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Topic Covered->Units Digits & Divisibility.

Number of Questions --> 70.




1)If |x+3|=5,then what are the possible values of x?
-8 and 2.

2)If x is a number such that –2 ≤ x ≤ 2, which of the following has the largest possible absolute value?
A. 3x – 1
B. x^2 + 1
C. 3 – x
D. x – 3
E. x^2 – x
A.
We need the maximum absolute value.
So actually we just need the maximum magnitude as the sign won't matter.
Option 1->Maximum at x=-2 => Value=-7 =>Magnitude =7
Option 2->Maximum at x=-2 or 2=> Value=5 =>Magnitude =5
Option 3->Maximum at x=-2=>Value=5=>Magnitude =5
Option 4->Maximum at x=-2=>Value=-5=>Magnitude=5
Option 5->Maximum at x=-2=>Value=6=>Magnitude=6
Hence A.

3)For what values of x is the expression |\(x^2-3\)| minimum?
\(-√3\) and \(√3.\)

4)If x is an integer and the units digit of x + x^2 + x^3 is odd, which of the following must be even?
A. x
B. x^2
C. x^3
D. 3x
E. x + x^2

5)What is the units digit of \(789+4123+2666+842358\) ?

6)What is the units digit of \(1999*31452*600003*71456746\) ?

7)What is the units digit of \(23^{99}*14^{352}+9002^{1003}*918^{437986}\) ?
A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)5

8)What is the remainder when \(104^{358}+7^{29}\) is divided by 5?
A)4
B)3
C)2
D)1
E)0

9)If q = 40! + 1, which of the following cannot be a prime factor of q?

I. 11
II. 19
III. 37

A. I​ only
B. III only
C. II and III
D. I and II
E. I​, II, and III

10)If 10 and 8 are factors of Q, which of the following is the largest number that must divide evenly into Q?
A. 12
B. 40
C. 50
D. 75
E. 100

11)Find the rightmost non-zero digit of the number \(345637300^{3725}\)?
A)1
B)3
C)5
D)7
E)9

12)If x = \(3^{21}\) and y = \(6^{55}\), what is the remainder when x*y is divided by 5?
A)0
B)1
C)2
D)3
E)4

13)If x = \(3^{21}\) and y = \(6^{55}\), what is the remainder when 2x+y is divided by 5?
A)0
B)1
C)2
D)3
E)4

14)If p is a positive integer, what is the units digit of Z, if Z = \(104^{4p + 1} * 277^{p + 1} * 93^{p + 2} * 309^{6p}\)?
A)0
B)2
C)4
D)6
E)8

15)Data Sufficiency->If \(p\) and \(q\) are positive integers and \(X = 6^p + 7^{q+23}\), what is the units digit of \(X\)?
(1) \(q = 2p – 11\)
(2) \(q^2 – 10q + 9 = 0\)

16)Data Sufficiency->The number \(x\) is a positive odd integer. If the unit digit of \(x^3\) is subtracted from the unit digit of \(x^2\), it results in 0. What is the unit digit of the number \(x + 7\)?
(1) The unit digit of the product of 105 and \(x\) is 5.
(2) When x is divided by 5, it leaves no remainder.

17)Data Sufficiency->If M and N are positive integers greater than 1, what is the remainder when the expression \(22^{3M} * 39^{2N} + 14^{2(M+N)}\) is divided by 5?
(1) M = 13
(2) N = 14

18)If Z = 1^1 * 2^2 * 3^3*...* 8^8, what is the remainder when Z is divided by 10?
A)0
B)1
C)2
D)3
E)4

19)If Z = 1^1 + 2^2 + 3^3 +...+ 8^8, what is the remainder when Z is divided by 10?
A)0
B)2
C)4
D)6
E)8

20)What is the units digit of \(31467^{32} * 97645^{23} * (32168^5 + 8652)^{479}\) ?
A)0
B)1
C)2
D)5
E)8

21)What will be the units digit, when the product of the first 10 natural numbers is divided by 100?
A)0
B)2
C)4
D)6
E)8

22)Find the product of 57 x 61 x 39 x 53.
A)7086751
B)7086953
C)7186959
D)7186965
E)7286977

23)Find the units digit of the product of all the prime numbers between 1 and 13^13.
A)0
B)2
C)3
D)5
E)6

24)What is the rightmost non-zero digit of \(90^{42}\)?
A)9
B)7
C)5
D)3
E)1

25)Data Sufficiency->Find the units digit of \(5^{3n} + 9^{5m}\) , where m and n are positive integers.
(1)m is an odd integer.
(2)n is an even integer.

