Mathematics

Real Numbers
(STANDARD – Xth)

BY GAURAV SHARMA
STUDENT NAME : __________________
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 Section – (A)
1. Which of the following is irrational ?
(a) (b)

(c) Both a and b (d) None of these

2. The decimal expansion of is

(a) terminating (b) non-terminating and non-recurring

(c) non-terminating and recurring (d) does not exist.

3. 4 + √ is
(a) an integer (b) rational number

(c) irrational number (d) none of these

4. The product of a non-zero rational and an irrational number is

(a) always irrational (b) always rational

(c) rational or irrational (d) one

5. 2.17117111711117…….. is
(a) an integer (b) rational number

(c) irrational number (d) none of these

6. If HCF(x, 14) = 6, LCM(x, 14) = 28, then x is

(a) 10 (b) 8

(c) 12 (d) 14

7. Which of the following statements is true ?

(a) and are both rationals (b) and are both irrationals

(c) is rational and is irrational (d) is irrational and is rational

8. LCM of (2 5 7) and ( is
(a) 52 (b) 560 (c) 210 (d) 1680

9. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10

(both inclusive) is
(a) 2530 (b) 2720 (c) 2520 (d) 3120

10. If the HCF of two numbers is 1, then two numbers are called
(a) irrational numbers (b) relatively prime or co-prime

(c) perfect (d) composite

11. What is the HCF of two consecutive even numbers ?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

12. If p is prime, then √ is

(a) rational (b) irrational

(c) prime number (d) None of these

13. The LCM and HCF of two rational numbers are equal, then the
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(c) composite (d) equal

14. If n is a natural number, then √ is

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(c) always an irrational number

(d) Sometimes a natural number and sometimes an irrational number

15. Which of the following is rational ?

(a) √ (b) (c) (d)

16. If p and q are co-prime numbers, then and are

(a) co-prime (b) not co-prime (c) even (d) odd

17. Sum of square root of two prime positive integers is always

(a) irrational (b) rational (c) composite (d) prime

18. If the HCF of two numbers 216 and 1176 is 24, then its LCM will be
(a) 254016 (b) 10584 (c) 28224 (d) 58410

19. The number in the form of 2m + 3, where m is a whole number be

always
(a) odd number (b) even number (c) perfect square (d) divisible by 3

20. LCM(a, b) HCF(a, b) = ?

(a) a + b (b) a – b (c) a b (d) a b

21. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = and b = x ;

x, y are prime numbers, then HCF(a, b) is :
(a) xy (b) x (c) (d)

22. HCF of ( ,( and ( is :

(a) 30 (b) 48 (c) (d)

23. The least number which when divided by 18, 24, 30 and 42 will
leave in each case the same remainder 1, would be :
(a) 2520 (b) 2519 (c) (d)

24. If x = 28 + (1 and

y = 17 + (1 then which of the following is/are

true ?
(i) x is a composite number
(ii) y is a prime number
(iii) x – y is a prime number
(iv) x + y is a composite number
(a) Both (i) and (iv) (b) Both (ii) and (iii)
(c) Both (ii) and (iv) (d) Both (i) and (ii)

25. Let a and b be two positive integers such that a = and

b= , where p and q are prime numbers. If HCF(a, b) = and

LCM(a,b) = , then (m + n)(r + s) = ?
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) (d)

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1. If the sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 1260 and their LCM
is 900 more than their HCF, then find the product of two numbers.

2. The length, breadth and height of a room are 8m 50cm, 6m 25cm and
4m 75cm respectively.Find the length of the longest rod that can
measure the dimensions of the room exactly.

3. The LCM of two numbers is 14 times of their HCF.The sum of LCM

and HCF is 600. If one number is 280, then find the other number.

4. Find HCF of the numbers given below :

k, 2k, 3k, 4k and 5k, where k is any positive integers.

5. Two tanks contain 504 and 735 litres of milk respectively. Find the
maximum capacity of a container which can measure the milk of either
tank an exact number of times.

6. Find the largest number which divides 320 and 457, leaving
remainders 5 and 7 respectively.

7. Find the least number which when divided by 35, 56 and 91 leaves
the same remainder 7 in each case.

8. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every
48 seconds, 72 seconds and 108 seconds respectively. If they all change
simultaneously at 8 a.m., then at what time will they again change
simultaneously ?
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9. Find the maximum number of students among whom 1001 pens and
910 pencils can be distributed in such a way that each students gets the
same number of pens and the same number of pencils.

