2024-2025

NAME: SUBJECT: MATHS

CLASS: X TERM 1
DATE:

COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS

REAL NUMBERS
1) Aadya has 143 stamps; she gives away 11 stamps and divides the remaining equally into groups.
Sumit has 220 stamps; he gives away 11 stamps and divides the remaining equally into groups. They
end up with the same number of groups.
a) What is the number of groups?
b) What is the number of stamps in Adya’s and Sumit’s groups?
c) A number is multiplied by 5. Then, 40 is subtracted from the product. The result obtained is then
multiplied by 2 and 50 subtracted from the product so obtained. The answer is a two-digit
number. What is the largest integer that can be used to get a two-digit number as the answer?
2) Floor of a room is to be fitted with square marble tiles of the largest possible size. The size
of the room is 10 m × 7 m. What should be the size of tiles required that has to be cut and
how many such tiles are required?
3) The school principal wants to address the students of classes’ 8th to 10th on the importance of
personal hygiene. He asks the teacher in charge of the school to arrange all the students of eighth,
ninth, and tenth classes in a single hall. There are 84 students from the eighth class, 63 students
from the ninth, and 42 students from the tenth class.

a) What is the minimum number of rows in which the students can be seated such that students
belonging to the same class are seated in the same row?
(i) 7 (ii) 9 (iii) 21 (iv) 42
b) Realizing that the hall can accommodate more students, the school Principal now wants to include
98 students in class seventh also. What will be the number of students and minimum number of
rows such that students belonging to the same class are seated in the same row?

c) Suppose A number of students in the same class Minimum number of the bus
in in one row rows charge of
the school
(i) 14 21
has to arrange
buses in (ii) 21 14 the
morning for a
(iii
picnic. 41 7 There
)
are two lines of
buses, (iv) 7 41 line A
and line B. Buses
on line A leave after every 15 minutes while buses on line B leave after every 20 minutes. In a
day, how many times do buses on both lines A and B leave together between 8 am and 11 am if
firstly, buses leave together at 8 a.m.?

(i) 3 (ii) 4 (iii) 5 (iv) 6

d) Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4: 5 and their LCM is 2400. The HCF of the numbers is
(i) 40 (ii) 60 (iii) 80 (iv) 120
e) The product of the two numbers is 2028 and their HCF is 13. The LCM of the numbers is
(i) 13 (ii) 156 (iii) 2028 (iv) 26364

POLYNOMIALS

4) Amit designs a lower vase using a graph of polynomial equations. Equation of the curve l is given in
the graph.
 a) Sara looks at the graphical model and makes an observation, “The zero of the polynomial is
at the origin.” Is she correct? If not, what are the coordinates of the zero of the polynomial?
b) Sara changes the coefficient of y³ in the polynomials for the curves l and m. How does it
affect the shape of the flowerpot?
c) Amit wants to decrease the minimum opening of the lower pot. Which term of the
polynomials for the curves l and m should he change?
5) SLV-3 was successfully launched on July 18, 1980, from Sriharikota Range (SHAR), when Rohini
satellite, RS-1, was placed in orbit, thereby making India the sixth member of an exclusive club of
space-faring nations. SLV-3 employed open loop guidance (with stored pitch program) to steer the
vehicle in flight along a predetermined trajectory. The successful culmination of the SLV-3 project
showed the way to advanced launch vehicle projects such as the Augmented Satellite Launch
Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle (GSLV).

A toy rocket is fired into the air from the top of a tall building. Let its height above the ground after time
t seconds be given by the P(t) = 24t2 – 41t + 12.
a) What will be the shape of the graph representing the height of the rocket above the ground?
b) Find the number of zeroes in the graph given.
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

6) Digital images consist of pixels. A pixel can be considered as the smallest unit on a display screen in a
mobile or a computer. The number of pixels, their size and colors depend on the display screen and
its graphic card. Display screens are rectangular in shape and their size is denied as the length of the
diagonal.

