Number Systems

1. A shop owner bought a total of 64 shirts from a wholesale market that came in two sizes, small and large. The
price of a small shirt was INR 50 less than that of a large shirt. She paid a total of INR 5000 for the large shirts,
and a total of INR 1800 for the small shirts. Then, the price of a large shirt and a small shirt together, in INR, is
A 175 B 150 C 200 D 225 CAT 2021
2. For a 4-digit number, the sum of its digits in the thousands, hundreds and tens places is 14, the sum of its
digits in the hundreds, tens and units places is 15, and the tens place digit is 4 more than the units place digit.
Then the highest possible 4-digit number satisfying the above conditions is
CAT 2021
3. For all possible integers n satisfying 2.25≤ 2 + 2 𝑛+2 ≤ 202, then the number of integer values of 3+3n+1 is:
\
CAT 2021
4. A basket of 2 apples, 4 oranges and 6 mangoes costs the same as a basket of 1 apple, 4 oranges and 8
mangoes, or a basket of 8 oranges and 7 mangoes. Then the number of mangoes in a basket of mangoes that has
the same cost as the other baskets is
A 11 B 13 C 10 D 12 CAT 2021
5. The number of integers n that satisfy the inequalities is ln-60l <ln-100l<ln-20l is
A 21 B 19 C 18 D 20 CAT 2021
6. Amal purchases some pens at ₹ 8 each. To sell these, he hires an employee at a fixed wage. He sells 100 of
these pens at ₹ 12 each. If the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 11 each, then he makes a net profit of ₹ 300, while he
makes a net loss of ₹ 300 if the remaining pens are sold at ₹ 9 each. The wage of the employee, in INR, is
CAT 2021

7. The number of solutions (x, y, z) to the equation x – y – z = 25, where x, y, and z are positive integers such that
x ≤ 40, y ≤ 12, and z ≤ 12 is
A) 101 B) 99 C) 87 D) 105 CAT 2017
8. If a, b, c, and d are integers such that a + b + c + d = 30, then the minimum possible value of (a - b) + (a - c)2 +
2

(a - d)2 is –
CAT 2017
9. The numbers 1, 2,..., 9 are arranged in a 3 X 3 square grid in such a way that each number occurs once and the
entries along each column, each row, and each of the two diagonals add up to the same value.
If the top left and the top right entries of the grid are 6 and 2, respectively, then the bottom middle entry is-
CAT 2017
10. If the product of three consecutive positive integers is 15600 then the sum of the squares of these integers
is
A) 1777 B) 1785 C) 1875 D) 1877
CAT 2017
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11. How many different pairs (a, b) of positive integers are there such that a ≤ b and1 + =1 ?
𝑎 𝑏 9
CAT 2017
12. For some natural number n, assume that (15,000)! is divisible by (n!)!. The largest possible value of n is
A. 4 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5 CAT 2022
13. On day one, there are 100 particles in a laboratory experiment. On day n, where n≥2, one out of every n
articles produces another particle. If the total number of particles in the laboratory experiment increases to
1000 on day m, then m equals
A. 19 B. 16 C. 18 D. 17 CAT 2022
14. While multiplying three real numbers, Ashok took one of the numbers as 73 instead of 37. As a result, the
product went up by 720. Then the minimum possible value of the sum of squares of the other two numbers is
CAT 2018
15. The number of integers x such that 0.25 < 2x< 200, and 2x +2 is perfectly divisible by either 3 or 4, is
CAT 2018
 16. How many two-digit numbers, with a non-zero digit in the units place, are there which are more than thrice
the number formed by interchanging the positions of its digits?
CAT 2018
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 7
17. If N and x are positive integers such that N = 2 and N + 2 is an integral multiple of 2x, then the largest
N 160 2 N

possible x is CAT 2018

18. If the sum of squares of two numbers is 97, then which one of the following cannot be their product? CAT
2018
(a) −32 (b) 48 (c) 64 (d) 16
19. The smallest integer n for which 4n> 1719 holds, is closest to
CAT 2018
(a) 33 (b) 37 (c) 39 (d) 35
20. The product of two positive numbers is 616. If the ratio of the difference of their cubes to the cube of their
difference is 157:3, then the sum of the two numbers is
(a) 58 (b) 50 (c) 95 (d) 85 CAT 2019
21. How many pairs (m,n) of positive integers satisfy the equation m + 105 = n ?
2 2

CAT 2019
22. In a six-digit number, the sixth, that is, the rightmost, digit is the sum of the first three digits, the fifth digit is
the sum of first two digits, the third digit is equal to the first digit, the second digit is twice the first digit and the
fourth digit is the sum of fifth and sixth digits. Then, the largest possible value of the fourth digit is
CAT 2019
23. How many factors of 2 x 3 x 10 are perfect squares which are greater than 1 ?
4 5 4 CAT 2019

