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Prime Factors, HCF & LCM

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Course Edexcel GCSE Maths

Section 1. Number
Topic Prime Factors, HCF & LCM
Difficulty Hard

Time allowed: 70

Score: /57

Percentage: /100

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Question 1a
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 40 and 56.
[2 marks]

Question 1b
A = 23 × 3 × 5 B = 22 × 3 × 52
Write down the highest common factor (HCF) of A and B.
[1 mark]

Question 2
Here are three lamps.

Lamp A flashes every 20 seconds.

Lamp B flashes every 45 seconds.
Lamp C flashes every 120 seconds.

The three lamps start flashing at the same time.

How many times in one hour will the three lamps flash at the same time?
[3 marks]

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Question 3
Ali is planning a party.

He wants to buy some cakes and some sausage rolls.

The cakes are sold in boxes.

There are 12 cakes in each box.
Each box of cakes costs £2.50

The sausage rolls are sold in packs.

There are 8 sausage rolls in each pack.
Each pack of sausage rolls costs £1.20

Ali wants to buy more than 60 cakes and more than 60 sausage rolls.
He wants to buy exactly the same number of cakes as sausage rolls.

What is the least amount of money Ali will have to pay?

[5 marks]

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Question 4
John buys some boxes of pencils and some packets of pens for people to use at a conference.

There are 40 pencils in a box.

There are 15 pens in a packet.
John gives one pencil and one pen to each person at the conference.
He has no pencils left.
He has no pens left.

How many boxes of pencils and how many packets of pens did John buy?
[3 marks]

Question 5
Liz buys packets of coloured buttons.

There are 8 red buttons in each packet of red buttons.

There are 6 silver buttons in each packet of silver buttons.
There are 5 gold buttons in each packet of gold buttons.
Liz buys equal numbers of red buttons, silver buttons and gold buttons.

How many packets of each colour of buttons did Liz buy?

................................. packets of red buttons
............................ packets of silver buttons
............................... packets of gold buttons
[3 marks]

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Question 6
A = 52 × 74 × 11p
B = 5m × 7n – 5 × 11

m, n and p are integers such that

m>2
n > 10
p >1

Find the highest common factor (HCF) of A and B

Give your answer as a product of powers of its prime factors.
[2 marks]

Question 7a
Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 96 and 120 .
[2 marks]

Question 7b
A = 23 × 5 × 72 × 11
B = 24 × 7 × 11
C = 3 × 52
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of A , B and C .
[2 marks]

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Question 8
A = 35 × 5 × 73
B = 23 × 3 × 74
C = 2p × 5q × 7r
Given that
the HCF of B and C is 23× 7
the LCM of A and C is 24× 35× 52× 73
Find the value of p , the value of q and the value of r .
p = .......................................................
q = .......................................................
r = .......................................................
[2 marks]

Question 9
a is a common factor of 72 and 120
b is a common multiple of 6 and 9
a
Work out the highest possible value of .
b
[4 marks]

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Question 10
N is a number.
As a product of prime factors in index form N = 2 × 34 × y 3
Work out 3N 2 as a product of prime factors in index form.
Give your answer in terms of y .
[3 marks]

Question 11
A clock chimes every 20 minutes.
A light flashes every 8 minutes.
The clock chimes and the light flashes together at 08:00.
How many times between 08:01 and 12:30 will the clock chime and the light flash together?
Show your working.
[5 marks]

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Question 12
Given that 168 = 23 × 3 × 7 , find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 168 and 30.
[3 marks]

Question 13
You are given that
270 = 3 2 ×2×5 and 177147 = 311

Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 270 and 177147.

Give your answer using power notation and as an ordinary number.
using power notation .............................................................
as an ordinary number ...................................................
[2 marks]

Question 14a
Two numbers, P and Q , are written as products of their prime factors
P = 25 × 32 × 53 × 11 Q = 24 × 3 × 54 × 7
i)
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of P and Q .
[2]
ii)
The number C is written as the product of its prime factors.

C = 23 × 3 × 52

Work out P ÷ C , leaving your answer as a product of powers of prime numbers.

[2]
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[4 marks]

Question 14b
i)
Write 450 as a product of its prime factors.
[3]
ii)
Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 270 and 450.
[3]
[6 marks]

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Question 15
Here are some properties of a number.
It is a common factor of 288 and 360.
It is a common multiple of 4 and 6.
It is larger than 25.
Find the two possible numbers with these properties.
[4 marks]

Question 16
Here is a list of five numbers.

9853 9864 9873 9888 9891

Find the lowest common multiple of these five numbers.

[1 mark]

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