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Divisibility Questions With Solutions: 4-5 Minutes

This document presents solutions to 7 divisibility questions. The questions test concepts like finding the remainder when a number is divided by another number, determining the least common multiple of divisors, and checking divisibility based on the sum of digits. The document explains each question, shows the work, and identifies the correct answer. It uses integer division and properties of remainders to systematically solve the problems.

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Divisibility Questions With Solutions: 4-5 Minutes

This document presents solutions to 7 divisibility questions. The questions test concepts like finding the remainder when a number is divided by another number, determining the least common multiple of divisors, and checking divisibility based on the sum of digits. The document explains each question, shows the work, and identifies the correct answer. It uses integer division and properties of remainders to systematically solve the problems.

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Divisibility Questions With


Solutions
4-5 minutes

Questions and their detailed solutions on divisibility are


presented. The division of integers by integers could be
written in different forms. For example integer n divided by
integer m yields a remainder r is written as:

n=qm+r

n is the dividend, q is the quotient, m is the divisor and r is


the remainder.
Question 1:

If a positive integer n is divided by 5, the remainder is 3.


Which of the numbers below yields a remainder of 0 when
it is divided by 5?

A) n + 3 B) n + 2 C) n - 1 D) n - 2 E) n + 1

Solution

n divided by 5 yields a remainder equal to 3 is written as


follows

n = 5 k + 3 , where k is an integer.

add 2 to both sides of the above equation to obtain

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n + 2 = 5 k + 5 = 5(k + 1)

The above suggests that n + 2 divided by 5 yields a


remainder equal to zero. The answer is B.

Question 2:

If an integer n is divisible by 3, 5 and 12, what is the next


larger integer divisible by all these numbers?

A) n + 3 B) n + 5 C) n + 12 D) n + 60 E) n + 15

Solution

If n is divisible by 3, 5 and 12 it must a multiple of the lcm


of 3, 5 and 12 which is 60.

n = 60 k

n + 60 is also divisible by 60 since

n + 60 = 60 k + 60 = 60(k + 1)

The answer is D.

Question 3:

What is the smallest integer that is multiple of 5, 7 and 20?

A) 70 B) 35 C) 200 D) 280 E) 140

Solution

It is the lcm of 5, 7 and 20 which is 140.

The answer is E.

Question 4:

When the integer n is divided by 8, the remainder is 3.

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What is the remainder if 6n is divided by 8?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

Solution

When n is divided by 8, the remainder is 3 may be written


as

n=8k+3

multiply all terms by 6

6 n = 6(8 k + 3) = 8(6k) + 18

Write 18 as 16 + 2 since 16 = 8 * 2.

= 8(6k) + 16 + 2

Factor 8 out.

= 8(6k + 2) + 2

The above indicates that if 6n is divided by 8, the


remainder is 2. The answer is C.

Question 5:

If n is an integer, when (2n + 2)2 is divided by 4 the


remainder is

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

Solution

We first expand (2n + 2)2

(2n + 2)2 = 4n 2 + 8 n + 4

Factor 4 out.

= 4(n 2 + 2n + 1)

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(2n + 2)2 is divisible by 4 and the remainder is equal to 0.
The answer is A.

Question 6:

What is the smallest positive 2-digit whole number divisible


by 3 and such that the sum of its digits is 9?

A) 27 B) 33 C) 72 D) 18 E) 90

Solution

Let xy be the whole number with x and y the two digits that
make up the number. The number is divisible by 3 may be
written as follows

10 x + y = 3 k

The sum of x and y is equal to 9.

x+y=9

Solve the above equation for y

y = 9 - x Substitute y = 9 - x in the equation 10 x + y = 3 k


to obtain.

10 x + 9 - x = 3 k

Solve for x

x = (k - 3) / 3

x is a positive integer smaller than 10

Let k = 1, 2, 3, ... and select the first value that gives x as


an integer. k = 6 gives x = 1

Find y using the equation y = 9 - x = 8

The number we are looking for is 18 and the answer is D. It

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is divisible by 3 and the sum of its digits is equal to 9 and it
is the smallest and positive whole number with such
properties.

Question 7:

Which of these numbers is not divisible by 3?

A) 339 B) 342 C) 552 D) 1111 E) 672

Solution

One may answer this question using a calculator and test


for divisibility by 3. However we can also test for divisibilty
by adding the digits and if the result is divisible by3 then
the number is divisible by 3.

3 + 3 + 9 = 15 , divisible by 3.

3 + 4 + 2 = 9 , divisible by 3.

5 + 5 + 2 = 12 , divisible by 3.

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 , not divisible by 3.

The number 1111 is not divisible by 3 the answer is D.

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