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Find the greatest number that will divide 400, 435 and 541 leaving 9, 10 and 14 as remainders respectively

  • 19
  • 17
  • 13
  • 9

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Answer will be HCF of (400-9, 435-10, 541-14)

HCF of (391, 425, 527) = 17

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1. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and their H.C.F. is 4. Their L.C.M. is

  • 48
  • 22
  • 56
  • 27

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Let the numbers be 3x and 4x. Then, their H.C.F. = x. So, x = 4.
So, the numbers 12 and 16.
L.C.M. of 12 and 16 = 48.

2. Find the HCF of
\begin{aligned}
2^2 \times 3^2 \times 7^2, 2 \times 3^4 \times 7
\end{aligned}

  • 128
  • 126
  • 146
  • 434

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

HCF is Highest common factor, so we need to get the common highest factors among given values. So we got
2 * 3*3 * 7

3. Find the HCF of 2.1, 1.05 and 0.63

  • 0.44
  • 0.64
  • 0.21
  • None of above

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

To solve this question quickly, first remove decimal by multiplying each term with 100,
Then terms become 210, 105, 63
Then HCF of above terms is 21,
So Answer is 0.21

4. What will be the LCM of 8, 24, 36 and 54

  • 54
  • 108
  • 216
  • 432

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

LCM of 8-24-36-54 will be
2*2*2*3*3*3 = 216

5. Reduce \begin{aligned}
\frac{368}{575}
\end{aligned} to the lowest terms.

  • \begin{aligned} \frac{30}{25} \end{aligned}
  • \begin{aligned} \frac{28}{29} \end{aligned}
  • \begin{aligned} \frac{28}{29} \end{aligned}
  • \begin{aligned} \frac{16}{25} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

We can do it easily by in two steps
Step1: We get the HCF of 368 and 575 which is 23
Step2: Divide both by 23, we will get the answer 16/25

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