24. Let a, b, x, y be real numbers such that a2+b2= 25, x2+y2= 169, and ac+by=25, if k = ay – bx, then
CAT 2019
25.For natural numbers x,y and z, if xy+yz=19 and yz+xz=51, then the minimum possible value of xyz is
CAT 2022
26. Let a and b be natural numbers. If a +ab+a=14 and b +ab+b=28 then (2a+b)(2a+b) equals
2 2

CAT 2022
27. Let A be the largest positive integer that divides all the numbers of the form 3k+4k+5k, and B be the
largest positive integer that divides all the numbers of the form 4k+3(4k)+4k+2, where k is any positive
integer. Then (A+B) equals
CAT 2022
28. If a and b are non-negative real numbers such that a+2b=6, then the average of the maximum and
minimum possible values of (a+b)(a+b) is
(a) 4 (b) 4.5 (c) 3.5 (d) 3 CAT 2022
29.In an examination, there were 75 questions. 3 marks were awarded for each correct answer, 1 mark was
deducted for each wrong answer and 1 mark was awarded for each unattempted question. Rayan scored a total
of 97 marks in the examination. If the number of unattempted questions was higher than the number of
attempted questions, then the maximum number of correct answers that Rayan could have given in the
examination is CAT 2022
30.The arithmetic mean of all the distinct numbers that can be obtained by rearranging the digits in 1421,
including itself, is
(a) 2442 (b) 2222 (c) 3333 (d) 2592 CAT 2022
31. Consider six distinct natural numbers such that the average of the two smallest numbers is 14, and the
average of the two largest numbers is 28. Then, the maximum possible value of the average of these six
numbers is
(a) 22.5 (b) 23.5 (c) 24 (d) 23
CAT 2022
32.Let A, B and C be three positive integers such that the sum of A and the mean of B and C is 5. In addition,
the sum of B and the mean of A and C is 7. Then the sum of A and B is
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 5 CAT 2020
33.The mean of all 4 digit even natural numbers of the form 'aabb', where a>0, is
(a) 5544 (b) 4466 (c) 4864 (d) 5050 CAT 2020
34.If a, b and c are positive integers such that ab = 432, bc = 96 and c < 9, then the smallest possible value of a
+ b + c is
(a) 56 (b) 49 (c) 46 (d) 59 CAT 2020
35. The number of pairs of integers(x,y) satisfying x ≥ y ≥ -20 and 2x + 5y = 99 is CAT 2020
36. If x and y are positive real numbers satisfying x + y = 102, then the minimum possible value of 2601(1
+ 1/x)(1 + 1/y) is CAT 2020
37.If x and y are non-negative integers such that x + 9 = z, y + 1 = z and x + y < z + 5, then the maximum
possible value of 2x + y equals CAT 2020
38.Let N, x and y be positive integers such that N = x + y, 2 < x < 10 and 14 < y < 23. If N > 25, then how
many distinct values are possible for N? CAT 2020
39. How many of the integers 1, 2, … , 120, are divisible by none of 2, 5 and 7?
(a) 41 (b) 42 (c) 40 (d) 43 CAT 2020
40.Let m and n be natural numbers such that n is even and 0.2 < m/20, n/m, n/11 < 0.5. Then m - 2n equals
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3 CAT 2020
41. Let n be the least positive integer such that 168 is a factor of 1134 . If m is the least positive integer such
n

that 1134n is a factor of 168m , then m+n equals

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 24 CAT 2023
42. A lab experiment measures the number of organisms at 8 am every day. Starting with 2 organisms on the
first day, the number of organisms on any day is equal to 3 more than twice the number on the previous day. If
the number of organisms on the nth day exceeds one million, then the lowest possible value of n is
CAT 2023
43.Let a,b,m and n be natural numbers such that a>1 and b>1. If a b =144 , then the largest possible value
m n 145

of n−m is CAT 2023

44.For any natural numbers m,n, and k, such that k divides both m+2n and 3m +4n, k must be a common divisor of
(a) 2m and 3n (b) m and 2n (c) 2m and n (d) m and n CAT 2023
45.The number of positive integers less than 50, having exactly two distinct factors other than 1 and itself, is
CAT 2023
46. Let n and m be two positive integers such that there are exactly 41 integers greater than 8 and less than 8n,
m

which can be expressed as powers of 2 . Then, the smallest possible value of n+m is
(a) 14 (b) 42 (c) 16 (d) 44 CAT 2023
47. The sum of the first two natural numbers, each having 15 factors (including 1 and the number itself), is
CAT 2023
48.Let n be any natural number such that 5 <3 . Then, the least integer value of mm that satisfies 3n+1<2n+m
n-1 n+1

for each such n, is CAT 2023