DivisibilityCAT Previous-Year Questions

9 previous-year questions on Divisibility from CAT, with full solutions. Practise free — check answers as you go; sign in to save your progress.

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Divisibility · CAT PYQs

CAT 2023 Slot 2 · QA
Q1.

For any natural numbers m, n and k, such that k divides both m + 2n and 3m + 4n, k must be a common divisor of

CAT 2021 Slot 2 · QA
Q2.

For a 4-digit number, the sum of its digits in the thousands, hundreds and tens places is 14, the sum of its digits in the hundreds, tens and units places is 15, and the tens place digit is 4 more than the units place digit. Then the highest possible 4-digit number satisfying the above conditions is

CAT 2020 Slot 3 · QA
Q3.

How many of the integers 1, 2, … , 120, are divisible by none of 2, 5 and 7?

CAT 2018 Slot 1 · QA
Q4.

The number of integers x such that 0.25 ≤ 2x ≤ 200, and 2x + 2 is perfectly divisible by either 3 or 4, is 

CAT 2004 · QA
Q5.

Suppose n is an integer such that the sum of the digits of n is 2, and 1010 < n < 1011. The number of different values for n is

CAT 2000 · QA
Q6.

Let S be the set of integers x such that

(i) 100 < x < 200

(ii) x is odd

(iii) x is divisible by 3 but not by 7

How many elements does S contain?

 

CAT 2000 · QA
Q7.

The integers 34041 and 32506 when divided by a three-digit integer ‘n’ leave the same remainder. What is ‘n’?

CAT 1999 · QA
Q8.

The number of positive integer valued pairs (x, y) satisfying 4x – 17y = 1 and x ≤ 1000 is

CAT 1997 · QA
Passage / Data

Answer the next 3 questions based on the following information.

There are 60 students in a class. These students are divided into three groups A, B and C of 15, 20 and 25 students each. The groups A and C are combined to form group D.

Q9.

If m and n are integers divisible by 5, which of the following is not necessarily true?