GRADE 10

CH-1 REAL NUMBERS QUESTION BANK

1) If p, q are two prime numbers, then what is the HCF and LCM of p and q?
2) The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If
one number is 280, then find the other number.
3) If two positive integers a and b are written as a = 10x3 y2 and b = 15xy3 ; x, y are
prime numbers, then what is the HCF (a, b)?
4) If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = 12ab2 and q = 18a3 b; a, b
being prime numbers, then what is the LCM (p, q)?
5) What is the largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8,
respectively?
6) If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117, then what is the value
of m?
7) Consider the numbers 4n , where n is a natural number. Check whether there is any
value of n for which 4n ends with the digit zero.
8) The ratio of HCF to LCM of the least composite number and the least prime number
is_____________.
9) Two positive numbers have their HCF as 12 and their product as 6336. The number of
pairs possible for the numbers, is_________ .
10) Find the least number which when divided by 12,16 and 24 leaves remainder 7 in
each case.
11) Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3 and their LCM is 180. What is the HCF of these
numbers?
12) On a morning walk, three persons steps off together and their steps measure 40 cm,42
cm, and 45 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that
each can cover same distance in complete steps?
13) An army contingent of 678 soldiers is to march behind an army band of 36 members
in a Republic Day parade. The two groups are to march in the same number of
columns. What is the maximum number of columns they can march?
14) A sweet shopkeeper prepares 396 gulab jamuns and 342 ras-gullas. He packs them
into containers. Each container consists of either gulab jamun 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.
15) Find the largest possible positive integer that divides 125, 162 and 259 leaving
remainder 5, 6 and 7 respectively.
16) Show that 3 + 5√7 is an irrational number, given that √7 is irrational.
17) Given that HCF(252, 594) = 18, find LCM(252, 594).
18) A sweetseller has 420 kaju burfis and 150 badam burfis. He wants to stack them in
such a way that each stack has the same number, and they take up the least area of the
tray. How many of these can be placed in each stack? How many stacks are formed?
19) Find the largest number that will divide 398, 436 and 542, leaving remainders 7, 11
and 15 respectively.
20) 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.
21) Ravi and Sikha drive around a circular sports field. Ravi takes 16 minutes to take one
round, while Sikha completes the round in 20 minutes. If both start at the same point,
at the same time and go in the same direction, after how much time will they meet at
the starting point?
22) In a school there are two sections, namely A and B, of class X. There are 30 students
in section A and 28 students in section B. Find the minimum number of books
required for their class library so that they can be distributed equally among students
of section A or section B.
23) 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 in the same
subject.
24) Three sets of English, mathematics and science books containing 336, 240 and 96
books respectively have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored
subject-wise and the height of each stack is the same. How many stacks will be there?
25) Three pieces of timber 42 m, 49 m and 63 m long have to be divided into planks of
the same length. What is the greatest possible length of each plank? How many planks
are formed?
26) Find the greatest possible length which can be used to measure exactly the lengths
7m, 3m 85 cm and 12m 95 cm.
27) Find the maximum number of students among whom 1001 pens and 910 pencils can
be distributed in such a way that each student gets the same number of pens and the
same number of pencils.
28) Find the least number of square tiles required to pave the ceiling of a room 15 m 17
cm long and 9 m 2 cm broad.
29) Three measuring rods are 64 cm, 80 cm and 96 cm in length. Find the least length of
cloth that can be measured an exact number of times, using any of the rods.
30) . An electronic device makes a beep after every 60 seconds. Another device makes a
beep after every 62 seconds. They beeped together at 10 a.m. At what time will they
beep together at the earliest?
31) 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?
32) Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 minutes
respectively. In 30 hours, how many times do they toll together?
33) If a is rational and b is irrational then prove that a + √b is irrational.
34) Prove that √2 + √3 is irrational, given that √2 is irrational.
35) What is the least number that is divisible by all the natural numbers from 1 to 10 (both
inclusive)?
36) Le ‘p’ be a prime number and k be a positive integer. If p divides k2 then which of
these is definitely divisible by p? (Choose any one option from (a), (b), (c), (d) )
k K 7K K3
2
k
(a) Only k (b) Only k and 7k (c) Only k, 7k, k3 (d) all: 2, K, 7K, K3
37) HCF of k and 93 is 31, where k is a natural number. Which of these can be true for
some values of k? (Choose any one option from (a), (b), (c), (d) )
(i) K is a multiple of 31.
(ii) K is a multiple of 93.
(iii) K is an even number.
(iv) K is an odd number.
(a) only (ii) and (iii) (b) only (i), (ii) and (iii)
(c) Only (i), (ii) and (iv) (d) all: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

38) M and N are positive integers such that M= p2 q3 r and N= p3 q2 , where p, q ,r are
prime numbers. Find HCF(M, N) and LCM(M, N).
39) Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:4:5 and their LCM is 2400. Find the HCF of these
numbers.
40) HCF of (23 × 32 × 5), (22 × 33 × 52 ), (24 × 3 × 53 × 7) is _____?
41) The product of the two numbers is 2028 and their HCF is 13. Find the LCM of these
numbers.

