b) 44 c) 46 d) 54 e) None
5. The least number of square tiles required to pave the ceiling of a room 15 m 17 cm
long and 9 m 2 cm broad is?
a) 656 b) 738 c) 814 d) 902 e) None

6. Find the least number which is exactly divisible by 32, 36, 45, 60 and 80?
a) 1440 b) 144 c) 720 d) 740

7. What will be the least number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by 12, 18,
21 and 30?
a) 196 b) 630 c) 1260 d) 2520 e) None

8. The least number which when increased by 5 is divisible by each one of 24, 32, 36 and
54 is?
a) 427 b) 859 c) 869 d) 4320 e) None

9. The greatest number which when subtracted from 5834, gives a number exactly
divisible by each of 20, 28, 32 and 35 is?
a) 1120 b) 4714 c) 5200 d) 5600 e) None

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 10. The least number which is a perfect square and is divisible by each of the numbers 16,
20 and 24 is?
a) 1600 b) 3600 c) 6400 d) 14400 e) None

11. The least multiple of 13, which on dividing by 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves remainder 2 in
each case is?
a) 840 b) 842 c) 2520 d) 2522 e) None

12. The least number which when divided by 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3 but when
divided by 9 leaves no remainder is?
a) 1677 b) 2523 c) 3363 d) 1683 e) None

13. When Seeta made necklace of either 16 beads, 20 beads or 36 beads, not a single
bead was left over. What could be the least number of beads Seeta had?
a) 700 b) 720 c) 750 d) 780 e) None

14. Three girls start jogging from the same point around a circular track and each one
completes one round in 24 seconds, 36 seconds and 48 seconds respectively. After
how much time will they meet at one point?
a) 2 minutes 20 b) 2 minutes 24 c) 3 minutes 36 d) 4 minutes 12 e) None
seconds seconds seconds seconds

15. Find the greatest number of 4 digits which when divided by 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves 1, 2,
3, 4 and 5 as remainders?
a) 9237 b) 9240 c) 9840 d) 9999 e) None

16. The H.C.F of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M is 693. If one of the numbers is 77,
find the other?
a) 90 b) 99 c) 89 d) 80 e) None

17. The L.C.M of two numbers is 495 and their H.C.F is 5. If the sum of the numbers is
100, then their difference is?
a) 10 b) 46 c) 70 d) 90 e) None

18. The L.C.M and ratio of four numbers are 630 and 2: 3: 5: 7 respectively. The difference
between the greatest and least numbers is?

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a) 6 b) 14 c) 15 d) 21 e) None

19. The sum of two numbers is 462 and their highest common factor is 22. What is the
minimum number of pairs that satisfy these conditions?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 e) None
Decimal fractions

20. 0.1 × 0.01 × 0.001 × 107 is equal to?

1 1
a) 10 b) 100 c) 10 d) 100 e) None

21. 400 ÷ 0.1 × 0.2 =?

a) 0.8 b) 80 c) 8 d) 800 e) None

4.2 ×4.2−1.9 ×1.9

22. =?
2.3 ×6.1

a) 0.5 b) 1 c) 1.9 d) 4.2 e) None

23. When 0.47 is converted into a fraction, the result is?

46 46 47 47
a) 90 b) 99 c) 90 d) 99 e) None

24. Terry consumes 1600 ml. of milk every day. How many liters of milk will she consume
in four weeks?
a) 41.6 b) 42.6 c) 43.4 d) 44.8 e) None

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