HCF and LCM
HCF and LCM
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2 12 18 24 2 6 8 12
2 3 4 6
3 6 9 12
2 3 2 3
2 3 4 3 3 1 3
1 1 1
LCM = 2×2×2×3 = 24
HCF = 2×3 = 6
LCM will always be divisible by given number and
HCF always divides the given number and will be will be greater than or equal the highest number in
less than or equal the smaller number in the given the given number.
number.
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HCF & LCM
Q9. Find the L.C.M of (22 × 32 × 5× 7), (22 × 3× Q19. The LCM of two number is 4 times their HCF.
52 × 7) and (2×3×5×7) The Sum of LCM and HCF is 125. If one of the
(a) 63000 (b) 72000 number is 100 then the other number is
(c) 9000 (d) 8400 (a) 5 (b) 25
(c) 100 (d) 125
Q10. L.C.M of 2.05, 1.05, 2 which if these is equal
to? Q20. The LCM of two number is 630 and their HCF
(a) L.C.M of 205/100, 105/100 and 200/100 is 9. If the sum numbers is 153 then their difference
(b) L.C.M of 205,105 and 200 is
(c) L.C.M of 21/20, 41/20 and 20/20 (a) 17 (b) 23
(d) L.C.M of 205, 105 and 200/10 (c) 27 (d) 33
Q21. Two numbers, both greater than 29. Have HCF as remainder?
29 and LCM 4147. The sum of the numbers is? (a) 45 (b) 40
(a) 966 (b) 696 (c) 33 (d) 30
(c) 669 (d) 666
Q32. The smallest five digit number which is
Concept 3 divisible by 12, 18 and 21 is?
Q22. If the ratio of two numbers is 2:3 and their (a) 10224 (b) 10090
L.C.M. Is 54, then the sum of the two numbers is? (c) 10080 (d) 10332
(a) 5 (b) 15
Q33. The digit sum of the smallest five digit number
(c) 45 (d) 270
which is divisible by 12, 18 and 21 is?
Q23. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5 and their (a) 7 (b) 16
L.C.M. is 120. The numbers are? (c) 9 (d) 11
(a) 30, 40 (b) 40, 32
Q34. The number between 4000 and 5000 that is
(c) 24. 30 (d) 36, 20
divisible by each of 12, 18, 21 and 32 is?
Q24. Three numbers are in the ratio 2:3:4 and their (a) 4023 (b) 4032
H.C.F. is 12. The L.C.M. of the numbers is? (c) 4302 (d) 4203
(a) 144 (b) 192
Q35. The digit sum of number between 4000 and
(c) 96 (d) 72
5000 that is divisible by each of 12, 18, 21 and 32
Q25. The ratio of two numbers is 3: 4 and their HCF is?
is 5. Their LCM is? (a) 8 (b) 9
(a) 10 (b) 60 (c) 5 (d) 6
(c) 15 (d) 12
Q36. What least value which should be added to
Q26. The LCM of two numbers is 924 and their HCF 1812 to make it divisible by 7, 11 and 14?
is 12. Find how many such pairs be possible? (a) 118 (b) 36
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 72 (d) 154
(c) 2 (d) 3
Q37. The smallest number, which when subtracted
from 1812 to make it divisible by 7, 11 and 14?
Q27. The sum of two numbers is 216 and their HCF
(a) 118 (b) 36
is 27. How many pairs or such numbers are there?
(c) 72 (d) 154
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 0 Q38.The greatest number, which when subtracted
from 5834, gives a number exactly divisible by each
Concept 4
of 20, 28, 32 and 35, is?
Q28. The least number which is exactly divisible by
(a) 1120 (b) 4714
divisible by 10, 20, 30 and 11?
(c) 5200 (d) 5600
(a) 660 (b) 1320
(c) 1860 (d) 1440 Concept 5
Q39. The least number which when divided by 4, 6,
Q29. The least number which is exactly divisible by 8, 12 and 16 leaves a remainder of 2 in each case is?
divisible by 7, 11, 13 and 17? (a) 46 (b) 48
(a) 3003 (b) 17017 (c) 50 (d) 56
(c) 1860 (d) 1001
Q40. Find the least number which when divided
Q30. Find the greatest number of five digits which separately by 15, 20, 36 and 48 leaves 3 as
when divided by 3, 5, 8, 12 have 0 as remainder? remainder in each case?
(a) 99999 (b) 99958 (a) 183 (b) 243
(c) 99960 (d) 99962 (c) 483 (d) 723
Q31. Find the digit sum of the greatest number of Q41. Find the greatest number of five digits which
five digits which when divided by 3, 5, 8, 12 have 0 when divided by 3, 5, 8, 12 have 2 as remainder?
