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Integers

  • Divisibility: No remainder
  • Divisor = Factor
  • Multiple
  • Rules
    • 2: Number is even
    • 3: sum of digits is divisible by 3
    • 4: 2 trailing digits divisible by 4
    • 5: last digit is 0 or 5
    • 6: Number divisible by 2 and 3
    • 7:
    • 8:
    • 9: Sum of digits divisible by 9
    • 10: Last digit is 0
  • Prime numbers
  • +ve integer with only 2 divisors: 1 and itself
  • 1 is neither prime nor composite
  • 2 is only even prime number
  • Prime factorization
  • Any integer > 1 is either prime or can be expressed be expressed as product of prime numbers
  • If \(n= p^a q^b r^c \cdots\) where \(p, q, r, \dots\) are prime factors of \(n\), then total number of positive divisors of \(n\) is \((a+1)(b+1)(c+1) \cdots\)
  • Squares of integers
  • called perfect squares
  • Prime factorization will always have even no of each prime
  • Will always have odd numbers of +ve divisors
  • GCD/HCF
  • Names
    • Greatest Common Divisor
    • Greatest Common Factor
    • Highest Common Factor
  • Greatest +ve common divisor shared by 2/more numbers
  • LCM
  • Least common multiple
  • Smallest positive integer that is a multiple of both numbers
  • \(\text{HCF}(x, y) \times \text{LCM}(x, y) = x \times y\)
  • Operations with odd/even integers
  • Product of odd numbers is always odd
    • Add/sub
    • Odd +- odd = even
    • Odd +- even = odd
    • Even +- even = even
    • Mul
    • Odd x odd = odd
    • Odd x even = even
    • even x even = even
    • Div
    • Even/Even can be anything
    • Odd/even = non-integer
    • Even/odd = non-integer or even integer
    • Odd/odd: non-integer or odd integer
  • Consecutive integers
  • Every \(n\)th number is divisible by \(n\)
  • \(n\) consecutive integers \(\implies\) 1 number must be divisible by \(n\)
  • Remainders
  • Remainder \(\in\) [0, Divisor)
  • Dividend = divisor x quotient + remainder
  • If \(n/D = Q \text{ with } R\), then possible values of \(n\) are \(R + aD\), where \(a \ge 0\)
Last Updated: 2024-05-14 ; Contributors: AhmedThahir

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