26)If a is a positive integer, and if the units digit of \(a^2\) is 9 and the units digit of \((a+1)^2\) is 4, what is the units digit of \((a+2)^2\)?
A)1
B)3
C)5
D)6
C)14
A.
Source->Gmat-prep.

27)If x is a positive integer, what is the units digit of \((24)^{(2x+1)}(33)^{(x+1)}(17)^{(x+2)}(9)^{(2x)}\)
A)4
B)6
C)7
D)8
E)9

28)If the units digit of x^3 is 6, what is the units digit of integer x?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
E. 12

29)What is the unit's digit of \(7^{75} + 6\)
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
E. 9

30)What is the units digit of (5!*4! + 6!*5!)/31?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
E. 0

31)What is the units digit of \(6^{15} - 7^4 - 9^3\)?
A)8
B)7
C)6
D)5
E)4

32)What is the units digit of 3^67?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
E. 9

33)What is the units digit of 18! + 4!?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

34)What is the units digit of 17^381?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
E. 9

35)What is the units digit of 26! + 50! + 4! + 4!?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 2
E. 0

36)What is the units digit of (3^11)(4^13)?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 7
E. 8

37)What is the units digit of the expression 14^7−18^4?
(A)0
(B)3
(C)4
(D)6
(E)8

38)What is the units' digit of the following expression (13)^5*(15)^4*(17)^5?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5
E. 9

39)What is the unit’s digit of \(17^7\)?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) 9

40)What is the units digit of \(13^{27}\)?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 7
E. 9

41)What is the units digit of 18^47 ?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8

42)What is the units digit of (23^6)(17^3)(61^9)?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
E. 9

43)If x is a positive integer, what is the units digit of \(24^{5 + 2x}*36^6*17^3\)?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 6
(E) 8

44)What is the units digit of 2222^(333)*3333^(222)?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8

45)What is the units digit of \(6^m * (2^7+1)\) for a positive integer m?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 7
E. 0

46)Data Sufficiency->If z is an integer, is z even?
(1) z/2 is not an odd integer.
(2) z + 5 is an odd integer.
B.
We need the even odd nature of integer z

Statement 1->
z=5
z=4

Taking these two test cases we can say that this is an insufficient statement

Statement 2->
z-odd=odd => z=> odd+odd=even
Hence sufficient

Hence B.

47)Data Sufficiency->If z is an integer, is z even?
(1) (z + 7)/3 = 2m + 1, where m is an integer.
(2) z^3 is even.

48)Data Sufficiency->Is z an even integer?
(1) z/2 is an even integer.
(2) 3z is an even integer.
A.
Note ->Statement B is not sufficient as we are not told whether z is an integer or not.

49)Data Sufficiency->If z is an integer, is z even?
(1) z/2 is even.
(2) 3z is even.

50)Data Sufficiency->The product of integers x, y, and z is even, is z even?
(1) x/y = z
(2) z = xy

51)Data Sufficiency->The product of integers x, y, and z is even, is x even?
(1) x/y = z
(2) z = xy

52)Data Sufficiency->If, x, y, and z are integers, is x even?
(1) 10^x = 4^y*5^z
(2) 3^(x + 5) = 27^(y + 1)

53)Data Sufficiency->If x, y, and z are all positive integers, is x + y + z even?
1) \(\frac{2x}{(y+z)}\) = odd.
2) \(\frac{x^2}{4yz}\) is an integer.

