Practice USAT Quantitative Reasoning questions with answers and explanations.
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Dividing 84 by primes gives 84 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 7.
This is 2² × 3 × 7.
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The digit 7 is in the thousands place.
Therefore, its place value is 7 × 1,000 = 7,000.
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A prime number has exactly two positive factors: 1 and itself.
The number 29 is not divisible by 2, 3, or 5.
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The common factors of 36 and 48 include 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.
The greatest of these is 12.
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Multiples of 8 are 8, 16, 24, and so on.
The first multiple also divisible by 12 is 24.
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A number is divisible by 9 when the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
For 5,832, the digit sum is 18.
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Since 12 × 13 = 156, subtracting gives 157 - 156 = 1.
Thus, the remainder is 1.
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Division and multiplication have equal priority and are performed left to right.
So 48 ÷ 6 = 8, and 8 × 3 = 24.
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Multiplication is performed before addition.
Thus, 3 × 4 = 12 and 5 + 12 = 17.
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The operation inside parentheses is completed first.
Then 12 ÷ 3 = 4.
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The multiplicative inverse of a nonzero fraction is its reciprocal.
Interchanging numerator and denominator gives 7/5.
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A composite number has more than two positive factors.
The number 4 has factors 1, 2, and 4.
