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For each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4). Write your answers in the brackets provided..

For each Short Answer Question(SAQ) and Long Answer Question(LAQ), write your answers in the blanks provided.

Leave your answers in the simplest form or correct to two decimal places.



 

1)  

 Is 737 divisible by 2




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2)  

 Is 980 divisible by 4




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3)  

 Is 309 divisible by 10




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4)  

 Is 174 divisible by 6




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5)  

 Is 590 divisible by 10




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6)  

 Is 950 divisible by 5




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7)  

 Is 9477 divisible by 3




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8)  

 Is 5220 divisible by 9




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9)  

 Is 550 divisible by 2




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10)  

 Is 235 divisible by 2




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1)  

 Is 737 divisible by 2



Answer: 2


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 2 if its units digit is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.

Try the "divisible by 2" rule on 737

Look at the units digit:

737

The units digit is 

The rule says that 737 is not divisible by 2.



2)  

 Is 980 divisible by 4



Answer: 1


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 4 if the number formed by its last two digits is divisible by 4.

Try the "divisible by 4" rule on 980.

 

Look at the number formed by the last two digits:

The rule says that 980 is  divisible by 4.

 



3)  

 Is 309 divisible by 10



Answer: 1


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 10 if its units digit is 0.

Try the "divisible by 10" rule on 309

Look at the units digit:

309

The units digit is not in 0

The rule says that 309 is not divisible by 10.



4)  

 Is 174 divisible by 6



Answer: 2


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 6 if it is divisible by both 2 and 3.
It is divisible by 2 if its units digit is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.
It is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.

Try the "divisible by 6" rule on 174.

First check if 174 is divisible by 2.

Look at the units digit:

174

So, the number is divisible by 2.

Now check if 174 is divisible by 3.

Find the sum of the digits: a+b+c

 is divisible by 3. So, the number is divisible by 3.

The rule says that 174 is divisible by 6.
 



5)  

 Is 590 divisible by 10



Answer: 2


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 10 if its units digit is 0.

Try the "divisible by 10" rule on 590

Look at the units digit:

590

The units digit is 

The rule says that 590 is divisible by 10.



6)  

 Is 950 divisible by 5



Answer: 1


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 5 if its units digit is 0 or 5.

Try the "divisible by 5" rule on 950

Look at the units digit:

950

The units digit is 

The rule says that 950 is divisible by 5.



7)  

 Is 9477 divisible by 3



Answer: 1


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.

Try the "divisible by 3" rule on 9477

Find the sum of the digits:

a+b+c+d

 is divisible by 3.

The rule says that 9477 is divisible by 3.



8)  

 Is 5220 divisible by 9



Answer: 1


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9. .

Try the "divisible by 9" rule on 5220

Find the sum of the digits:

a+b+c+d

 is divisible by 9.

The rule says that 5220 is divisible by 9.



9)  

 Is 550 divisible by 2



Answer: 1


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 2 if its units digit is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.

Try the "divisible by 2" rule on 550

Look at the units digit:

550

The units digit is 

The rule says that 550 is divisible by 2.



10)  

 Is 235 divisible by 2



Answer: 2


SOLUTION 1 :

Reaminder

A number is divisible by 2 if its units digit is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.

Try the "divisible by 2" rule on 235

Look at the units digit:

235

The units digit is 

The rule says that 235 is not divisible by 2.