54)Data Sufficiency->If x,y,z and t are integers,is \(x + y – z + t\) even?
(1)\(x + y + t\) is even.
(2)\(t*z\) is odd.

55)If x is an integer, which of the following must be an even integer?
A: x^2-x-1
B: x^2-4x+6
C: x^2-5x+5
D: x^2+3x+8
E: x^2+2x+10

56)Data Sufficiency->Is a even?
(1) 2a is even.
(2) \(\sqrt{a}\) is even.

57)Data Sufficiency->Is n an even?
1) 3n=even
2) 5n=even

58)Data Sufficiency-> Is the integer a even?
(1) a is divisible by 7.
(2) a is divisible by 14.

59)Data Sufficiency->Is n an even?
1) 7n is even.
2) 28n is even.

60)Data Sufficiency->If n is an integer, is n - 1 even?
(1) n - 2 is odd.
(2) n + 1 is even.

61)Data Sufficiency-> Is N divisible by 4?
(1)N is a product of two even integers.
(2)N is a product of three consecutive integers.

62)Data Sufficiency->Is positive integer n is divisible by 4 ?
1) \(n^2\) is divisible by 8.
2)\(\sqrt{n}\) is even integer.

63)Data Sufficiency->If n is a positive integer, is n^3 - n divisible by 4?
(1) n = 2k+1, where k is an integer.
(2) n^2 + n is divisible by 6.

64)Data Sufficiency->If n is an integer, is n even?
(1) 2n is divisible by 4.
(2) n^2 is even.
D.
Source-> Gmat-prep

65)Data Sufficiency->Is n an even number?
(1) n^2 = n
(2) n^3 = n
E.
We are asked if n is an even integer or not.
Statement 1->
n^2=n => n can be 0 or 1
0=even
1=odd
Hence not sufficient.
Statement 2->
n^3=n
n=0 or 1 or -1
Hence not sufficient.
Combing the two statements =>
n can be zero or one.
zero is even
one is odd.

Hence not sufficient.

Hence E.

66)Data Sufficiency->If n is an integer, is n even?
(1) n^2 - 1 is an odd integer.
(2) 3n + 4 is an even integer.

67)Data Sufficiency->If n and m are positive integers, is n + m even?
(1) 5nm is odd.
(2) n – m is even.

68)Data Sufficiency->If n and m are positive integers, is m a factor of n?
(1) n = 5(3^k), for any positive integer k.
(2) m = 3^(k-1), for any positive integer k.

69)If x is an integer, which of the following must be an odd integer?
A)x^2-x-12
B)x^2-4x+6
C)x^2-5x+5
D)x^2+3x+8
E)x^2+2x+10

70)If x is an even number,then which of the following statements must be divisible by 8?
A)3x^2
B)6x
C)4x
D)10x
E)x^3/2

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If the GCD of m and 25 is 5 and GCD of m and 12 is 3,which of these can never be the value of positive integer m?

A)15
B)45
C)60
D)105
E)165


Test Using options -

A. \(15 = 3*5\), So, GCD ( 15, 25) is 5 & GCD ( 15, 12) is 3
B. \(45 = 3^2*5\), So, GCD ( 45, 25) is 5 & GCD ( 45, 12) is 3
C. \(60 = 2^2*3*5\), So, GCD ( 60, 25) is 5 & GCD ( 25, 12) is 1

We, need to go no further... Answer will be (C)..

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Q1)Class B has 50% more students than class A. Number of girls in class A is equal to number of boys in class B. The percentage of girls is the same in both classes. What percentage of the student group are boys?
A. 25 %
B. 33 %
C. 40 %
D. 50 %
E. 60 %



Q2)The Bryant's flower shop situated at the New Plaza complex stocks four types of flowers. There are 1/3 as many violets as carnations, and 1/2 as many tulips as violets. If there are equal no. of roses and tulips, what percent of the flowers in the shop are carnations?

(A) 6.25

(B) 20

(C) 33

(D) 50

(E) 60


Q3)If m = 9/25, w = 15/32, and m + w + c = 1, which of the following gives the values of m, w, and c in increasing order?

