CAT 2018 Number System by Gamma Classes

1. Sanju has been assigned the job to segregate the prime and
composite numbers into 2 bins called P and C respectively.
X = 22018!+1 +1
Y = 22018!-1 +1
Z = 22018 +1

a) He should put X, Y in C and Z in P

b) He should put X in C and Y, Z in P
c) He should put X,Y,Z in C and nothing in P
d) He should put X,Y,Z in P and nothing in C

2. Sachin takes x tests to score 20 test centuries while Sunil

Gavaskar took y test to score 20 centuries in test cricket.
Kohli took 17 tests to score 20 test innings.
Rohan Gavaskar said the x, y and 23 are in Pythagorean
triplet sequence, 23 being the largest side. However, he
made a mistake and considered square roots instead of
squaring each term of the sequences. How many different
ordered set (x, y) are possible?

a) 16
b) 4
c) 1
d) 0
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3. If a number can be expressed as a difference of two perfect
squares in only one way, it is called a Supernova number.
How many of the first 99 natural numbers are Supernova?

a) 25
b) 35
c) 34
d) 32

4. How many positive factors of X² are less that X as well as do

not divide X, where X= 354572?

a) 3876
b) 3880
c) 3888
d) 4880

5. India borrowed funds from 8 different banks worldwide. The

rate of interest charged by them are multiplied to get 1. E.g.
If bank X charges 8%, Y charges 9% and so on then we
multiply 8*9 and not 0.08*0.09.
Sum of all the interest rates cannot be?

a) A fraction
b) 8
c) 17/2
d) 65/8
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6. There are two numbers when express in base “n” gives
same remainder “a” when divided by n.
When the average of both the numbers is expressed in base
“n” and divided by n, we get remainder either 2 or 5. Find the
base system used in this question?

7. 1018 - 818 divided by 1013 - 813 lies in which of the following

ranges?
a) (83, 104)
b) (104, 85)
c) (84, 105)
d) (105, Infinite)

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8. 3232 is divided by 9. Find the remainder?

9. How many numbers between 100 and 400 are not divisible
by any of 2,3,5,7?

10. 3x-1 + 5x+1 + 6x+2 is divisible by which of the following for all
real values of x?

a) 2
b) 19
c) 17
d) None of these