LOTUS VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

Lesson 1 Real Numbers CLASS: X

2) The product of a rational and irrational number is:

3) LCM of the given number ‘x’ and ‘y’ where y is a multiple of ‘x’ is given by
(a) x (b) y (c) x y (d) x/y

4) The largest number that will divide 398,436 and 542 leaving remainders 7,11 and 15 respectively is
(a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 34 (d) 45

5) There are 312, 260 and 156 students in class X, XI and XII respectively. Buses are to be hired to take
these students to a picnic. Find the maximum number of students who can sit in a bus if each bus takes
equal number of students.
(a) 52 (b) 56 (c) 48 (d) 63

6) There is a circular path around a sports field. Priya takes 18 minutes to drive one round of the field.
Harish takes 12 minutes. Suppose they both start at the same point and at the same time and go in the
same direction. After how many minutes will they meet ?
(a) 36 minutes (b) 18 minutes (c) 6 minutes (d) They will not meet

7) Express 98 as a product of its primes:

8) If two positive integers A and B can be ex-pressed as A = xy3 and B = x4y2z; x, y being
prime numbers, the LCM (A, B) is:
(a) xy² (b) x4y²z (c) x4y3 (d) x4y3z

9) If two positive integers A and B can be expressed as A = xy3 and B = x4y2z; x, y being
prime numbers then HCF (A, B) is
(a) xy² (b) x4y²z (c) x4y3 (d) x4y3z

10) The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 5 (both inclusive) is
(a) 5 (b) 60 (c) 20 (d) 100

11) If HCF (16, y) = 8 and LCM (16, y) = 48, then the value of y is:
(a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 48

12) According to the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, if T (a prime number) divides b2, b > 0,
then:
(a) T divides b (b) b divides T (c) T2 divides b2 (d) b2 divides T2

16) If LCM (77, 99) = 693, then HCF (77, 99) is:
(a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 22

17) Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 seconds and 48 seconds. If

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(a) 12:20 pm (b) 12:12 pm (c) 12:11pm (d) none of these
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18) The decimal expansion of the rational number 𝟐𝟒 𝟓𝟑 will terminate after how many places of decimals?
19) If the prime factorisation of a natural number N is 24 × 34 × 53 × 7, write the number of
consecutive zeroes in N.
20) If p and q are two coprime numbers, then find the HCF and LCM of p and q.
21) Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.
22) Find the largest number that will divide 398, 436 and 542 leaving remainders 7, 11, and 15 respectively.
23) If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032 × 2 + 408 × p, then find the value of p.
24) Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12, 15 minutes respectively. If they start tolling together, after what
time will they next toll together?
25) Two tankers contain 850 litres and 680 litres of petrol. Find the maximum capacity of a container
which can measure the petrol of each tanker in the exact number of times.
26) The length, breadth, and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75 cm respectively. Find
the length of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the room exactly.
27) 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.
28) Milkman has two vessels containing 720 ml and 405 ml of milk respectively. Milk from these containers
is poured into glasses of equal capacity to their brim. Find the minimum number of glasses that can be
filled.
29) State fundamental theorem of arithmetic.
30) Explain why 3 × 5 × 7 + 7 is a composite number.
31) Find the sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime-factorisation of 196.
32) Show that 9n can not end with digit 0 for any natural number n.
33) Show that 2√2 is an irrational number.
34) Prove that 15 + 17√3 is an irrational number.
35) Assertion: The H.C.F. of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their L.C.M. = 162.
Reason: If a and b are two positive integers, then H.C.F. × L.C.M. = a × b.
36) A seminar is being conducted by an Educational Organisation, where the participants will be educators
of different subjects. The number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108
respectively.

(a) In each room the same number of participants are to be seated and all of them being in the same
subject, hence find the maximum number participants that can accommodated in each room.
(b) What is the minimum number of rooms required during the event?
(c) Find the LCM of 60, 84 and 108.
(d) Find the product of HCF and LCM of 60,84 and 108.
(e) Find the prime factorization of 108.