A. c, m, w
B. c, w, m
C. m, w, c
D. w, c, m
E. w, m, c



Q4)XYZ Corporation has a ratio of 1 : 6 female to male. If the average salary for the female employees is $217,800 and XYZ pays $2,395,800 in salary to female employees, how many men work at XYZ Corporation?

A. 77
B. 66
C. 55
D. 24
E. 11


Q5)Two libraries are planning to combine a portion of their collections in one new space. One third of the books from Library A will be housed in the new space along with One fourth of the books from Library B. If there are twice as man books in Library B as in Library A, what proportion of the books in the new space will have come from Library A?

A)1/3
B)2/5
C)1/2
D)3/5
E)7/12


Q6)Question 7) Lisa spends 3/8th of her salary on rent and 5/12 on food. Her roommate, Carrie earns about twice as much as Lisa, spends 1/4th of her salary on the rent and 1/2 on food. If the two women decide to contribute the rest of their salary to charity every month, what fraction of their combined monthly income will they donate.

No options for this one, just tell me the fraction value :)


Q7)Dara ran on a treadmill that had a readout indicating the time remaining in her exercise session. When the readout indicated 24 min 18 sec, she had completed 10% of her exercise session. The readout indicated which of the following when she had completed 40% of her exercise session?

A. 10 min 48 sec
B. 14 min 52 sec
C. 14 min 58 sec
D. 16 min 6 sec
E. 16 min 12 sec


Q8)Question 8) A restaurant spends one quarter of its monthly budget for rent and half of the rest for food and beverages. What percentage of the budget does the restaurant spend for food and beverages?

A. 23.5%
B. 32.5%
C. 35%
D. 37.5%
E. 75%


Q9)What is the greatest value of n such that 30!/6^n is an integer?

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
E. 15

Q10)The ratio of a to b is 4 to 5, where a and b are positive. If x equals a increased by 25 percent of a, and m equals b decreased by 20 percent of b, what is the value of m/x?

A. 2/5
B. 3/4
C. 4/5
D. 5/4
E. 3/2


Q11)Ratio of two numbers x and y is 3:5. If x is increased by 20% and y is increased by 8 then the new ratio becomes 2:5. what is the ratio 2y:(x+6)

A. 2:5
B. 3:5
C. 4:5
D. 5:3
E. 10:3



Q12)What is the greatest value of integer n such that 4^n is a factor of 26! ?

A. 6
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12

Q13)Each month, after Jill pays for rent, utilities, food, and other necessary expenses, she has one fifth of her net monthly salary left as discretionary income. Of this discretionary income, she puts 30% into a vacation fund, 20% into savings, and spends 35% on eating out and socializing. This leaves her with $96 dollar, which she typically uses for gifts and charitable causes. What is Jill’s net monthly salary?

(A) $2400
(B) $3200
(C) $6000
(D) $6400
(E) $960


Q14)At a speed of 50 miles per hour, a certain car uses 1 gallon of gasoline every 30 miles. If the car starts with a full 12 gallon tank of gasoline and travels for 5 hours at 50 miles per hour, the amount of gasoline used would be what fraction of a full tank?

A. 3/25
B. 11/36
C. 7/12
D. 2/3
E. 25/36



Q15)At a loading dock, each worker on the night crew loaded 3/4 as many boxes as each worker on the day crew. If the night crew has 4/5 as many workers as the day crew, what fraction of all the boxes loaded by the two crews did the day crew load?

(A) 1/2
(B) 2/5
(C) 3/5
(D) 4/5
(E) 5/8


Q16)At a certain school, the ratio of the number of second graders to the number of fourth graders is 8 to 5, and the ratio of the number of first graders to the number of second graders is 3 to 4. If the ratio of the number of third graders to the number of fourth graders is 3 to 2, what is the ratio of the number of first graders to the number of third graders?

