QB12 Mathematics Class X (2024-25)

Chapter 1: Real Numbers

SECTION 1 (1-mark questions)

1. Choose the correct answer option:

i. If least prime factor of a is 3 and least prime factor of b is 7, the least prime factor of (a + b) is:
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 11

ii. The product of the HCF and LCM of the smallest prime number and smallest composite number is:
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8

iii. If n is any natural number, then which of the following expressions ends with 0?
A) (3 × 2)n B) (4 × 3)n C) (2 × 5)n D) (6 × 2)n

iv. HCF and LCM of a and b are 19 and 152 respectively. If a = 38, then b is equal to:
A) 152 B) 19 C) 38 D) 76

v. The largest number which divides 71 and 126, leaving remainders 6 and 9 respectively is:
A) 1750 B) 13 C) 65 D) 875

vi. If two integers a and b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy4; x, y are prime numbers, then
H.C.F. (a, b) is:
3 3
A) x y B) x2y2 C) xy D) xy2

vii.
( 2− 3 )( )
3 + 2 is:

A) A rational number B) A whole number C) An irrational number D) A natural number

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The decimal expansion of the number is:
2  3  53
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A) terminating B) non-terminating, non-repeating C) non-terminating, repeating D) none of the above

ix. Which of the following is not an irrational number?

A) 5 − √3 B)√5 + √3 C)4 + √2 D) 5 + √9
x.

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xi. If x = 23  3  52 , y = 22  33 , then HCF (x, y) is:
A) 12 B) 108 C) 6 D) 36

xii. Assertion(A): n2 – n is divisible by 2 for every positive integer n.

Reason(R): √2 is not a rational number.
A) A is true; R is False.
B) A is false; R is true.
C) A is true, R is true: R is correct explanation for A.
D) A is true, R is true: R is not a correct explanation for A.

xiii. If ‘b’ is a factor of ‘a’, then HCF and LCM of ‘a’ and ‘b’ respectively are
A) a, b B) b, a C) 1, ab D) ab, 1

xiv. Which of the following rational numbers have terminating decimal?

16 5 2 7
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
225 18 21 250

A) (i) and (iii) B) (ii) and (iii) C) (i) and (iii) D) (i) and (iv)

xv. 13497
After how many places the decimal expansion of will terminate?
* 1250
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

2. What would be the value of n for which n2–1 is divisible by 8?

3. Find the least number which is divisible by all numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive).

4. Find one rational and one irrational number between √3 and √5.

5. Find the value of: (–1)n + (–1)2n + (–1)2n+1 + (–1)4n+2, where n is any positive odd integer.

SECTION B (2 marks questions)

6. If a and b are co-prime numbers, what can you say about a2 and b2? Justify your answer.

7. If HCF (6, a) = 2 and LCM (6, a) = 60, then find a.

8. If 7560 = 23 × 3p × q × 7, find p and q.

9. Check whether 15n can end with digit zero for any natural number n.

10. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reasons.

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11. What is the smallest number by which √5 − √2 is to be multiplied to make it a rational number? Also
find the number so obtained?

12. 987
Without actually performing the long division, find if will have terminating or non-terminating
* 10500
repeating decimal expansion. Give reason for your answer.

13. Prove that 2 + 3 2 is irrational, given that √2 is an irrational number.

14. 2 45 + 3 20
* Write whether on simplification gives a rational or an irrational number.
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15. Express the HCF of numbers 72 and 124 as a linear combination of 72 and 124.

16. Find the largest number that divides 31 and 99 leaving remainder 5 and 8 respectively.

SECTION C (3 marks questions)

17. If HCF of 210 and 55 is of the form (210) (5) + 55 y, find the value of ‘y’.

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

19. In a seminar, the number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108
respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room the same number of
participants are to be seated and all of them being of the same subject.

20. Find the number nearest to 110000 but greater than 1 lakh, which is exactly divisible by 8, 15, 21.

21. The floor of a room is 8m 96cm long and 6m 72cm wide. Find the minimum number of square tiles of
the same size needed to cover the entire floor.

22. The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If one of the
numbers is 280. Find the other number.

23. Prove that √𝑝 + √𝑞 is irrational, where p, q are primes.

24. Gauri decided to distribute milk in an orphanage on her birthday. The supplier brought two milk
containers which contain 398 l and 436 l of milk. The milk is to be transferred to another containers so
that 7 l and 11 l of milk is left in both the containers respectively. What will be the maximum capacity
of the drum?

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25. A street shopkeeper prepares 396 gulab jamuns and 342 ras-gullas. He packs them, in combination. Each
container consists of either gulab jamuns or ras-gullas but have equal number of pieces. Find the number
of pieces he should put in each box so that number of boxes are least.

SECTION D (4 marks questions)

Case Study Based Questions
26. Richa is an artificial jewelry seller. She buys them from a dealer at a price based on the presence or
absence of stones as shown in the table below:

Answer the following questions based on the above information given:

i) For every ring with stones, two rings without stones are purchased by Richa’s customers.
Richa buys rings accordingly from the dealer for ₹10,000. How many rings does she buy?
ii) In her next visit to the dealer, Richa finds that dealer has increased the price of rings with
stones by ₹10. Richa still wants to spend ₹10,000 on rings. What is the reduction in the
number of rings she buys?
iii) The dealer increases the price of one type of earrings. Richa buys earrings (with stones and
without stones) in the ratio of 5:9 before the price hike. After the price hike, she buys earrings
in the ratio of 8:13 with the same amount of money. Does she buy more earrings with stones
than earrings without stones after the price hike? Give reasons.
iv) Richa purchases 37 pairs of bangles with stones and 33 pairs of bangles without stones. She
divides them into two sets. Set 1 contains 40 pairs of bangles and set 2 contains 30 pairs of
bangles. What is the difference between the number of bangle pairs with stones in set 1 and
the number of bangle pairs without stones in set 2?

27. To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and two of your friends to
set up a class library. There are two sections- section A and section B of grade X. There are 32 students
in section A and 36 students in section B.
i) What is the minimum number of books you will acquire for the class library, so that they can
be distributed equally among students of Section A or Section B?
ii) If the product of two positive integers is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM is true
then, then find the HCF (32, 36).
iii) Express 36 as a product of its primes.
iv) If p and q are positive integers such that p = ab2 and q= a2b, where a, b are prime numbers,
then find the LCM (p, q).