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GMAT Prime & Composite Numbers practice questions

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Practice Question 1easyProblem Solving

A freight shipping company categorizes packages by weight. In a particular batch, 17% of packages weigh less than 2 kg, and 8% of packages weigh exactly 2 kg. The remaining packages are divided into two categories: those weighing between 2 kg and 5 kg (inclusive), and those weighing more than 5 kg. If there are 200 packages in total and the number of packages weighing more than 5 kg is twice the number weighing exactly 2 kg, how many packages weigh between 2 kg and 5 kg?

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Practice Question 2easyProblem Solving

A freight shipping company needs to transport a total of 480 containers. The company estimates that 37.5% of the containers are fragile and require special handling. If the company can allocate only 120 containers per shipment, how many shipments will be required specifically for the fragile containers?

Practice Question 3easyProblem Solving

A city transit authority is planning to assign bus routes to drivers. Each driver will be assigned a unique identification number, which is a 4-digit prime number. The authority wants to ensure that no two drivers have IDs that are consecutive primes. If the smallest prime number available for assignment is 1009, how many drivers can be assigned IDs under this constraint?

Practice Question 4easyProblem Solving

A farmer wants to plant a rectangular field with exactly 24 trees arranged in rows and columns such that each row has the same number of trees and each column has the same number of trees. If the farmer wants the field to have as many rows as possible, how many trees will be in each row?

Practice Question 5easyProblem Solving

A company uses 4-digit employee ID numbers where each number must be divisible by 5 but cannot be divisible by 10. How many such ID numbers exist between 3000 and 5999 inclusive?

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