ASSIGNMENT 1

Basic Math
1. Which of the following is not a leap year?
(a) 1860 (b) 1956 (c) 1900 (d) 2004
2. The number 𝑛 = 1 + 12 + 60 + 160 + 240 + 192 + 64 is
(a) A perfect square and a perfect cube (b) Neither a perfect square nor a perfect cube
(c) A perfect cube but not a perfect square (d) A perfect square but not a perfect cube
3. The number 312 + 29 + 3(3 × 64 + 65 ) + 26 is
(a) A perfect square and a perfect cube (b) A perfect cube but not a perfect square
(c) A perfect square but not a perfect cube (d) Neither a perfect square nor a perfect cube
4. The unit's digit of 232015 × 72016 × 132017 is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9
5. The sum of the last three digits in the expansion of 52018 is
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c)13 (d) 14
6. The greatest number of four digits which when divided by 3, 5, 7, 9 leaves the remainders 1, 3, 5, 7
respectively, is______
(a) 9763 (b) 9673 (c) 9367 (d) 9969
7. The lowest common multiple of two numbers is 14 times their greatest common divisor. The sum of
LCM and GCD is 600. If one number is 80, then other number is
(a) 600 (b) 520 (c) 280 (d) 40
8. The Least Common Multiple (LCM) and the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of two numbers are 168
and 12 respectively. If the sum of those two numbers is 108, find the difference between them:
(a) 36 (b) 40 (c) 60 (d) 64
LCM (1, 2,3, 4.......200 )
9. [NTSE 2019 Goa] is
LCM (105,106,107,......, 200 )

(a) 1 (b) 101 (c) 101  103 (d) 101  102  103  104
10. The LCM and the HCF of two numbers are 1001and 7 respectively. How many such pairs are
possible?
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 7
11. The volume of a cuboid is 20 42 m3. Its length is 5 2 m, breadth and height are in the ratio
3 : 7 . Find its height.
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(a) 7m (b) 3 7 m (c) 4 7 m (d) 2 7 m

12. The diameter of a sphere is decreased by 25 %. By what percent its curved surface area decreases?
13. Metallic spheres of radii 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm respectively, are melted to form a single solid sphere.
Find the radius of the resulting sphere.
14. A conical vessel whose internal radius is 5 cm and height 24 cm is full of water. The water is
emptied into a cylindrical vessel with internal radius 10 cms. Find the height to which the water rises.
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15. The medians PS of ∆PQR and AD of ∆ACB are in the ratio . If the ∆PQR ∆ACB and the area
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of ∆PQR is 49cm2, then the area of ∆ACB is

49 64 2
(a) cm2 (b) 64cm2 (c) 72cm2 (d) cm
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Answers Key
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (a)
7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. 43.75%
13. 12cm 14. 2cm 15. (b)

Solutions
1. Which of the following is not a leap year?
(a) 1860 (b) 1956 (c) 1900 (d) 2004
Ans: (c)
1900
Sol: Leap year should be evenly divided by 4: = 475
4
If the year is evenly divided by 100, then it should also be evenly divided by 400 .
1900
= 19 [evenly divided by 100 ]
100
1900
= 4.75[ not divisible by 400 evenly]
400

2. The number 𝑛 = 1 + 12 + 60 + 160 + 240 + 192 + 64 is

(a) A perfect square and a perfect cube (b) Neither a perfect square nor a perfect cube
(c) A perfect cube but not a perfect square (d) A perfect square but not a perfect cube
Ans: (a)
Sol: n = 1 + 12 + 60 + 160 + 240 + 192 + 64
𝑛 = 1 + 3.22 + 3.22 . 5 + 5 × 25 + 3 × 5 × 24 + 3 × 26 + 26
(𝑎 + 𝑏)6 = 𝑎6 + 6𝑎5 𝑏 + 15𝑎4 𝑏 2 + 20𝑎3 𝑏 3 + 15𝑎2 𝑏 4 + 6𝑎𝑏 5 + 𝑏 6
𝑛 = 1 + 6.2 + 15.22 + 20.23 + 15.24 + 6.25 + 26
𝑛 = (1 + 2)6 = ((1 + 2)2 )3 or ((1 + 2)3 )2
which is perfect square as well as perfect cube