A. 16 to 15
B. 9 to 5
C. 5 to 16
D. 5 to 4
E. 4 to 5



Q17)If the ratio of the present age of Anna and Paula is 1 : 2, what could be the ratio of their respective ages 8 years ago??

a. 3 : 8
b. 4 : 7
c. 3 : 5
d. 2 : 3
e. 4 : 5


Q18)Initially, the men and women in a room were in the ratio of 4 : 5. Then, 2 men entered the room and 3 women left the room. Then, the number of women doubled. Now there are 14 men in the room. How many women are currently in the room?

A. 12
B. 14
C. 15
D. 24
E. 36


Q19)A feed store sells two varieties of birdseed: Brand A, which is 40% millet and 60% sunflower, and Brand B, which is 65% millet and 35% safflower. If a customer purchases a mix of the two types of birdseed that is 50% millet, what percent of the mix is Brand A?

A) 40%

B) 45%

C) 50 %

D) 60 %

E) 55 %


Q20)Kumail, a noted sneaker enthusiast, has a collection consisting of sneakers made by Brand A and Brand B. 5/7 of the Brand A sneakers are low-tops, and 1/3 of the Brand A low-tops are running shoes. If Kumail owns 7 more pairs of Brand B sneakers than Brand A sneakers, what is the minimum possible number of pairs of sneakers in his collection?

A. 21
B. 28
C. 36
D. 40
E. 49

Q21)If x dollars is invested at 10 percent for one year and y dollars is invested at 8 percent for one year, the annual income from the 10 percent investment will exceed the annual income from the 8 percent investment by $56. If $2,000 is the total amount invested, how much is invested at 8 percent?

a. $280
b. $800
c. $892
d. $1108
e. $1200


Q22) Last year Elaine spent 20% of her annual earnings on rent. This year she earned 15% more than last year and she spent 30% of
her annual earnings on rent. The amount she spent on rent thisyear is what percent of the amount spent on rent last year?

(A) 152.5
(B) 164.5
(C) 167.5
(D) 172.5
(E) 177.5


Q23)On the first of the year, James invested x dollars at Proudstar bank in an account that yields 2% in interest every quarter year. At the end of the year, during which he made no additional deposits or withdrawals, he had y dollars in the account. If James had invested the same amount in an account which pays interest on a yearly basis, what must the interest rate be for James to have y dollars at the end of the year?

A. 2.04%
B. 6.12%
C. 8%
D. 8.25%
E. 10%
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Set X of has an average of 61. If the largest element is 7 greater than 6 times the smallest element, how many values out of {2,3,5,8,9,11,53,102,123,178,210,267,283,311,376,383,399,401} can be
a part of Set X?

(A) 18
(B) 13
(C) 9
(D) 7
(E) cannot be determined



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Since the numbers of elements in set X is not given, we can play around with the total numbers and what is important is the smallest and largest values possible..

Smallest:-
Let the largest value be just above average..
So 6y+7>61....6y>61-7.....y>9

Largest:-
Let the smallest value be just below 61....
So 6*61+7>y.......373>y..

Range becomes 9<y<373..
Values in this range are 11,53,102,123,178,210,267,283,311.....9 values
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Here is my take on this one ->

Let a be the smallest value.
Highest value in set =6a+7

As the values cannot be 50 each => a<61
and 6a+7>61 => a>9

Hence all values in the set must be greater than 9.
For a=61 => Largest term => 6*61+7=> 373

Hence all the values in set must lie in the range (9,373) exclusive.

Hence only 9 values out of the given values are possible.
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Column A --> 5^1, 5^2, 5^3, 5^4, 5^5 --> 5 values
Column B --> 2^0, 2^1, 2^2 --> 3 values

Number of factors that are divisible by 5 but not 3 = 5 * 3 = 15

Answer: B
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Vyshak wrote:
Column A --> 5^1, 5^2, 5^3, 5^4, 5^5 --> 5 values
Column B --> 2^0, 2^1, 2^2 --> 3 values

Number of factors that are divisible by 5 but not 3 = 5 * 3 = 15

Answer: B


Hi Vyshak, can you please elaborate this method if possible?

