1. Find the number of factors of 120.

(a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 10

Step 1 prime factors of 120 are 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 or 23 × 3 × 5

Step 2 Add 1 to the powers and multiply (4*2*2)

Ans is 16

2. Find the unit digit of 23541048

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) none of these

 Unit digit

4 power 1 = 4

4 power 2 = 6

As cyclicity( cyclicity means after how many intervals the unit digit start repeating itself) of 4 is
2 divide power by cyclicity of base if remainder is 1 the first case will be answer if remainder
is 0 last case of that cyclicity will be the answer so answer is 6

3. When a two digit number is reversed it gets decreased by 72, what is the number?

(a) 81 (b) 72 (c) 91 (d) 64

Answer C

As 91-19=72

4. How many ways 120 can be written as a product of two factors?

(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10

No of factors / 2 ( if no of factors even) so answer is 16/2=8

(No of factors + 1) / 2 ( if no of factors odd) for ex 25 =5X5 no of factors 2+1=3 i.e (1,5,25) it
can be written as product of 2 factors in (3+1) / 2 = 2 ways i.e 1X25 and 5X5

5. How many ways 1000 can be written as a product of two co-prime factors?

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16

Formula is 2(n – 1) where n is the distinct primes in the factorized form of the number

Step 1 Prime factorization 1000=2 Power 3 X 5 Power 3

So n=2

2 power (2-1) = 2 Ans

Another example let number be 6 so factors of 6 are 1,2,3,6

1X6=6

2X3=6

Step 1 Prime factorization 6= 2 power 1 X 3 power 1 so n=2 (distinct prime)

2power (2-1)=2

6. Find the sum of the factors of 1000

(a) 2340 (b) 1560 (c) 1540 (d) 1280

Step 1 Prime factorization 1000=2 Power 3 X 5 Power 3

Step 2 {( 2 power 0) + (2 power 1) + (2 power 2) + (2 power 3) } X { ( 5 Power 0) + ( 5

Power 1) + ( 5 Power 2) + ( 5 Power 3)}
15 X 156 = 2340

7. How many ways 120 can be written as a product of two factors?

(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10

8. Find the maximum power of 6 in 66!

(a) 31 (b) 29 (c) 24 (d) 33

Answer A

6 means 2X3

6 is the multiple of 2 and 3. Number of 2s will be more than the number of 3s. So number of 3s will
determine the number of 6s.
Count number of 3s, which is 31

66/3=22

66/9=7

66/27=2

So 22+7+2=31Ans

9. Find the first non zero digit in 100!

(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 3

Answer C

N/5=A

Remainder of N / 5 = B

Non Zero Digit 2 power A X A! X B!

For eg 6!

6/5=1=A Remainder of 6/5=1=B so Non Zero Digit 2 (power A) X A! X B!=2 which is

obvious 6!=720 so non zero digit is 2 verified

For eg 100! A=20 B= 0 so 2 Power 20 X 20 ! X 0!

Now calculate first 20! A=4 B=0 2 power 4 X 4! X 0! = 16X24=4 so substitute in

2 Power 20 X 20 ! X 0! = 6 X 4 X1=4 Ans

10. Find the unit digit in the expression of 1!1! + 2!2! + 3!3! + ….+ 99!99!

(a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 5

Ans A

1+4+6+6+0=17=7

11. Find x, if 23475x84 is divisible by 9

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 1

Answer A

12. Find the unit’s digit of the expression of 127726

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9

Answer D

726 / 4 remainder is 2 so 7 power 2 means 9

13. Find the last digit of the expression 1728 × 1247 × 2832015.

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 6

Answer D

1x 8X7=6
14. Find the last two digits of the result 19412015 × 19912025

(a) 41 (b) 01 (c) 51 (d) 21

Answer C

Only for numbers ending with 1

Multiply the tens digit of the number (4 here) with the last digit of the exponent (5 here) to get the tens digit.
(Similarly 9 here and 5 here ) The unit digit will always equal to one.

……..201 X …….451 = 51

More examples solved at last page

15. Find unit Digit of following expression?

25×36×47×58×69

(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3

Answer A

Because 2X5 is involved

16. Find unit Digit of following expression?

1!+11!+111!+1111!+11111!

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 5

Answer B

1+0+0+0

17. For what value of x. number 8439x53 is divisible by 99.

(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 9
Answer C ( either apply divisibility rule of 9 or rule of 11)

18. Find the unit digit of 1819^20

(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 6

Answer A
Unit digit of 19 power 20 will be 1
So 18 power 1 unit digit 8

19. Find the sum of odd factors of 420.

(a) 191 (b) 193 (c) 192 (d) 194

For eg 6: 1,2,3,6 sum of odd factors =4

6=2X3
3 power 0 + 3 power 1
Similarly prime factorization of 420 = 2 power 2 X 3 X 5 X 7
(3 power 0 + 3 power 1) X (5 power 0 + 5 power 1) X (7 power 0 + 7 power 1)
4X6X8
Ans 192

20. How many factors of 24×35×104 are perfect squares which are greater than 1?
(a) 45 (b) 44 (c) 46 (d) N.O.T.A

2^4×3^5×(2^4×5^4 )=2^8×3^5×5^4
Perfect square factors of the number will be of the form 2^a×3^b×5^c
Where a can be 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 . b can be 0, 2 or 4 and c can be 0, 2 or 4
So total number of square factors = 5*3*3 = 45
But when a=b=c =0 factor will be 1.
Thus perfect squares which are greater than 1= 45 -1 = 44

