Number System-Railway Maths Part V

Total Questions: 50

41. Which of the numbers below is NOT a perfect square ? [RRB NTPC 31/01/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 23,102
Solution:

Perfect squares can't end with 2, 3, 7 and 8.

42. How many numbers between 1 and 100 are exactly divisible by 6 and 8 both? [RRB NTPC 31/01/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 4
Solution:

LCM of 6 and 8 = 24
Numbers which are divisible by both 6 and 8 must be divisible by 24
Total numbers divisible by both 6 and 8 = 100/24 = Quotient = 4

43. Which of the following rational numbers lies between 1/4 and 1/2 ? [RRB NTPC 31/01/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 3/8
Solution:

Rational number between 1/4 and 1/2 = (1/4 + 1/2)/2 = 3/8

44. A number consists of 3 digits whose sum is 18 and the middle digit is equal to the sum of the other two. If the number increases by 297 when its digits are reversed, then what is the number? [RRB NTPC 01/02/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 396
Solution:

Let the middle digit be x Then 2x = 18 or x = 9
So, the number is either 396 or 693 and another pair is 594 or 495 Since the number increases on reversing the digits, so the hundred's digits is smaller than the units digit Hence, required number is 396 because difference of 594 and 495 is not 297

45. Find the smallest 4 - digit number which when divided by 2, 3 and 5 leaves a remainder of 1 in each case ? [RRB NTPC 01/02/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 1021
Solution:

Concept → the smallest four digit number is 1000
Now, LCM of 2,3 and 5 = 30
When we divide 1000 by 30 we get 10 as the remainder.
The smallest four digit number which is divisible by 2, 3 and 5 = 1000 -10 +30 =1020, the smallest 4-digit number which when divided by 2, 3 and 5 leaves a remainder of 1 in each case = 1020 + 1 = 1021

46. If a positive number is subtracted from its square, we get 812. Find the number. [RRB NTPC 01/02/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 29
Solution:

Let, number = X, then
A/Q, x² - x = 812
X(x - 1) = 812, 29 × 28 = 812

47. How many factors of 2² × 3¹ × 5² × 7¹ are divisible by 50 but not by 100? [RRB NTPC 01/02/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 4
Solution:

A/Q,
factors of 2² × 3¹ × 5² × 7¹ are divisible by 50 but not by 100
(i) 25 × 2 (ii) 25 × 2 × 3 (iii) 25 × 2 × 7 (iv) 25 × 2 × 7 × 3
Possible numbers- 4
We will not take '2' twice because it will be a multiple of 100.

48. What is the total number of odd and even divisors of 120, respectively? [RRB NTPC 01/02/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 4, 12
Solution:

120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 = 2³ × 3 × 5
Number of total factors
= (3 + 1)(1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 4 × 2 × 2 = 16
Number of even factors
= 3 × 2 × 2 = 12
Number of divisors = no. of factors
Number of even divisors = 12
Number of odd divisors = 16 -12 = 4

49. Arrange the following numbers in their increasing order. [RRB NTPC 01/02/2021 (Evening)]

1. -0.96  2. 0.83  3. 0.24  4. -0.64  5. 0.58

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 4, 3, 5, 2
Solution:

Sol.249.(d) -0.96, -0.64, 0.24, 0.58, 0.83

50. How many numbers less than 10000 are there which are exactly divisible by 21, 35 and 63? [RRB NTPC 02/02/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 31
Solution:

LCM of (21, 35, 63) = 315
Number should be divisible by 315
Now, 10000/315 = 31(Quotient)