DIVISIBILITY BY 2

All even numbers are divisible by 2.

A number  ends with one of the following digits is called as even number.

0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 

Practice Questions

Question 1 :

Which of the following is divisible by 2 ? 

(A)  15,  (B)  12,  (C)  11

Answer :

Options A :

The unit digit of the number 15 is 5 which is not an even number. 

So, 15 is not divisible by 2.

Options B :

The unit digit of the number 12 is 2 which is an even number. 

So, 12 is divisible by 2.

Options C :

Because the unit digit of the number 11 is 1, which is not an even number.

So, 11 is not divisible by 2.

Therefore, the number 12 given in option B is divisible by 2. 

Question 2 :

Which of the following is divisible by 2 ? 

(A)  101,  (B)  105,  (C)  108

Answer :

Options A :

The unit digit of the number 101 is 1 which is not an even number. 

So, 101 is not divisible by 2.

Options B :

The unit digit of the number 105 is 5 which is not an even number. 

So, 105 is not divisible by 2.

Options C :

Because the unit digit of the number 108 is 8 which is an even number.

So, 108 is divisible by 2.

Therefore, the number 108 given in option C is divisible by 2. 

Question 3 :

Which of the following numbers must be added to 13 to get a number which is divisible by 2 ?

(A)  0,  (B)  1,  (C)  2

Answer :

13 + 0  =  13

13 + 1  =  14

13 + 2  =  15

In the above calculation, when we add 1 to 13, we get 14 which is an even number. 

Because 14 is an even number, it is divisible by 2. 

So, option B is correct. 

Questions 4 :

Which of the following number must be subtracted from 27 to get the two divisible number ? 

(A)  0,  (B)  2,  (C)  3

Answer :

27 - 0  =  27

27 - 2  =  25

27 - 3  =  24

In the above calculation, when we subtract 3 from 27, we get 24 which is an even number. 

Because 24 is an even number, it is divisible by 2. 

So, option C is correct. 

Question 5 :

Which of the following statements is true ?

(A) All the two digit numbers are divisible by 2

(B) Only two digit even numbers are divisible by 2 

(C) All even numbers are divisible by 2

Answer :

According to the divisibility rule of 2, all even numbers are divisible by 2.

So, option C is correct. 

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