3. The number 312 + 29 + 3(3 × 64 + 65 ) + 26 is

(a) A perfect square and a perfect cube (b) A perfect cube but not a perfect square
(c) A perfect square but not a perfect cube (d) Neither a perfect square nor a perfect cube
Ans: (c)
Sol: 312 + 29 + 3(3 × 64 + 65 ) + 26
= 312 + 29 + 3(24 × 35 + 25 ⋅ 35 ) + 26 = 312 + 29 + 24 ⋅ 36 + 25 ⋅ 36 + 26
= 312 + 29 + 36 (24 + 25 ) + 26 = 312 + 29 + 37 ⋅ 24 + 26
= 312 + 26 (23 + 1) + 37 ⋅ 24 = 312 + 32 . 26 + 37 + 24 = 32 (310 + 26 + 35 ⋅ 24 )
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= 32 (34 + 23 )2 ⇒ (3(34 + 23 )) which is perfect square not a perfect cube
4. The unit's digit of 232015 × 72016 × 132017 is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9
Ans: (a)
Sol: 232015 × 72016 × 132017
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four units digit we solve with (mod10)

232015 ≡ 32015 (mod10)
Now 31 ≡ 3(mod10); 32 ≡ 9(mod10)
34 ≡ 1(mod10); 32012 ≡ 1(mod10)
32015 ≡ 27 ≡ 7(mod10)
Now 71 ≡ 7(mod10); 72 ≡ (−1)(mod10); 74 ≡ 1(mod10); 72016 ≡ 1(mod10)
132017 ≡ 32017 (mod10); 134 ≡ 1(mod10)
for 132016 ≡ 1(mod10); 132017 ≡ 3(mod10)
⇒ (232015 × 72016 × 132017 ) ≡ (7 × 1 × 3) ≡ 21 ≡ 𝟏(mod10)

5. The sum of the last three digits in the expansion of 52018 is

(a) 8 (b) 9 (c)13 (d) 14
Ans: (c)
Sol: 51 ≡ 005
52 ≡ 025
53 ≡ 125
54 ≡ 625
55 ≡ 125)
52018 ≡ 625
So, the last three digits of 52018 are 6,2,5 : The sum is 6 + 2 + 5 = 13

6. The greatest number of four digits which when divided by 3, 5, 7, 9 leaves the remainders 1, 3, 5, 7
respectively, is______
(a) 9763 (b) 9673 (c) 9367 (d) 9969
Ans: (a)
Sol: 3 −1 = 5 − 3 = 7 − 5 = 9 − 7 = 2
So number = L.C.M .(3,5, 7,9) − 2
L.C.M .(3,5, 7,9) = 315
9999
For greatest 4- digit number = = 31
315

So, 315  31 − 2  9765 − 2 = 9763

7. The lowest common multiple of two numbers is 14 times their greatest common divisor. The sum of
LCM and GCD is 600. If one number is 80, then other number is
(a) 600 (b) 520 (c) 280 (d) 40
Ans: (c)
Sol: Let GCD be x, then LCM = 14 x
We have, = 14 x + x = 600  x = 40
Let other number be y
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As we know that, product of two numbers=product of their LCM & GCD

 y  80 = 40 14  40  y = 280

8. The Least Common Multiple (LCM) and the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of two numbers are 168
and 12 respectively. If the sum of those two numbers is 108, find the difference between them:
(a) 36 (b) 40 (c) 60 (d) 64
Ans: (c)
Sol: Let the numbers 12x and 12y, here HCF(x, y) = 1
LCM(12x, 12y) = 12xy = 168
xy = 14….(i)
Also 12x + 12y = 108
x + y = 9…..(ii)
Form (i) and (ii)
x = 7, y = 2
Numbers are 84, 24
Difference = 60

