Number System Questions with Solutions
The number system is the foundation of quantitative aptitude. It covers the different types of numbers (natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers, primes and composites) and the rules that govern them. Exam questions test divisibility rules, unit digits of large powers, remainders, factors and multiples, HCF and LCM, and the number of trailing zeros in a factorial. Most of these questions can be solved in under a minute once you know the pattern. Unit digits repeat in cycles of four, and divisibility by 11 depends on the difference between the sums of alternate digits. Number properties also appear inside questions on simplification, averages and series, so strong basics here save time across the whole quant section. Practise the questions below to build speed with divisibility, remainders, unit digits and HCF-LCM. Every question has a step-by-step solution and, where possible, a shortcut method.
- Q1.
The ratio between a two-digit number and the sum of the digits of that number is 4 : 1. If the digit in the unit's place is 3 more than the digit in the ten's place, then the number is
A. 24B. 63C. 36D. 42easyAsked in NIMCET 2012View solution › - Q2.
How many numbers from 1 to 100 are divisible by 8 and have at least one digit equal to 8?
A. FourB. ZeroC. EightD. SixeasyAsked in NIMCET 2010View solution › - Q3.
How many numbers between 1 and 1000 (both excluded) are both squares and cubes?
A. NoneB. 1C. 2D. 3easyAsked in NIMCET 2010View solution › - Q4.
If all the digits 6 in the numbers from 1 to 100 are replaced by 9, by how much does the algebraic sum of these numbers change?
A. B. C. D.mediumAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q5.
The sum of the numbers from 1 to 100 which are divisible by neither 3 nor 5 is:
A. B. C. D.mediumAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q6.
Find the remainder when is divided by .
A. 153B. 33C. 73D. 187easyAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q7.
Find the unit digit of .
A. 1B. 3C. 7D. 9easyAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q8.
A teacher gave a student the task of adding natural numbers starting from 1. After a while, the student reported his result as 700. The teacher replied that the result was wrong. The student realised he had added one number twice. Find the sum of the digits of the number which the student had added twice.
A. 5B. 6C. 7D. 8mediumAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q9.
What is the sum of all 3-digit numbers (with non-zero digits) in which every digit is a perfect square?
A. 3108B. 6216C. 13986D. None of thesemediumAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q10.
Rs. 1074 is to be divided (in whole rupees) into a number of bags so that any amount from Rs. 1 to Rs. 1074 can be given by selecting some of the bags without opening them. What is the minimum number of bags required?
A. 12B. 10C. 9D. 11mediumAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q11.
When you reverse the digits of the number 13, the number increases by 18. How many other two-digit numbers increase by 18 when their digits are reversed?
A. 5B. 6C. 7D. 8easyAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q12.
The number of ordered pairs , such that is divisible by is
A. B. C. D.mediumAsked in NIMCET 2008View solution › - Q13.
If and are the two digits of the number such that the number is divisible by , then equals
A. B. C. D.mediumAsked in NIMCET 2008View solution › - Q14.
If both and are factors of , then the smallest possible value of is
A. B. C. D.mediumAsked in NIMCET 2008View solution › - Q15.
Let be distinct integers, where and are odd positive integers and is an even positive integer. Which of the following cannot be true?
A. is evenB. is oddC. is oddD. is eveneasyAsked in NIMCET 2008View solution › - Q16.
Choose the correct option for the remainder when is divided by 24.
A. 9B. 11C. 152D. 13easyAsked in NIMCET 2021View solution › - Q17.
The greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5 respectively is
A. 127B. 235C. 123D. 305easyAsked in NIMCET 2022 +1View solution › - Q18.
The remainder when is divided by 5 is
A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 4easyAsked in NIMCET 2015View solution › - Q19.
The last digit of the number obtained by multiplying the numbers 81 x 82 x 83 x 84 x 85 x 86 x 87 x 88 x 89 is
A. 0B. 9C. 7D. 2easyAsked in NIMCET 2018View solution › - Q20.
How many numbers between 1 and 1000 are divisible by all the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6?
A. 16B. 32C. 17D. 33easyAsked in NIMCET 2018View solution ›