10. The HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117. Find
the value of m. Also, find the LCM of 65 and 117, using prime
factorization method.

11. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 20 minutes
and 25 minutes respectively. If they first beep together at 12 noon, at
what time will they beep again together next time ?

12. Three bells ring at intervals of 6, 12 and 18 minutes.If all the three
bells rang at 6 am, when will they ring together again ?

13. Prove that √ is an irrational number.

14. Prove that √ is an irrational number.
15. Prove that 3 + 7√ is an irrational number, given that √ is an
irrational number.

16. Prove that 5 - 2√ is an irrational number.

17. Show that any number of the form ,n N can never end with the
digit 0.

18. Which of the following numbers are irrational ?

(a) √ (b) √ (c) 3.142857 (d) 2. ̅

(e) (f) (g) 0.232332333….. (h) 5.27̅̅̅̅

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19. Complete the following factor tree and find the composite number
x:

2 y

3 1855

5 371

7 z
20. Find the smallest natural number by which 1200 should be
multiplied so that the square root of the product is a rational number.

21. On the two real numbers a = 2 + √ and b = 3 - √ , perform the

following operations :
(i) Calculate the sum (a + b).
(ii) Calculate the product (ab).
(iii) Find the additive inverse of a.

(iv) Rationalise .

22. Find HCF and LCM of , and . BY GAURAV SHARMA

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23. The prime factorization of a natural number k is (3 where

p 2. What is the prime factorization of 10 ?

24. Determine the prime factorization of each of the following positive

integers.
(i) 20570 (ii) 58500 (iii) 45470971 (iv) 874944

25. Explain whether the following numbers are prime or composite

numbers :
(i) 7
(ii) 3
(iii) 2
(iv) 6
(v) 7

26. Find the value of : + + + ,

where n is any positive odd integer.

27. State Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.Is it possible that HCF

and LCM of two numbers be 24 and 540 respectively.Justify your
answer.

28. Sum of two numbers is 55. HCF and LCM of these numbers are 5
and 120 respectively. Then what is the sum of reciprocal of these
numbers.

29. If ‘a’ and ‘b’ are two composite numbers such that the least prime
factor of ‘a’ is 3 and of ‘b’ is 5, then find least prime factor of (a + b).
30. Write the number ‘n’ in usual form, whose prime factorization is
given below :
n=
Also, find the number of zeroes it contains.

  
Prime Factorisation Method

HCF LCM
(Highest common Factor) (Lowest common Multiple)

Take product of all Take product of all

common factors factors with Highest
with lowest power. power.

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 Section – (A)
1. (c) 2.(b) 3.(c) 4.(a) 5.(c)
6. (c) 7.(d) 8.(d) 9.(c) 10.(b)
11. (c) 12.(b) 13.(d) 14.(d) 15.(d)
16. (a) 17.(a) 18.(b) 19.(a) 20.(d)
21. (b) 22.(c) 23.(c) 24.(a) 25.(c)

Section – (B)
1).194400 2).25 cm 3).80 4).k
5).21 litres 6).45 7).3647
8).8 : 7 : 12 hrs. 9).91 10).m = 2 11). 1 : 40 am
12).6 : 36 am 18).(a), (b), (e), (g) 19). x =11130
20).3 y = 5565
z = 53
21). (i) 5 + √ - √ (ii) 6 - 2√ + 3√ - √

(iii) -2 - √ (iv) √ )

22).HCF = , LCM = 23).2

24).(i) 2 (ii)
(iii) (iv)
25).(i) ,(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) all are Composite Numbers.
26).0 27). HCF = 24 and LCM = 540

= = 22.5, Not an integer.

Hence two numbers cannot have HCF and LCM as
24 and 540 respectively.

Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

According to the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, every composite
number can be written(factorized) as the product of primes and this
factorization is unique, apart from the order in which the prime factors
occur.
Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, is also called Unique factorization theorem.

Therefore, Composite number = Product of prime numbers

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28). 29).2 30). n = 26000000
Hence, the number of zeroes it

contains are 6.

Important Formulas
of Numerators
HCF of fractions =
of Denominators

of Numerators
LCM of fractions =
of Denominators

Product of two numbers = HCF LCM

One number =
Other number

Other number =
One number

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