21. Vinay has to multiply a number by 53, instead he did with 35. As a result the product went
down by 1350. Then what was the original product?
(a) 4075 (b) 3750 (c) 3975 (d) 4225
 53 x-35 x= 1350
X=75 so 53 x=3975

22. If 1<N<100, N is not a prime and also N is not divisible by 2, 3, 5 and 7. Then how many
possible values can N take?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 10

Zero no such value

23. If 1<N<150, and sum of the divisors of N and N2 is 34. Find the no of possible values of N.
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4

Answer C
24. A two digit number is multiplied by another two digit number which is exactly the reverse of
the former one. The result of the product is 2268. Find the greatest among the two digit numbers.
(a) 42 (b) 73 (c) 63 (d) 74

Answer C (by options)

63X36=2268

25. What least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that the remaining number is divisible
by 9?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 8

Answer B
4+2+7+3+9+8 = 33 – 6=27 is divisible by 9
26. The least number which when divided by 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 leaves the same remainder 5 in each
case, is:
(a) 185 (b) 365 (c) 105 (d) 125

Answer A By options

27. If n is a whole number, then n3(n3 - 1) is always divisible by

(a) n (b) (n-1) (c) n(n-1) (d) All the above
Answer D
Put n=2 and check

28. A number is divided by 221, the remainder is 64. If the number be divided by 13 then
remainder will be
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 1 (d) 64

Answer B

Divide 64 by 13 for remainder =12 ans

29. The highest number which will always divide the product of four consecutive even numbers
is
(a) 256 (b) 120 (c) 384 (d) 512

Answer C
2X4X6X8=384

30. Find the number of positive integers less than 105 which are not divisible by 3,5 and 7.
(a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 56 (d) 64

Ans C
Multiple of 3=34
Multiple of 5=20
Multiple of 7=14

Multiple of 3&5=6
Multiple of 5&7=2
Multiple of 3&7=4
So 34+20+14-6-2-4=56

Multiple of 3 ,5,7 = 56
Not divisible by 3,5,7 = 104-56=48 Ans
Last two digits of numbers ending in 1

Let's start with an example.

Find the last two digits of }

Multiply the tens digit of the number (4 here) with the last digit of the exponent (9 here) to get the tens digit.
The unit digit will always equal to one.

In no time at all you can calculate the answer to be 61 (4 × 9 = 36). Therefore, 6 will be the tens digit
and one will be the unit digit

Here are some more examples:

What are the last two digits of ?

Last two digits will be 81 (3 × 6 gives 8 as tens digit and 1 as unit digit)

Find the last two digits of

Last two digits will be 91 (7 × 7 gives 9 as tens digit and 1 as unit digit)

Now try to get the answer to this question within 10 seconds:

Find the last two digits of ×

The last two digits of will be 01 and the last two digits of will be 21. Therefore, the last
two digits of × will be the last two digits of 01 ×21 = 21

Last two digits of numbers ending in 3, 7 or 9

Find the last two digits of .

= . Now, ends in 61 ( = 361) therefore, we need to find the last two digits

of .

Once the number is ending in 1 we can straight away get the last two digits with the help of the
previous method. The last two digits are 81 (6 × 3 = 18, so the tens digit will be 8 and last digit will be
1)

Find the last two digits of .

= . Now ends in 21 ( = × = 1089 × 1089 = xxxxx21) therefore,

we need to find the last two digits of . By the previous method, the last two digits of = 41
(tens digit = 2 × 2 = 4, unit digit = 1)

So here's the rule for finding the last two digits of numbers ending in 3, 7 and 9:

Convert the number till the number gives 1 as the last digit and then find the last two digits according
to the previous method

Now try the method with a number ending in 7:

Find the last two digits of .

= × = × = × 69 (The last two digits of are

69) = × 69 = 81 × 69 = 89

Last two digits of numbers ending in 2, 4, 6 or 8

There is only one even two-digit number which always ends in itself (last two digits) i.e. 76 raised to
any power gives the last two digits as 76. Therefore, our purpose is to get 76 as last two digits for even
numbers. We know that ends in 76 and ends in 24. Also, 24 raised to an even power always
ends with 76 and 24 raised to an odd power always ends with 24. Therefore, will end in 76
and will end in 24.

Let's apply this funda:

Find the last two digits of .

= × = (24 raised to an even power) × = 76 × 8 = 08

(NOTE: Here if you need to multiply 76 with , then you can straightaway write the last two digits
of because when 76 is multiplied with the last two digits remain the same as the last two
digits of . Therefore, the last two digits of 76 × will be the last two digits of = 28)

Same method we can use for any number which is of the form 2^{n}. Here is an example:

Find the last two digits of .

= = = × = (24 raised to odd power) × 64 = 24 × 64 = 36

Here are some more examples:

Find the last two digits of .

= = × = × × = 76 × 64 × 81 = 84

Find the last two digits of .

= = × = × = 76 × = 76 × 01 = 76.

Find the last two digits of .

= = × = × × × = 76 × 12 × × 43 =
16

Find the last two digits of .

= = × = × × × 39 = 24 × 12 × 81 × 39 =
92
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