Real Numbers CLASS 10

Multiple Choice Questions

Q: 1 Which of the following is an irrational number?

1 2 3 4

Q: 2 Which of the following is an irrational number?

√2
1 5√4 2 √8 3 6 + √5 4 √64 - √4

Q: 3 63
p has a terminating decimal expansion.

Which of these CANNOT be a factor of p ?

1 2 2 5 3 13 4 20

Q: 4 Which of the following have a terminating decimal expansion?

(Note: You need not evaluate the decimals.)

1 1 1 1
1 3 2 60 3 90 4 625

Q: 5 Which of these is the HCF of 1260 and 1680?

1 210 2 420 3 630 4 5040

Q: 6 Which of these is the LCM of 720 and 900?

1 180 2 1800 3 3600 4 648000

Q: 7

1 2 3 4

Q: 8 Which of the following fractions has a terminating decimal expansion?

33 19
1 343 2 49
71 237
3 99 4 625

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Q: 9 Two statements are given below - one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Read the statements carefully and choose the option that correctly
describes statements (A) and (R).

Assertion (A): Product of HCF and LCM of THREE numbers is equal to the product of
those numbers.

Reason (R): Product of HCF and LCM of TWO numbers is equal to the product of those
numbers.
1 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
2 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
3 (A) is false but (R) is true.
4 Both (A) and (R) are false.

Free Response Questions

Q: 10 The prime factorisation of a natural number p is (5 × 7 × t ) where t ≠ 2, 3. [1]

What is the prime factorisation of 42 p 2 ?

Q: 11 √4 + √5 is a rational number. [1]

Write true or false and justify your answer.

Q: 12 Ramesh has two rectangular fields of the same length but different widths. He wants [1]
to plant 76 trees in the smaller field and 190 trees in the larger field. In both fields,
the trees will be planted in the same number of columns but in different numbers of
rows.

What is the most number of columns that can be planted in this arrangement? Show
your work.

Q: 13 Use Euclid's Division Algorithm to find the HCF of 175, 225 and 465. Show your work. [2]

Q: 14 Given that √3 is irrational, show by contradiction that the sum of √3 and 2 is irrational. [2]
Show your steps.

Q: 15 M and N are positive integers such that M = p 5 q 3 r 2 and N = p 7 q 5 r , where p , q , [2]

r are prime numbers.
Find LCM(M, N) and HCF(M, N).

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Q: 16 √5 is an irrational number. Meera was asked to prove that (3 + √5) is an irrational [2]
number.

Shown below are the steps of Meera's proof:

p
Step 1 Let (3 + √5) be a rational number. Then (3 + √5) can be written as , where p and q (
q

q ≠ 0) are co-primes.
Step 2 Hence, √5 = (
p
q - 3).

Step 3 Since p and q are integers, (

p
q - 3) is also an integer.

Step 4 Since (
p
q - 3) is an integer and every integer is a rational number, (
p
q - 3) is a rational number. It implies
that √5 is a rational number.

Step 5 But this contradicts the fact that √5 is an irrational number. Hence, (3 + √5) is an
irrational number.

She made an error in one step due to which her subsequent steps were incorrect too.

In which step did she make that error? Justify your answer.

Q: 17 Ajay has a box of length 3.2 m, breadth 2.4 m, and height 1.6 m. [2]
What is the length of the longest ruler that can exactly measure the three dimensions
of the box? Show your steps and give valid reasons.

Q: 18 m is a positive integer. HCF of m and 450 is 25. HCF of m and 490 is 35. [2]

Find the HCF of m , 450 and 490. Show your steps.

Q: 19 Prove that √7 is irrational. [3]

Q: 20 Prove that 1 [3]

√2 is irrational.

Q: 21 Show that any positive even integer is of the form (8 m ) , (8 m + 2), (8 m + 4) or (8 m [3]
+ 6), for some positive integer m . Show your work.

Q: 22 Write two rational numbers each between the following pair: [3]

i) √3 and √10
ii) 7 and √64
iii) √15 and 6

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Q: 23 The number 3837425721 is divided by a number between 5621 and 5912. [3]

State true or false for the below statements about the remainder and justify your
answer.

i) The remainder can be more than 5912.

ii) The remainder cannot be less than 5621.
iii) The remainder is always between 5621 and 5912.

Q: 24 On the two real numbers a = 2 + √5 and b = 3 - √7, perform the following operations: [5]

i) Calculate the sum ( a + b ).

ii) Calculate the product ( ab ).
iii) Find the additive inverse of a .
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iv) Rationalise b .
v) Verify whether the numbers a and b are rational or irrational. Provide a valid reason
for your answer.

Q: 25 i) Find the LCM and HCF of 78, 91, and 195. [5]
ii) Check whether LCM( a , b , c ) × HCF( a , b , c ) = a × b × c where a , b and c are
natural numbers.

Show your work.

Case Study

Answer the questions based on the given information.

For the screening of an informational documentary, three schools were selected by the district
administration.

Name of the school No. of students

C.A.V. Public School 78
Bal Vidya Bhawan 117
Bombay Public School 130

♦ During the screening, multiple rooms are used simultaneously, and each room can
accommodate an equal number of students.
♦ All students in a particular room belong to the same school.
♦ As a token of appreciation, the district administration has provided an equal number of
chocolates to each school.
♦ When distributing these chocolates, each school distributes chocolates equally among its
students, ensuring fairness and consistency.

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Q: 26 Find the maximum number of students that can be seated in one room. Show your [2]
work.

Q: 27 What is the minimum number of rooms required? Show your work. [2]

Q: 28 What is the minimum number of chocolates provided to each school? Show your work. [1]