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How many positive integers less than 30 are co-prime to 30?

Competition practiceNumber & Arithmetic
  • A8
  • B10
  • C12
  • D15

Step-by-Step Solution

30 = , so a number is co-prime to it only if it avoids the factors 2, 3 and 5. Of the numbers 1 to 29 that leaves 1, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and 29 — eight in all. (Counting them as gives the same result.)
Answer: A) 8

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