Q74. If the LCM of two number 1728 and B is 5184, fourth number. What is the sum of four numbers?
then how many values of B are possible? (a) 17 (b) 14
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) 24
(c) 8 (d) 7
Q3. The LCM of two prime numbers x and y. (x>y) is
Q75. Three numbers which are co. prime to one 161. The value of (3y-x) = ?
another are such that the product of the first two is (a) -2 (b)-1
551 and that of the last two is 1073. The sum of the (c) 1 (d) 2
three numbers is?
Q4. The least number which when divided by 4, 6, 8
(a) 75 (b) 81
and 9 leave zero remainder in each case and when
(c) 85 (d) 89
divided by 13 leaves a remainder of 7 is:
Q76. Find the HCF of (463 + 1) and (445 + 1) (a) 144 (b) 72
(a) (43 − 1) (b) (43 + 1) (c) 36 (d) 85
(c) (4 + 1)
9
(d) (49 − 1)
Q5. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 8. Which one of
Q77. Find the HCF of (3 − 1) and (3
36 18
+ 1) the following can never be their L.C.M.?
(a) (318 − 1) (b) (318 + 1) (a) 24 (b) 48
(c) (336 + 1) (d) (336 − 1) (c) 56 (d) 60
Q78. Find the HCF of (520 − 1) and (530 + 1) Q6. The LCM of two numbers is 12 times their HCF.
(a) (520 − 1) (b) (520 + 1) The sum of the HCF and the LCM is 403. If one of
(c) (5 + 1)
10
(d) (510 − 1) the number is 93, then the other number is?
(a) 124 (b) 129
Answer Key (c) 134 (d) 138
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q7. Find the HCF of (481 − 1) and (427 − 1)
B D D B D A A D A A (a) (49 − 1) (b) (49 + 1)
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (c) (4 + 1)
27
(d) (427 − 1)
C B C D A C B A B C
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Q8. If the L.C.M and H.C.F of two expenditure are
B C C A B C B A B C (x2+6x+8) ( X+1) and ( X+1) and (x+1) respectively
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 and one of the expression being ( X2+3x+2) then
D C C B B B A B C D find the another expression?
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 (a) x2+5x+4 (b) X2-5x+4
D D C D D B A A B B (c) x2+4x+5 (d) x2-4x+5
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
B D A C D A A B D D Q9. What least number should be deducted from
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 9847 so that it gives remainder 9, 8, 7, 6…...1 when
A B B B C A C B C B divided by 10, 9, 8, 7………2 respectively?
71 A 72 B 73 C 74 D 75 C (a) 2286 (b) 2317
76 C 77 B 78 C (c) 2288 (d) 2243
Q10. If three numbers are 2a, 5a and 7a, then
Home Assignment will be their LCM?
(a) 70a (b) 65a
(c) 75a (d) 70a³
Q1. If A and B are the H.C.F. and LC.M. Respectively (e) None of these
of two algebraic expressions x and y, and A+B= x+ y,
then the value of A3+B3? Q11. Find the greatest common multiple of (345 -1)
(a) x3-y3 (b) x3 and (335 -1) ?
(c) y3 (d) x3+y3 (a) 80 (b) 242
(c) 81 (d) 728
Q2. The LCM of four consecutive numbers is 60.
The sum of the first two numbers is equal to the
Q12. Find the L.C.M of 𝑥 8007 -1, 𝑥 8007 +1? Q21. Which of the following statement is true?
(a)
𝑥 16013 −1
(b)
𝑥 16014 −1 (a) HCF of two numbers is the smallest common
2
𝑥 14016 −1
2
𝑥 16012 −1
divisor of both numbers.
(c) 2
(d) 2 (b) LCM of two natural numbers is divisible by their
HCF?
Q13. Find the last two digits of L.C.M (724-1) and (c) HCF× LCM of two numbers = products of the
(724+1)? two numbers
(a) 00 (b) 11 (d) two prime numbers are co-prime numbers if
(c) 55 (d) 88 their LCM is 1.
Q14. If the least common multiple of 20x3y2and Q22. Out of 4 numbers a,b,c and d each pair of
10x4y4 is 20x4y4, then find the greatest common numbers has the same highest common factor. Find
multiple? the highest common factor of all the four numbers if
(a) 10x2y2 (b) 20x3y2 the least common multiple of a and b is 310 and
(c) 10x3y2 (d) 20x3y2 that of c and d is 65?
Q15. The sum and difference of the least common (a) 51 (b) 31
multiple and greatest common multiple of two (c) 9 (d) 47
numbers are 638 and 580 respectively. The sum of Q23. Three electronic devices make a beep after
both the numbers is 290. What are these two every 48 sec, 72 sec and 108 sec, respectively. They
numbers? beeped together at 10 am. The time when they will
(a) 29,261 next make a beep together at the earliest is?
