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Number Properties I
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Prime Number & Factors
1. X
n
will have the same prime factors as X.
2. P
n
X
m
will have the same prime factors as X, if
P is a prime factor of X
3. 2, 3 are the only consecutive prime numbers
4. Total number of factors = (Power of 1
st
Prime
factor +1) (Power of 2
nd
Prime factor
+1)
5. A perfect square will have an odd number of
factors
1. A prime number is a positive integer that has
exactly two different positive factors, 1 and
itself
2. 1 and 0 are neither Prime nor Composite.
3. 2 is the smallest Prime number and the only
even Prime number
4. Every positive integer K can be expressed as K
= P
1
m
P
2
n
P
3
r
, where P
1
, P
2
, P
3
are
prime factors and m, n , r are non-negative
integers
Basic Properties
Derived Properties
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Even Odd Numbers - Properties
Even +/- Even = Even
Even +/- Odd = Odd
Odd +/- Odd = Even
Even * Even = Even
Even * Odd = Even
Odd * Odd = Odd
Every EVEN number can be represented as 2n, where n is an integer
Every ODD number can be represented as 2n+1, where n is an integer
Basic Properties:
(Even)
n
+/- (Even)
n
= Even +/- Even = Even
(Odd)
n
+/- (Odd)
n
= Odd +/- Odd = Even
(Even)
n
+/- (Odd)
n
= Even +/- Odd = Odd
(Even)
2
= (2n)
2
= 4n
2
Derived Properties:
Divisible by 4
Properties
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Addition operations on Numbers
1. A
2
+ B
2
= (Even, Odd, Cannot determine)
Answer: Odd
2. A
7
- B
7
= (Even, Odd, Cannot determine)
Answer: Odd
3. A
2
+ B
2
+ C
2
+ D
2
= (Even, Odd, Cannot
determine)
Answer: Even
2 Odd numbers + 2 Even numbers =
Even
A, B, C, D are consecutive integers > 1. Then
1. A
2
+ B
2
+ C
2
= (Even, Odd, Cannot determine)
Answer: Cannot be determined (Two
even #s + One odd# OR Two odd#s +
One Even)
2. A
2
+ B
3
+ C
3
= (Even, Odd, Cannot determine)
Answer: Cannot be determined
Question = MCQ question,
Answer choices: Even, Odd, Cannot be determined
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Factors/Prime Factors
Question = FIB question,
Answer choices: No answer choices needed
If X has 3 prime factors and 8 total
factors, then how many prime factors
will X
n
have? (FIB)
Question 1
If X has 3 prime factors and 8 total
factors, then how many factors will X
n
have? (FIB)
Question 3
If K is a factor of positive integer X that
has 3 Prime factors and 8 total factors,
then how Prime factors does K
2
X
n
have?
Question 2
Answer 3
Answer 3
Answer (n+1)
3
How prime factors does K
2
X
n
have, if K
is Prime, X has 3 Prime factors and the
LCM of K and X is KX?
Question 4
Answer = 3+ 1 = 4
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GCD
If GCD of two numbers (both integers, greater than 1)
is 1, then which of the following can be true?
1. They are prime.
2. They are consecutive.
3. They do not have a common prime factor
4. They do not have a common factor other than 1
I. Only 1
II. Only 2
III. Only 3 and 4
IV. Only 2 and 3
V. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer V 1,2,3,4
If GCD of two numbers (both integers, greater than 1)
is 1, then which of the following must be true?
1. They are prime.
2. They are consecutive.
3. They do not have a common prime factor
4. They do not have a common factor other than 1
I. Only 1
II. Only 2
III. Only 3 and 4
IV. Only 1 and 4
V. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer III Only 3 and 4
Question 1 Question 2
Question = MCQ question,
Answer choices: A, B, C, D, E
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LCM
Answer: Only #3 and #5 Answer: 1, 2, 4, 5
Question 3
If the LCM of two integers a, b (where b> a
and a>1) is b, then which of the following
can be true?
1. Both a and b can be Prime Numbers.
2. Both a and b can be consecutive integers.
3. All prime factors of a must be prime
factors of b.
4. All prime factors of b must be prime
factors of a.
5. b must be a multiple of a.
Question 1
(MAQ)
If the LCM of two integers a, b (where b> a
and a>1) is a*b, then which of the following
can be true?
1. Both a and b can be Prime Numbers.
2. Both a and b can be consecutive integers.
3. All Prime factors of a must be Prime
factors of b.
4. a and b do not share any Prime factors.
5. a and b do not have a common factor
Question 2
(MAQ)
(FIB)
If the LCM of two integers a, b where b> a and a>1 is a*b/5, then what is the GCD of a & b?