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TITA: 21 (0 Negative Penalty)
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Official Exam Questions & Explanations (25 of 37)

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Question 1 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 2QANumber SystemsIntegral SolutionsHard
Suppose a,b,ca,b,c are three distinct natural numbers, such that 3ac=8(a+b)3ac = 8(a+b). Then, the smallest possible value of 3a+2b+c3a+2b+c is
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Question 2 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 2QANumber SystemsIntegral SolutionsHard
If mm and nn are integers such that (m+2n)(2m+n)=27(m+2n)(2m+n) = 27, then the maximum possible value of 2m3n2m-3n is
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Question 3 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 2QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
The sum of digits of the number (625)65×(128)36(625)^{65} \times (128)^{36}, is
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Question 4 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 2QANumber SystemsFactorisationHard
The number of divisors of (26×35×53×72)(2^6 \times 3^5 \times 5^3 \times 7^2), which are of the form (3r+1)(3r+1), where rr is a non-negative integer, is
Question 5 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 1QANumber SystemsIntegral SolutionsModerate
The number of distinct pairs of integers (x,y)(x, y) satisfying the inequalities x>y3x > y \geq 3 and x+y<14x + y < 14 is
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Question 6 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 1QANumber SystemsFactorisationModerate
In a 3-digit number N, the digits are non-zero and distinct such that none of the digits is a perfect square, and only one of the digits is a prime number. Then, the number of factors of the minimum possible value of N is
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Question 7 of 37
CAT 2024 Slot 1QANumber SystemsRemainderEasy
When 1010010^{100} is divided by 7, the remainder is
Question 8 of 37
CAT 2024 Slot 1QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
For any natural number nn, let ana_{n} be the largest integer not exceeding n\sqrt{n}. Then the value of a1+a2+.+a50a_{1}+a_{2}+\ldots .+a_{50} is
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Question 9 of 37
CAT 2024 Slot 2QANumber SystemsRemainderEasy
When 33333^{333} is divide by 11, the remainder is
Question 10 of 37
CAT 2024 Slot 2QANumber SystemsFactorisationModerate
If mm and nn are natural numbers such that n>1n > 1, and mn=225×340m^{n}=2^{25} \times 3^{40}, then mnm-n equals
Question 11 of 37
CAT 2024 Slot 3QANumber SystemsRemainderEasy
If 106810^{68} is divided by 1313, the remainder is
Question 12 of 37
CAT 2023 Slot 1QANumber SystemsFactorisationModerate
Let nn be the least positive integer such that 168 is a factor of 1134n1134^n. If m is the least positive integer such that 1134n1134^{n}. is a factor of 168m168^m, then m+nm + n equals
Question 13 of 37
CAT 2023 Slot 1QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
Brishti went on an 8-hour trip in a car. Before the trip, the car had travelled a total of x km till then, where x is a whole number and is palindromic, i.e., xx remains unchanged when its digits are reversed. At the end of the trip, the car had traveled a total of 26862 km26862 \mathrm{~km} till then, this number again being palindromic. If Brishti never drove at more than 110 km/hr110 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{hr}, then the greatest possible average speed at which she drove during the trip, in km/hr, was
Question 14 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 3QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
For a 4-digit number (greater than 1000), sum of the digits in the thousands, hundreds, and tens places is 15. Sum of the digits in the hundreds, tens, and units places is 16. Also, the digit in the tens place is 6 more than the digit in the units place. The difference between the largest and smallest possible value of the number is
Question 15 of 37
CAT 2025 Slot 3QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
The sum of all the digits of the number (1050+1025123)(10^{50}+10^{25}-123), is
Question 16 of 37
CAT 2023 Slot 2QANumber SystemsHCF/LCMModerate
For any natural numbers m,nm, n, and kk, such that kk divides both m+2nm+2 n and 3m3 m +4n,k+4 n, k must be a common divisor of
Question 17 of 37
CAT 2023 Slot 2QANumber SystemsFactorisationModerate
The number of positive integers less than 5050, having exactly two distinct factors other than 11 and itself, is
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Question 18 of 37
CAT 2023 Slot 3QANumber SystemsFactorisationModerate
The sum of the first two natural numbers, each having 1515 factors (including 11 and the number itself), is
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Question 19 of 37
CAT 2022 Slot 1QANumber SystemsHCF/LCMModerate
Let A be the largest positive integer that divides all the numbers of the form 3k+4k+5k3^k + 4^k + 5^k, and B be the largest positive integer that divides all the numbers of the form 4k+3(4k)+4k+24^k + 3(4^k) + 4^{k + 2}, where k is any positive integer. Then (A + B) equals
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Question 20 of 37
CAT 2022 Slot 2QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
For some natural number nn, assume that (15000)!(15000)! is divisible by (n!)!(n!)!. The largest possible value of nn is
Question 21 of 37
CAT 2022 Slot 3QANumber SystemsHCF/LCMModerate
A school has less than 50005000 students and if the students are divided equally into teams of either 99 or 1010 or 1212 or 2525 each, exactly 44 are always left out. However, if they are divided into teams of 1111 each, no one is left out. The maximum number of teams of 1212 each that can be formed out of the students in the school is
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Question 22 of 37
CAT 2021 Slot 1QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
How many three-digit numbers are greater than 100100 and increase by 198198 when the three digits are arranged in the reverse order?
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Question 23 of 37
CAT 2021 Slot 2QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
For a 44-digit number, the sum of its digits in the thousands, hundreds and tens places is 1414, the sum of its digits in the hundreds, tens and units places is 1515, and the tens place digit is 44 more than the units place digit. Then the highest possible 44-digit number satisfying the above conditions is
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Question 24 of 37
CAT 2020 Slot 1QANumber SystemsMiscellaneousModerate
How many 33-digit numbers are there, for which the product of their digits is more than 22 but less than 7?7?
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Question 25 of 37
CAT 2020 Slot 1QANumber SystemsIntegral SolutionsModerate
If a,ba, b and cc are positive integers such that ab=432,bc=96ab = 432, bc = 96 and c<9,c < 9, then the smallest possible value of a+b+ca + b + c is

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