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    Exercises on Basic Arithmetic 381

    Exercises on Basic Arithmetic


    Multiple-Choice Questions
    1. For how many positive integers, a, is it true that
    a2 f 2a?
    (A) None (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) More than 4
    2. If 0 < a < b < 1, which of the following is (are)
    true?
    I. a b is negative.
    1
    II.
    is positive.
    ab
    1 1
    is positive.
    III.
    b a
    (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only
    (D) I and II only (E) I, II, and III
    3. How many of the numbers in the following list are
    NOT even numbers?
    0 192
    64
    ,
    , 6.4, 64 , 642,
    , 64 2 ,
    64 64
    1.6
    0.64646464...
    (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
    64,

    4. If a and b are negative, and c is positive, which of


    the following is (are) true?
    I. a b < a c
    a
    b
    II. if a < b, then
    < .
    c
    c
    1 1
    <
    III.
    b c
    (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only
    (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
    5. At 3:00 A.M. the temperature was 13 below zero.
    By noon it had risen to 32. What was the average
    hourly increase in temperature?
    19
    (A)
    9

    19
    (B)
    6

    (C) 5 (D) 7.5

    8. If p and q are primes greater than 2, which of the


    following must be true?
    I. p + q is even.
    II. pq is odd.
    III. p2 q2 is even.
    (A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only
    (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III
    3

    9. What is the value of 2 2 2 2 ?


    1
    1
    (A)
    (B)
    (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 2
    2
    4
    Questions 10 and 11 refer to the following definition.
    For any positive integer n, (n) represents the number
    of positive divisors of n.
    10. Which of the following is (are) true?
    I. (5) = (7)
    II. (5) (7) = (35)
    III. (5) + (7) = (12)
    (A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only
    (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III
    11. What is the value of (((12)))?
    (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6
    12. Which of the following is equal to (78 79)10?
    (A) 727 (B) 782 (C) 7170 (D) 49170

    (E) 49720

    13. If x y represents the number of integers greater


    than x and less than y, what is the value of
    2 ?
    (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
    14. If 0 < x < 1, which of the following lists the numbers in increasing order?
    (A)

    x , x, x2 (B) x2, x,
    2

    (D) x, x ,

    (E) x,

    (C) x2,

    x, x

    x, x

    (E) 45
    15. If 50100 = k(10050), what is the value of k?
    c

    6. If (7a)(7b) =

    7
    , what is d in terms of a, b, and c?
    7d

    c
    (B) c a b
    ab
    c
    (E)
    a+b

    (A)

    (C) a + b c

    (D) c ab

    7. A number is nifty if it is a multiple of 2 or 3.


    How many nifty numbers are there between 11
    and 11?
    (A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 11 (D) 15 (E) 17

    (A) 250 (B) 2550


    100
    (E) 1
    2

    (C) 5050

    1 50
    (D)
    2

    382 Reviewing Mathematics

    20. If x is an integer less than


    1000 that has a remainder of 1
    when it is divided by 2, 3, 4,
    5, 6, or 7, what is one possible
    value of x?

    Grid-in Questions
    16. If 25 buys 1.3 French francs,
    how many francs can be
    bought for $1.60?

    17. At Bens Butcher Shop 99


    pounds of chopped meat is
    being divided into packages
    each weighing 2.5 pounds.
    How many pounds of meat are
    left when there isnt enough to
    make another whole package?

    18. Maria has two electronic beepers. One of them beeps every
    4 seconds; the other beeps
    every 9 seconds. If they are
    turned on at exactly the same
    time, how many times during
    the next hour will both beepers beep at the same time?

    21. What is the value of 24 24?

    22. What is the value of


    |(2 3) (2 3)|?
    0

    19. If 7 f x f 7 and 0 f y f 12,


    what is the greatest possible
    value of y x?

    23. For any integer, a, greater than


    1, let a be the greatest
    prime factor of a. What is
    132?
    0

    Answer Key 383

    24. If the product of four consecutive integers is equal to one of


    the integers, what is the largest
    possible value of one of the
    integers?

    25. If x and y are positive integers,


    and (13x) y = 1313, what is the
    average (arithmetic mean) of x
    and y?
    0

    7.
    8.
    9.

    D
    E
    E

    Answer Key
    1.
    2.
    3.
    16.

    C
    D
    D

    4.
    5.
    6.

    8 . 3 2

    17.

    D
    C
    B

    1 . 5
    0
    1

    10.
    11.
    12.

    18.

    1 0 0

    13.
    14.
    15.

    C
    C
    C

    19.

    1 9

    0
    1

    D
    B
    B
    20.

    4 2 1

    0
    2

    or 841
    21.

    2 5 6
    1

    22.

    23.

    1 1

    24.

    25.

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