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(Sec 1) Test 1: Factors and Multiples
1. a. Express each of the following as a product of its prime factors, giving your
answer in index notation.
i. 3600
ii. 3780
b. Hence, find the highest common factor and lowest common multiple of 3600 and
3780.
c. Find the square root of 3600, in index notation.
Ans : 1a (i) _____________ (1m)
1a (ii) _____________(1m)
1b) HCF =_____________(1m)
LCM =_____________(1m)
1c) _____________(1m)
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2. Written as a product of its prime factors, 1512 = 23 × 33 × 7.
a. Find the highest common factor of 1512 and 3600.
b. Find the lowest common multiple of 1512 and 5544.
c. Find the highest common factor of 3600 and 5544.
Ans : a) _____________(2m)
b) _____________(2m)
c) _____________(1m)
3. a. Find the highest common factor of 220 and 5880.
b. Find the smallest integer n so that 220n is a perfect square.
c. 120k is a multiple of 5880. What is the smallest integer of k?
Ans : a) _____________(3m)
b) _____________(1m)
c) _____________(1m)
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4. a. Express 252 as a product of its prime factors.
b. If the highest common factor and lowest common multiple of 252 and X are 28
and 504 respectively, what is X?
c. What is the smallest integer k so that 252k is a perfect cube?
Ans : a) _____________(1m)
b) _____________(3m)
c) _____________(1m)
5. A shop owner has 72 cupcakes, 120 muffins and 132 sweets. He packed all the items
into bags with the same number of each type of food.
a. Find the maximum number of bags he packed.
b. How many cupcakes and muffins are there altogether in each bag?
Ans : a) _____________(4m)
b) _____________(1m)
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