Amit is designing a web page for a display on a screen whose size is 1000 pixels. The width of the
screen is 800 pixels.
a) Which of the following equation can be used to calculate the height (h) of the screen?
(i) h2+200X1800=0 (ii) h2- 200X1800=0 (iii) h2- 200=0 (iv) h2- 1800=0
b) The size of a screen display can be measured in inches also. Is it possible to have a screen of size
13 inches where the width is 7 inches more than height? Give an example to justify.
c) The size of a screen is an important factor in designing a web page. The page can be opened on
different screen sizes but during the initial designing stage, one screen area is considered as the
safe area. The content in the safe area can be viewed without horizontal and vertical scrolling of
the web page.
The safe area of a web page is 40 pixels less than the width and 190 pixels less than the height of
the display screen.
Which of the following expression represents the safe area for the screen whose screen height is
200 pixels less than the screen width (w)?
(i) w2-50w+400 (ii) w2-350w+30400
(iii) w2-200w+7600 (iv) w2 -430w+15600
d) Which of the following is not a method of solving a quadratic equation?
(i) Factorization (ii) Completing the square
(iii) Using quadratic formula (iv) Finding the nature of the root

7) Given below is the conversation between Gayatri and a mason.

Gayatri: ‘Here are some 90 cm × 90 cm tiles. I want to use these in flooring of our courtyard.’
Mason: ‘If I use all of these tiles, there will be four more columns than rows.’
Gayatri: ‘I want to make a square floor.
Mason: ‘Either some tiles will be left unused or 35 additional tiles are required.’
Mason: ‘Okay, that is possible, but you still have to buy some more.’
Gayatri: ‘I do not think 35 additional tiles are required to make a square courtyard.’
a) How many tiles did Gayatri have?
 b) What is the minimum number of tiles she has to purchase to make a square courtyard?
c) For the minimum number of tiles purchased, what can be the side length (in m) of the square
courtyard?
TRIANGLES

8) While browsing through the catalogue of wooden shelves, Ravi came across this beautiful triangular-
shaped shelf. In the shelf, DE is parallel to the base BC and could be used for displaying small plants
and showpieces.

9) Find the relation between the sides AD, DB, AE, and EC. Also, mention the theorem used.
10) Find the value of x if AD = (x + 3) cm, BD = (3x + 19) cm, AE = x cm and EC = (3x + 4) cm.
11) D and E are the points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a ∆ABC. If AB = 9 cm, AC = 18 cm,
AD = 2 cm, and AE = 4 cm, then prove that DE||BC.

12) Some concrete water towers have been built to supply water to the localities nearby. They are
usually mounted with a cylindrical tank. A water tower for a locality is 40 m high.

a) The water tower cast a shadow of 25 m. At the same time, a tree near it casts a shadow of 5 m.
What is the height of the tree?
(i) 3.12 m (ii) 8 m (iii) 20 m (iv) 25m
b) A scale model of the water tower of 100 cm height is created. The height of its pillars is 75 cm
each. What is the height of a pillar (in m) in the actual water tower?
(i) 7.5 (ii) 25 (iii) 30m (iv) 53.4

INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY
13) A moving camera at the top of a 4 m high building captures the images of a walking man at five
different positions. The five positions are shown in the figure below.

a) Describe the change in the value of sin A.

b) Which of the following is not true for position 5?

c) In the isosceles triangle ABC, BD is the altitude and ∠ABC = 120°.What is the value of cos C ?
(i) AB=0 (ii) BC=AC (iii) BC=1 (iv) CA=AB

14) In the figure given below, PQRS is a quadrilateral. PR is perpendicular to QR and PS.

a) What is the value of tanQ?

b) What is the length of RS?
c) What is the value of secθ (1 – sinθ ) (sec θ +tan θ )?
STATISTICS
15) From the following table answer the given questions.

a) What is the mean claim amount in dollars?

b) How many claim requests of up to $3500 did the company receive?
c) What is the modal range of the claim amount in dollars?
16) The data given below shows the number of people of different age groups visiting a restaurant in a
day.

Age group (in years) No. of people

 Under 10 20
Under 20 70
Under 30 120
Under 40 152
Under 50 174
Under 60 189
Under 70 192

a) How many people of the age group 40-50 years have visited the restaurant?
b) What is the median age group of the people who visited the restaurant?
PROBABILITY
17) In a two-dice game, a player throws two dice simultaneously. A player scores the sum of the two
dice thrown and gradually reaches a higher score as they continue to roll.

b) Find the probability that the difference between the numbers on the two dice is 3.
c) Find the probability that the product of the numbers on the two dice is more than 18.
18) A bag contains tickets, numbered 11, 12, 13... 30. A ticket is taken out from the bag at random.
Find the probability that the number on the drawn ticket
(i) Is a multiple of 7.
(ii) Is greater than 15 and a multiple of 5.
19) In a family that has three children, there might be no girl, one girl, two girls, or three girls. Hence,
the probability for each is 1/4. Is this correct? Justify your answer.