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Grade 10 – Maths
Polynomials and Real Numbers: PYQs
1.Prove that 7 − 2√3 is an irrational number, given that √3 is an irrational number.
2.If 𝛼𝛼 and 𝛽𝛽 are the zeroes of 𝑝𝑝(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 2 − 5𝑥𝑥 + 𝑏𝑏 and 𝛼𝛼 − 𝛽𝛽 = 1, then 𝑏𝑏 is: 3.If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032 × 2 + 408 × p, then find the value of p. 4.Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥𝑥 2 + 7𝑥𝑥 + 10 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients. 5.The Muscle Gym has bought 63 treadmills and 108 elliptical machines. The gym divides them into several identical sets of treadmills and elliptical machines for its branches located throughout the city, with no exercise equipment left over. What is the greatest number of branches the gym can have in the city? 6.If 𝛼𝛼, 𝛽𝛽 are zeroes of quadratic polynomial 5𝑥𝑥 2 + 5𝑥𝑥 + 1, find the value of 1. 𝛼𝛼 2 + 𝛽𝛽 2 2. 𝛼𝛼 −1 + 𝛽𝛽 −1 7.Find the value of k such that the polynomial 3𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 + 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑘𝑘 − 5, has the sum of zeroes equal to half of their product. 8.Places A and B are tourist places. Beginning at 8:30 am, tourist bus for place 𝐴𝐴 leaves every 15 minutes and the bus for place B leaves every 20 minutes. How often do the buses leave at the same time? 9.The number of polynomials having zeroes as -1 and 3 is: 10.Two different numbers are expressible in the forms 𝑝𝑝2 × 3 × 11 and 2 × 𝑞𝑞 × 13, where 𝑝𝑝 and 𝑞𝑞 are prime numbers. If their HCF is 6 then value of p and q? 11.If one of the zero of a polynomial 3𝑥𝑥 2 − 8𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑘𝑘 + 1 is seven times the other, find the value of 𝑘𝑘. 12.If 𝑎𝑎 and 𝑏𝑏 are zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑥 − 6, then find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are (3a + 2 b) and (2a + 3 b). 13.If 𝛼𝛼 and 𝛽𝛽 are the zeroes of the polynomial 2𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑥 + 1, then (𝛼𝛼𝛼𝛼)−2 is: 14.Check whether 6𝑛𝑛 can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n. 15.Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers? 16.Two tankers contain 850 liters and 680 liters of petrol. Find the maximum capacity of a container which can measure the petrol of each tanker in the exact number of times. 17.Find the largest number that will divide 398,436 and 542 leaving remainders 7,11, and 15 respectively. 18.In a school, there are two Sections A and B of class X. There are 48 students in Section A and 60 students in Section B. Determine the least number of books required for the library of the school so that the books can be distributed equally among all students of each Section. 19.There are 104 students in class X and 96 students in class IX in a school. In a house examination, the students are to be evenly seated in parallel rows such that no two adjacent rows are of the same class. (2013) (a) Find the maximum number of students in a row of each class for the seating arrangement. (b) Also, find the number of rows of class IX and of class X in a row. (c) What is the objective of the school administration behind such an arrangement? 20.Two brands of chocolates are available in packs of 24 and 15 respectively. If I buy an equal number of chocolates of both kinds, what is the least number of boxes of each kind I would need to buy?