houstonrockets16 wrote:The integers m and p are such that 2 < m < p and m is not a factor of p. If r is the remainder when p is divided by m, is r >1?

1) the greatest common factor of m and p is 2.
2) the least common multiple of m and p is 30.

I am trying to find a way to answer this question besides just guessing numbers. Can anyone help? Thanks so much

OA: A

From the stem, we know that p is not divisible by m, so the remainder can't be 0 when p is divided by m. So r is either equal to 1, or r is greater than 1.

According to Statement 1, m and p are both even (both are divisible by 2). When you divide an even number by another even number, the remainder can't be odd. Since the remainder is not zero, it must be 2 or greater. Sufficient.

Statement 2 is not sufficient, though you really need to look at examples to see why. We may have that m = 5, p = 6, or we may have that m = 10, p = 15.