Competency Based Questions - Real Number
Competency Based Questions - Real Number
2) An army contingent of 1232 numbers is to march behind an army band of 64 members in a parade. The
two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the maximum number of columns in
3) Find the greatest number which divides 285 and 1249 leaving remainders 9 and 17 respectively.
4) 144 cartons of coke cans and 90 cartons of Pepsi cans are to be stacked in a canteen. If each stack is of
the same height and is to contain cartons of the same drink, then the greatest number of cartons each
5) The largest number which divides 615 and 963 having remainder 6 in each case is _______________
6) Find HCF(240,6552)
8) Express the HCF of 468 and 222 as 468x + 222y in two different ways, where x and y are integers
9) Find HCF(84,402) and LCM(84,402) by the prime factorization method. Hence, prove that the product
10) If the prime factorization of a natural number, n is 2 3 X 32 X 52 X7, then write the number of
11) Show that any number of the form 8n, can never end with digit zero
13) In a morning walk, three persons step off together. If their steps measure 80cm,85cm and 90cm
respectively, then the minimum distance each should walk, so that they can cover the distance in
complete steps.
14) Find the smallest 6-digit number which is exactly divisible by 8,15 and 21 is _______
18) The sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 1260.If their LCM is 900 more than their HCF, then find
20) The HCF of two numbers is 23 and their LCM is 1449. If one of the numbers is 161, then other number
is _________
21) Can 16 and 142 be the HCF and LCM respectively of two numbers? Justify your answer
22) A circular field has circumference of 360km. Two cyclists start together and can cycle at speeds of
12km/h and 15km/h respectively, around the circular field. The time taken by them to meet again at the
25) Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the books
are stored topic-wise and the maximum height of each stack is the same. The number of English books
is 96, the number of Hindi books is 240 and the number of mathematics books is 336. Assuming that the
books are of the same thickness, determine the number of stack of English, Hindi and Mathematics
books.
26) There is a square path around a sport field. Ram takes 21 minutes to walk one round of the field, his
friend Shyam takes 15 minutes for the same. Suppose they both start from the same point at the same
time and go in the same direction. After how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
27) If the product of two natural numbers is 2695 and their HCF is 7, then find their LCM
30) If the prime factorization of a natural number n is 2 4 X 33 X52 X 72 then write the number of consecutive
32) The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds and 108
seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at 7 a.m. at what time will they change
simultaneously again?
33) Find the least number which when divided by 6,15 and 18 leave remainder5 in each case.
34) Find the smallest 4-digit number which is divisible by 18,24 and 32
35) Find the greatest 4-digit number which is divisible by 18,24 and 32
36) Determine the smallest 3-digit number which is exactly divisible by 6,8 and 12
37) Determine the greatest 3-digit number which is exactly divisible by 8,10 and 12
5
39) Prove is an irrational
√3
40) Is it possible for a pair of numbers their LCM is 72 and HCF is 27? Justify your answer.
42) The ratio of LCM and HCF of the smallest prime number and smallest composite number is ____
2√45+3√20
43) Write whether on simplifying gives rational or irrational number?
2√5
45) If `a` and `b` are co primes then a3 and b3 are_____ a)co prime b) not co primes c) even d) Odd
46) If `n` is a natural number, then 2(5n +6n) always ends with __________________
47) The LCM of two numbers is 1200. Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
48) Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3, and their LCM is 180. What is the HCF of these numbers?
32
49) If p2 = 50, then p is an ___________
50) The LCM(the smallest two digit number, the smallest composite number) is__________
51) The dimensions of a room are 8m 50cm, 6m 25cm and 4m 75cm respectively. Find the length of the longest