ASSERTION-REASON QUESTIONS:
Questions 42- 46 are Assertion and Reason based questions. Two statements are
given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Select
the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d).
42) Assertion (A) : The H.C.F. of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their
L.C.M. = 162.
Reason (R) : If a and b are two positive integers, then their H.C.F. × L.C.M. = a × b.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
43) Assertion (A) : If LCM (p, q) = 30 and HCF (p, q) = 5, then p × q = 150.
Reason (R) : LCM of (a, b) × HCF of (a, b) = a × b
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
44) Assertion (A) : 3 + √5 is an irrational number.
Reason (R) : The sum of a rational number and an irrational number is an irrational
number.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
45) Assertion (A) : 6n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.
Reason (R) : Any positive integer ending with the digits 0 or 5 is divisible by 5 and so
its prime factorisation must contain the prime 5.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
 (c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

46) Assertion (A) : The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their LCM is 150. If one of the
numbers is 15, then the other is 50.
Reason (R) : For any two positive integers a and b HCF (a, b) × LCM (a, b) = a × b.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

47) CASE STUDY-1:

The department of Computer Science and Technology is conducting an International
Seminar. In the seminar, the number of participants in Mathematics, Science and
Computer Science are 60, 84 and 108 respectively. The coordinator has made the
arrangement such that in each room, the same number of participants are to be seated
and all of them being in the same subject. Also, they allotted the separate room for all
the official other than participants.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) Find the total number of participants.
(ii) Find the LCM of 60, 84 and 108.
(iii) Find the HCF of 60, 84 and 108.
(iv) 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 in the same
subject.
(v) Based on the above (iv) conditions, find the minimum number of rooms
required for all the participants and officials.

48) CASE STUDY-2:

Aditya works as a librarian in XYZ school in Indore. He ordered for books of English,
Hindi and Mathematics. He received 96 English books, 240 Hindi Books and 336
Maths books. He wishes to arrange these books in stacks such that each stack consists
of the books on only one subject and the number of books in each stack is the same.
He also wishes to keep the number of stacks minimum.
 Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) Find the number of books in each stack.
(ii) Find the total number of stacks formed.
(iii) How many stacks of Mathematics books will be formed?
(iv) If the thickness of each English book is 3 cm, then the find the height of each
stack of English books.
(v) If each Hindi book weighs 1.5 kg, then find the weight of books in a stack of
Hindi books.

49) CASE STUDY-3:

In a school, buses are hired to take the students of grade X on a field trip. There are
156, 208 and 260 students in groups A, B and C respectively. Minimum number of
buses are to be hired for this purpose. Same number of students should be
accommodated in each bus and a separate bus to be arranged for the separate group.

Based on your understanding of the above case study, answer the following questions:
(i) Find the maximum number of students to be accommodated in each bus.
(ii) How many buses will be required for group A students?
(iii) If group C will not be taken along and 26 students of group A refused to join,
then find the minimum number of buses required to accommodate remaining
students.
(iv) If group A students will not be taken along, then the minimum number of
buses required to accommodate the students of group B and group C is in the
form of 208x + 260y. Find the value of x and y.
(v) What is the minimum number of buses required for all the students?
50) CASE STUDY-4:
A school had organized a language seminar for the students. The number of
participants for Hindi, English and Spanish languages are 60, 84 and 108 respectively.
It was decided that minimum number of rooms will be used for the seminar and in
each room same number of participants are to be accommodated and all of them
should belong to the same subject.

Based on you understanding of the above case study, answer the following questions:
(i) Find the maximum number of students to be accommodated in each room.
(ii) How many minimum rooms will be required for the participants of Hindi
language?
(iii) How many minimum rooms will be required for the participants of Spanish and
English language?
(iv) How many minimum rooms will be required for the participants of Spanish and
Hindi language?
(v) Find the minimum number of rooms that will be required for all the participants of
the seminar.