(b) 87,203 (a) 10:07:12 (b) 10:07:24
(c) Data are insufficient (c)10:07:36 (d) 10:07:48
(d) None of these
Q24. The HCF and LCM of two numbers m and n
Q16. Let X be the largest number by which dividing 1 1
are 6 and 210 respectively. If m + n =72 then 𝑚 + 𝑛
7072, 8505 and 9925 gives remainders of 22, 45
and 55 respectively. Find the sum of the digits of X? is equal to?
1 3
(a) 6 (b) 5 (a) 35 (b) 35
(c) 7 (d) 8 5
(c) 37
2
(d) 35
Q17. If r is the remainder when each of 4749, 5601 (e) None of these
and 7092 is divided the greatest possible number
Q25. The LCM of two numbers is 20 times of their
d(>1), then the value of (d+r) will be?
HCF and (LCM + HCF) = 2520. If one number is 480,
(a) 276 (b) 271
then what will be the triple of another number?
(c) 298 (d) 282
(a) 1200 (b) 1500
Q18. If a positive integer ‘n’ is divisible by 3,5 and 7 (c) 2100 (d) 1800
then what is the next larger integer divisible by all (e) None of these
these numbers?
Q26. Which is the largest six digits number, which
(a) n+105 (b) n+21
when divided by 12, 15, 20, 24 and 30, leaves the
(c) n+35 (d) n+110
remainders 8, 11, 16, 20 and 26, respectively?
Q19. If the HCF of 45 and 55 is expressible in the (a) 999956 (b) 999960
form of 55×5+ 45m, then what is the value of m ? (c) 999964 (d) 999982
(a) -6 (b) 5
Q27. There are two numbers p and Q such that
(c) 6 (d) -5
their H.C.F is 1. Which of the following statements
Q20. The L.C.M of two prime numbers X and Y are correct?
(x>y) is 533. The value of 4Y - X is? (I) Both p and q may be prime.
(a) 18 (b) 23 (II) One number may be prime and the other
(c) 11 (d) 21 composite.
(III) Both the numbers may be composite. Select the
correct answer using the code given below. Q36. A boy is given three aluminium rods, whose
(a) I and II (b) II and III lengths are 44 cm and 55 cm respectively. He has to
(c) I and III (d) I, II and III cut those rods into rods of equal, length in such a
way that no part of aluminium is left. Find the
Q28. An ascending series of numbers satisfies the
maximum length (in cm) of the rod thus made?
following conditions?
(a) 11 cm (b) 22 cm
(I) When, divided by 3, 4, 5 and 6, the numbers
(c) 5.5 cm (d) 16.5 cm
leave a remainder of 2.
(II) When, divided by 11, the numbers leave no 1 2
Q37. Three pieces of cakes of weights 42 , 6 3 and 75
1
remainder.
respectively are to be divided into parts of equal
The 6th number in this series will be?
weight, further, each part must be heavy as
(a) 242 (b) 2882
possible. If one such part is served to each guest,
(c) 3542 (d) 4202
then what is the maximum number of guests that
(e) None of these
could be entertained?
Q29. The sum of two positive numbers is 240 and (a) 54 (b) 72
their HCF is 15. Find the number of pairs of (c) 20 (d) 41
numbers satisfying the given.
Q38. Let x be the least number between 70000 and
(a) 5 (b) 2
75000 which on being divided by 225, 250 and 275
(c) 8 (d) 4
leaves a remainder of 61 in each case. The sum of
Q30. H.C.F of 4.2, 0.14 and 0.35. the digits of x is.
(a) 0.07 (b) 1.4 (a) 12 (b) 29
(c) 0.14 (d) 0.7 (c) 16 (d) 21
Q31. The H.C.F of 8-7,8-63,8-3, 8-60 is Q39.The least common multiple and highest
(a) 8-6 (b) 8-3 common factor of two numbers are 60 and 4,
(c) 8-7 (d) 8-63 respectively. If their sum is 32, then what will be
the difference of these two numbers?
Q32. If a=24×3×53, b=23×32×5 and (a) 4 (b) 8
𝐿𝐶𝑀 𝑜𝑓 𝑎,𝑏,𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐
c=25 ×32 ×52, then ℎ𝑐𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑎,𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 is equal to (c) 12 (d) 20
(a) 150 (b) 240 Q40. A is a set of those positive integers such that
(c) 300 (d) 600 when these are divided by 2,3,4,5
Q33. Consider two numbers such that the sum of and 6 leaves the remainders 1,2,3,4
the L.C.M and HCF is 504 and the difference and 5, respectively. How many integers between 0
between the LCM and the HCF is 456. If one of these and 100 belong to the set A?
two numbers is 96, then find the other number? (a) NO integer (b) One
(a) 100 (b) 130 (c) Two (d) Three
(c) 120 (d) 126 (e) None of these