LCM (1, 2,3, 4.......200 )

9. [NTSE 2019 Goa] is
LCM (105,106,107,......, 200 )
(a) 1 (b) 101 (c) 101  103 (d) 101  102  103  104
Ans: (c)
Sol: LCM (1, 2, 3,….. 200) = LCM (101, 102 ,……, 200)
LCM (1, 2,3, 4.......200 )
=101  103
LCM (105,106,107,......, 200 )

10. The LCM and the HCF of two numbers are 1001and 7 respectively. How many such pairs are
possible?
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 7
Ans: (b)
Sol: Given LCM = 1001
And HCF = 7
Let the two numbers be x and y
 x = 7a and y = 7b, where a and b are co-primes.
We have, x  y = LCM  HCF
7a  7b = 1001 7
ab = 143  (a, b) = (1, 143) or (11, 13)
 There are two pairs of numbers.
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11. The volume of a cuboid is 20 42 m3. Its length is 5 2 m, breadth and height are in the ratio
3 : 7 . Find its height.
(a) 7 m (b) 3 7 m (c) 4 7 m (d) 2 7 m
Ans: (d)
Sol: Volume of cuboid = 20 42 m3
Length l = 5 2 m
b 3
=
h 7
b = 3x and h = 7x
Volume of cuboid = l  b  h
20 42 = 5 2  3x  7x
20 42 = 5 42x 2
20 = 5x 2
x2 = 4
x = 2 units
Breadth = 3x = 2 3 m
Height = 7x = 2 7 m

12. The diameter of a sphere is decreased by 25 %. By what percent its curved surface area decreases?
Sol: Let r be the radius and S be the curved surface area. Then, S = 4 πr2
It is given that the diameter decreases by 25%. Therefore,
 25  r
  2r  =
Decrease in diameter = 25% of 2r =  100  2
r 3r
=
Decreased diameter = 2r - 2 2
3r
 Decreased radius = 4
Let S1 be the new curved surface area. Then,
 3r  9 r
2 2
S1 = 4    =
 4 4
9 r 2 7 r 2
S − S1 = 4 r 2 − =
Decreases in curved surface area = 4 4
So, percentage decrease in curved surface area is equal to
7 r 2
S − S1 700
100% = 4 2 100% = % = 43.75%
S 4 r 16
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13. Metallic spheres of radii 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm respectively, are melted to form a single solid sphere.
Find the radius of the resulting sphere.
Sol: Let the radius of the resulting sphere be r cm. Then,
Volume of the resulting sphere = Sum of the volumes of three spheres of radii 6 cm, 8 cm and
10 cm

14. A conical vessel whose internal radius is 5 cm and height 24 cm is full of water. The water is
emptied into a cylindrical vessel with internal radius 10 cms. Find the height to which the water rises.
Sol: We have,
r1 = radius of the conical vessel = 5 cm
h1 = height of the conical vessel = 24 cm
and r2 = radius of the cylindrical vessel = 10 cm
Suppose water rises upto the height of h2 cm in the cylindrical vessel.
Clearly, Volume of water in conical vessel = Volume of water in cylindrical vessel

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Hence, the height of water in the cylindrical vessel is 2 cm.

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15. The medians PS of ∆PQR and AD of ∆ACB are in the ratio . If the ∆PQR ∆ACB and the area
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of ∆PQR is 49cm2, then the area of ∆ACB is

49 64 2
(a) cm2 (b) 64cm2 (c) 72cm2 (d) cm
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Ans: (b)
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Sol:

Given: ∆PQR ∆ACB, thus, by area theorem, we have

Area of PQR  PS 
2

= 
Area of ACB  AD 
2
49  7  49
 =  =
Area of ACB  8  64
 Area of ∆ACB = 64cm2