NCERT Solutions Ganita Prakash (Part 1) Chapter 5 Always, Sometimes, or Never — In-text Questions

Book page 119 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.
2. If a number is divisible by 8, then 8 also divides any two numbers (separately) that add up to the number.
Answer

Sometimes true. The word that breaks it is any.

72 = 48 + 24 = 8 × 6 + 8 × 3 → both parts divisible by 8 ✓
72 = 50 + 22 → neither part divisible by 8 ✗
72 = 64 + 8 → both divisible by 8 ✓
72 = 70 + 2 → neither divisible by 8 ✗
Why it happens: a multiple of 8 can certainly be split as 8a + 8b, but it can also be split as p + q where p and q are anything at all — you just cut the pile wherever you like. Since some splits work and others do not, the statement is sometimes true.
Tip: a correct version does exist. If 8 divides the total and 8 divides one part, then 8 must divide the other part too — because the other part is (total – part), a difference of two multiples of 8.
Q2.
3. If a number is divisible by 7, then all multiples of that number will be divisible by 7.
Answer

Always true.

The number is divisible by 7, so write it as 7j
Its multiples are (7j) × m = 7(jm)
7 is a factor, so every multiple is divisible by 7

Take 14 = 7 × 2 (so j = 2). Its multiples:

28 = (7 × 2) × 2 = 7 × 4
70 = (7 × 2) × 5 = 7 × 10
154 = (7 × 2) × 11 = 7 × 22

The picture in the book makes the same point: 7j is j rows of 7, and taking it m times gives mj rows of 7 — still whole rows, nothing left over.

Tip: in general, if A is divisible by k, then all multiples of A are divisible by k. This is the first bullet of the chapter summary.
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