CAT Questions | CAT Number Systems Questions | Remainders

A CAT Number Systems: Remainders question that appears in the Quantitative Aptitude section of the CAT Exam broadly tests an aspirant on the concepts - Remainder Theory, Successive Remainders, Test of Divisibility and so on. In CAT Exam, one can generally expect to get approx. 1 question from CAT Number Systems: Remainders. Make use of 2IIMs Free CAT Questions, provided with detailed solutions and Video explanations to obtain a wonderful CAT score. If you would like to take these questions as a Quiz, head on here to take these questions in a test format, absolutely free.

  1. CAT Number Theory: Remainders - Sum of Digits

    The sum of the digits of a number N is 23. The remainder when N is divided by 11 is 7. What is the remainder when N is divided by 33?

    A. 7

    B. 29

    C. 16

    D. 13

    Correct Answer

    Choice B
    29



  2. CAT Number Theory - Binomial Theorem

    What is the remainder when (13100 + 17100) is divided by 25?

    A. 0

    B. 2

    C. 4

    D. 11

    Correct Answer

    Choice B
    2



  3. CAT Number Theory Remainders

    A number when divided by 18 leaves a remainder 7. The same number when divided by 12 leaves a remainder n. How many values can n take?

    A. 2

    B. 0

    C. 1

    D. 3

    Correct Answer

    Choice A
    2



  4. CAT Remainders

    N leaves a remainder of 4 when divided by 33, what are the possible remainders when N is divided by 55?

    A. 3

    B. 5

    C. 4

    D. 2

    Correct Answer

    Choice B
    5



  5. CAT Remainders - Factorization Properties

    What is the remainder when we divide 390 + 590 by 34?

    A. 0

    B. 17

    C. 33

    D. 1

    Correct Answer

    Choice A
    0


  6. CAT Remainders - Squares

    N2 leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 24. What are the possible remainders we can get if we divide N by 12?

    A. 1, 5, 7 and 11

    B. 1 and 5

    C. 5, 9, and 11

    D. 1 and 11

    Correct Answer

    Choice A
    1, 5, 7 and 11


  7. CAT Remainders, coprime numbers

    A prime number p greater than 100 leaves a remainder q on division by 28. How many values can q take?

    A. 8

    B. 12

    C. 9

    D. 15

    Correct Answer

    Choice B
    12


  8. CAT Remainders and LCM

    How many positive integers are there from 0 to 1000 that leave a remainder of 3 on division by 7 and a remainder of 2 on division by 4?

    A. 32

    B. 36

    C. 24

    D. 19

    Correct Answer

    Choice B
    36


  9. CAT Remainders - Basics

    Three numbers leave remainders of 43, 47 and 49 on division by N. The sum of the three numbers leaves a remainder 9 on division by N. What are the values N can take?

    A. 65

    B. 96

    C. 125

    D. More than one value is possible

    Correct Answer

    Choice D
    More than one value is possible



  10. CAT Remainders

    A number leaves a remainder 3 on division by 14, and leaves a remainder k on division by 35. How many possible values can k take?

    A. 3

    B. 2

    C. 5

    D. 4

    Correct Answer

    Choice C
    5



  11. CAT Number Systems: Remainders - Large number

    Consider a large number N = 1234567891011121314………979899100. What is the remainder when first 100 digits of N is divided by 9?

    A. 0

    B. 8

    C. 1

    D. 5

    Correct Answer

    Choice D
    5



  12. CAT Number Systems - Divisibility - Large Number

    Given a number, N = 555 + 175 – 725, then which of the following is true?

    A. N is divisible by both 7 and 13

    B. N is divisible by both 3 and 17

    C. N is divisible by 17 but not 3

    D. N is divisible by 11 but not 17

    Correct Answer

    Choice B
    N is divisible by both 3 and 17



  13. CAT Number Systems - Same remainder

    The integers 573921 and 575713 when divided by a 3 digit number leave the same remainder. What is that 3 digit number?

    A. 206

    B. 256

    C. 274

    D. 189

    Correct Answer

    Choice B
    256



  14. CAT Remainder - Large number

    If N = (243 + 253 + 263 + 273), then N divided by 102 leaves a remainder of?

    A. 18

    B. 12

    C. 1

    D. 0

    Correct Answer

    Choice D
    0