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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 61

B has 32 pens, 24 pencils and 16 erasers. How many sets of these three items can be made without any left over?

  1. 6

  2. 7

  3. 8

  4. 9

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Answer: (C) 8

Explanation

Each set must have equal numbers of each item with nothing left over, so the number of sets is the HCF of 32, 24 and 16, which is 8. Each set has 4 pens, 3 pencils and 2 erasers.