Thanks in advance.
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Sirakri wrote:
Vyshak wrote:
Column A --> 5^1, 5^2, 5^3, 5^4, 5^5 --> 5 values
Column B --> 2^0, 2^1, 2^2 --> 3 values

Number of factors that are divisible by 5 but not 3 = 5 * 3 = 15

Answer: B


Hi Vyshak, can you please elaborate this method if possible?

Thanks in advance.


Hi Sirakri,

Its not any specific method. I just listed out the possible powers in two columns. Doing it will help us know that each value in column A will have 3 values in column B or vice versa.
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Here is my solution to this one =>
9919 => 10000-81=> 100^2-9^2=> 109*91 => 109*7*13 => Thus the greatest prime factor =109
NOTE=> 109 is a prime as it is not divisible by 2,3,5,7
In order to check whether a number is prime or not we just need to divide it by all the primes less than equal to the square root of that number.

Hence E.
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How many divisors does the positive integer \(N\) have?

A) \(27N^3\) has 16 factors.
B) \(90<N^3<200\)

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If t is a non negative integer, is integer k prime?
(1) k=13t + 13
(2) k=17! + 13


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If N is a positive 3-digit number, is N prime?

(1)The hundreds digit of N is the sum of the tens and units digit. Tens and units digits are equal.
(2)N is odd.


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stonecold wrote:
If N is a positive 3-digit number, is N prime?

(1)The hundreds digit of K is the sum of the tens and units digit. Tens and units digits are equal.
(2)N is odd.


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Good one.

Let the number N = 100a + 10b + c, is N prime?

From St.1 :

a = b + c, and b=c ==> a = 2b,

a must be <= 9(since it is a digit). So possible values of a = 8, 6, 4, 2 and correspondig values of b and c= 4, 3, 2, 1

Possible values of N could be 844, 633, 422, and 211. So no unique answer. NOT sufficient.

From St.2:

N is odd. Clearly not sufficient.

By combining (1) and (2) N = 633 or 211. NOT unique.

Answer (E).

Thanks.
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stonecold wrote:
If N is a positive 3-digit number, is N prime?

(1)The hundreds digit of K is the sum of the tens and units digit. Tens and units digits are equal.
(2)N is odd.


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stonecold
There is a typo in Statement 1 . you have mentioned K instead of N .

On the Solution part .
From Statement 1 , we know that N can be equal to 211, 422, 633, and 844 .
As a note: Only 211 is a prime here .
However , we don't get a unique value. So , Statement 1 is not Sufficient

Statement 2, Says N is odd
N can be 123 (Not prime) or 131 ( Prime ) .
No unique answer . So , Statement 2 is not Sufficient

Combine .
N can be equal to 211 or 633
No unique value .

Answer is E .
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stonecold wrote:
How many divisors does the positive integer \(N\) have?

A) \(27N^3\) has 16 factors.
B) \(90<N^3<200\)

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Hi....

Let's see the statements..

A) \(27N^3\) has 16 factors.
\(3^3*N^3\) has (3+1)(3+1)=16 factors...
The number of factors are always taken by getting the number into prime factors.
So here both 3 and N are PRIME numbers..
So N will have only two factors-- 1 and N..
Suff

B) \(90<N^3<200\)
Only N as 5 fits in..
4^3=64 and 6^3=216..
Sufficient

D
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stonecold wrote:
How many divisors does the positive integer \(N\) have?

A) \(27N^3\) has 16 factors.
B) \(90<N^3<200\)

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From Statement 1 .
Given \(27N^3\) has 16 factors => \(3^3 N^3\) has 16 factors
Total factors are calculated by adding +1 to prime exponents and multiplying . In this case (3+1)(3+1) = 16
(3+1) is coming from 3 and another (3+1) need to come from N
N must be a prime factor and can't be a composite number because we will get more multipliers and factors will be greater than 16 .
As N is a prime number . We know it has only 2 factors .

Statement 1 is sufficient .

From Statement 2 .
Only 5^3 fits . N= 5
Statement 2 is sufficient .

Answer is D .
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