1. Show that 12n cannot end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number n.

2. In a morning walk, three persons step 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 the same distance in
complete steps?
3. If LCM (480, 672) = 3360, find HCF (480,672).
4. Three tankers contain 403 litres, 434 litres and 465 litres of diesel respectively. Find the maximum
capacity of a container that can measure the diesel of the three containers exact number of times.
5. Find the least number which when divided by 6, 15 and 18 leave remainder 5 in each case.
6. Find the smallest 4-digit number which is divisible by 18, 24 and 32.
7. Renu purchases two bags of fertiliser of weights 75 kg and 69 kg. Find the maximum value of weight
which can measure the weight of the fertiliser exact number of times.
8. In a seminar, the number, 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.
9. 144 cartons of Coke cans and 90 cartons of Pepsi cans are to be stacked in a canteen. If each stack is of
the same height and is to contain cartons of the same drink, what would be the greatest number of cartons
each stack would have?
10. State the Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic.
11. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find the LCM (306, 657).
12. Why the number 4n, where n is a natural number, cannot end with 0?
13. Why is 5 x 7 x 11 + 7 is a composite number?
14. Explain why 7 x 11 + 13 + 13 and 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 + 5 are composite numbers.
15. In a school there are two sections – section A and section B of class X. There are 32 students in section A
and 36 students in section B. Determine 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.
16. Prove that √2 is an irrational number.
17. Prove that √7 is an irrational number.
18. Prove that √5 is an irrational number.
19. Draw the graph of the polynomial f(x) = x2 – 2x – 8
20. Draw the graph of the polynomial f(x) = 3 – 2x – x2
21. Draw the graph of the polynomial f(x) = –3x2 + 2x – 1
22. If a and b are zeroes of the polynomial x2 – x – 6, then find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are (3a
+ 2b) and (2a + 3b).
23. If 2 and – 3 are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + (a + 1)x + b, then find the value of a and b.
24. If the product of zeroes of the polynomial ax2 – 6x – 6 is 4, find the value of ‘a’.
25. Find the zeroes of the following polynomials by the factorization method and verify the
relations between the zeroes and the coefficients of the polynomials:

(i) 4x2 – 3x – 1
(ii) 3x2 + 4x – 4
(iii) 5t2 + 12t + 7
26. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 6x 2 – 7x – 3 and verify the relationship between the
zeroes and the coefficients.
27. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then find the value of k.

28. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 – 3x – 2, then find a quadratic
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polynomial whose zeroes are are .
2α+ β 2β+α
29. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 2x2 – 5x + 7, then find a quadratic polynomial
whose zeroes are 2α+ 3β are 2β+ 3α.

30. If α and β are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 6x2 + x -2 , then find the value of

(i) α – β (ii) α2 + β2 (iii) α4 + β4 (iv) αβ2 + α2 β

31. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. The number obtained by interchanging the two digits
exceeds the given number by 18. Find the number.

32. Seven times a two-digit number is equal to four times the number obtained by reversing the order of its digit.
If the difference between the digits is 3, then find the number.

33. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the number obtained by
reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.
34. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. If 27 is added to it, the digits of the numbers get reversed.
Find the number.
35. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If the digits of the
number differ by 2, find the number. How many such numbers are there?
36. A two-digit number is 4 more than 6 times the sum of its digit. If 18 is subtracted from the number, the digits
are reversed. Find the number.
37. Ten years hence, a man’s age will be twice the age of his son. Ten years ago, man was four times
as old as his son. Find their present ages.
38. A man’s age is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After 5 years his age will be twice the sum of the
ages of his two sons. Find the age of the man.
39. If twice the son’s age in years is added to the mother’s age, the sum is 70 years. But if twice the mother’s age is
added to the son’s age, the sum is 95 years. Find the age of the mother and her
son.
40. Five years ago Nuri was thrice old as Sonu. Ten years later, Nuri will be twice as old as Sonu. Find the present
age of Nuri and Sonu.
41. Two years ago, a man was 5 times as old as his son. Two years later his age will be 8 more than three times the
age of the son. Find the present ages of the man and his son.
42. I am three times as old as my son. Five years later, I shall be two and a half times as old as my son. How old am
I and how old is my son?
43. A and B are friends and their ages differ by 2 years. A’s father D is twice as old as A and B is twice as old as his
sister C. The age of D and C differ by 40 years. Find the ages of A and B.
44. The ages of two friends Ani and Biju differ by 3 years. Ani’s father Dharam is twice as old as Ani and Biju is
twice as old as his sister Cathy. The ages of Cathy and Dharam differ by 30 years. Find the ages of Ani and Biju.
45. 2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 4 days. The same work is done in 3 days by 4 men and 4 boys. How
long would it take one man and one boy to do it alone.
46. 2 women and 5 men can together finish an embroidery work in 4 days, while 3 women and 6 men can finish it
in 3 days. Find the time taken by 1 woman alone to finish the work, and also that taken by 1 man alone.
47. 8 men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 10 days while 6 men and 8 boys finish it in 14 days. Find the
time taken by one man alone and by one boy alone to finish the work.

48. 8 men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 5 days while 6 men and 8 boys finish it in 7 days. Find the time
taken by 1 man alone and by 1 boy alone to finish the work.
50. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 + kx + 3 = 0 has two real equal
roots.
52. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation kx(x – 3) + 9 = 0 has two real equal
roots.
53. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation 4x2 – 3kx + 1 = 0 has two real equal
roots..
54. If –4 is a root of the equation x2 + px – 4 = 0 and the equation x2 + px +q = 0 has equal
roots, find the value of p and q.
55. If –5 is a root of the equation 2x2 + px – 15 = 0 and the equation p(x2 + x) +k = 0 has equal
roots, find the value of k.
56. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation (k – 12)x2 + 2(k – 12)x + 2 = 0 has two
real equal roots..
57. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation k2x2 – 2(k – 1)x + 4 = 0 has two real
equal roots..
58. If the roots of the equation (a – b)x2 + (b – c)x + (c – a) = 0 are equal, prove that b + c = 2a.
59. Prove that both the roots of the equation (x – a)(x – b) + (x – b)(x – c)+ (x – c)(x – a) = 0
are real but they are equal only when a = b = c.
60. Find the positive value of k for which the equation x2 + kx +64 = 0 and x2 – 8x +k = 0 will
have real roots.
61. Find two consecutive odd positive integers, sum of whose squares is 290.
62. The difference of the squares of two numbers is 45. The squares of the smaller number are 4 times the larger
number. Find the numbers.
63. The sum of the squares of the two positive integers is 208. If the square of the larger number is 18 times the
smaller number, find the numbers.
64. Two numbers differ by 3 and their product is 504. Find the numbers.
65. Find three consecutive positive integers such that the sum of the square of the first and the product of the
other two is 154.
66. The sum of ages of a father and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages in years was 124.
Find their present ages.
67. Seven years ago Varun’s age was five times the square of Swati’s age. Three years hence Swati’s
age will be two fifth of Varun’s age. Find their present ages.
68. The product of Rohit’s age five years ago with his age 9 years later is 15 in years. Find his present age.
69. The product of Archana’s age five years ago with her age 8 years later is 30 in years. Find her present age.
70. The sum of the ages of a man and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages in years was
four times the man’s age at that time. Find their present ages.
71. The sum of the ages of a boy and his brother is 25 years and the product of their ages in years is 126. Find
their ages.
72. The sum of the ages of a boy and his brother is 12 years and the sum of the square of their ages is 74 in years.
Find their ages.
73. The sum of the areas of two squares is 640 m2. If the difference in their perimeters be 64 m, find the sides of
the two squares.

74. In a class test, the sum of Ranjitha’s marks in mathematics and English is 40. Had she got 3 marks more in
mathematics and 4 marks less in English, the product of the marks would have been 360. Find her marks in two
subjects separately.

75. A teacher attempting to arrange the students for mass drill in the form of a solid square found that 24 students
were left. When he increased the size of the square by 1 student, he found that he was short of 25 students. Find
the number of students.