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SUMMER BREAK – ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT – 2019

GRADE 10
MATHEMATICS

REAL NUMBERS
1 93
Find the decimal expansion of
1500
2 Show that any number of the form 15n can not have 0 in its one’s place, where n is a natural
number.
3 Find the LCM of the numbers given below:
m, 2m, 3m, 4m and 5m, where m is any positive integer.
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5 Show that the square of an odd positive integer can be of the form 6q + 1 or 6q + 3 for some
integer q.
6 Three alarm clocks ring at intervals of 4, 12 and 20 minutes respectively. If they start ringing
together, after how much time will they next ring together?
7 278
If has a terminating decimal expansion and m is a positive integer such that 2 < m < 9,
m 23
then find the value of m.
8 A charitable trust donates 28 different books of Mathematics, 16 different books of Science
and 12 different books of Social Science to students. Each student is given maximum number
of books of only one subject of their interest and each student got equal number of books.
(a) Find the number of books each student got.
(b) Find the total number of students who got the books.
9 Using Euclid’s division algorithm, find the largest number which divides 1251, 9377 and
15628 leaving remainders 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
10 Prove that the product of three consecutive positive integers is divisible by 6.
11 What will be the least possible number of planks, if three pieces of timber 42 m, 49 m and 63
m long have to be divided into planks of the same length?
12 The H.C.F and L.C.M. of two numbers are 33 and 264 respectively. When the first number is
completely divided by 2, the quotient is 33. Find the other number.

POLYNOMIALS
1 Find a quadratic polynomial whose sum of the zeroes is 6 and one of the zero is 3 - √5.
2 On dividing 2x4 – 4x3 – 4x2 + 7x –2 by a polynomial g(x), the quotient and the remainder
were
2x2 – 4x and (– x –2) respectively. Find g(x).
3 If α and β are the two zeroes of 25p2 – 15p + 2 find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are
1/2α and 1/2β
4 If one zero of the polynomial 3x2 – 8x - (2k +1) is seven times the other, find the zeroes of the
polynomial and the value of k
5 If the polynomial f(x) = 3x4 – 9x3 + x2 +15x +k is completely divisible by 3x2 – 5 find the value
of k.
6 If one of the zero of the quadratic polynomial 4x2 – 8kx +8x- 9 is additive inverse of the
other, then find the zeroes of kx2 +3kx +2.
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7 α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 2x2 – 5x +7. Find a polynomial whose
zeroes are 2α+3β and 3α +2β.

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Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are √2 and
2
respectively. Also find its zeroes.

9 If the remainder on division of x3 + 2x2 + kx +3 by x – 3 is 21, find the quotient and the value
of k.

10 Given that √2 is a zero of the cubic polynomial 6x 3 + √2 x2 – 10x – 4 √2 , find its other two
zeroes.

11 If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 – x – k and 3 α +2 β = 20 find k.

12 On dividing 9x4 – 4x2 + 4 by 3x2 + x – 1 the remainder is ax – b find a and b

LINEAR EQUATIONS

1 Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the

coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and shade the
triangular region.

2 Solve the following pair of linear equations by the cross-multiplication method :

8x + 5y = 9, 3x + 2y = 4
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Solve for x and y : (a - b)x + (a + b) y = a2 – 2ab - b2
( a + b )(x + y) = a2 + b2
4 x y
 0
Solve for x and y: a b

ax + by = a2 + b2

5 Find the values of a and b for which the following system of linear equations has infinite
number of solutions:
i) 2x – y =5; (a- 2b) x – (a + b) y = 15.

ii) (2a – 1) x – 3y = 5 ; 3x + ( b-2)y = 3

iii) 3x – y = 14 ; (a+ b) x -2by =5a +2b + 1

6 Determine the value of k for which the following system of linear equations has no solution:
a) 2x – k y +3 = 0 ; 3x +2y – 1 = 0

7 A person invested some amount at the rate of 12% simple interest and some other amount at
the rate of 10% simple interest. He received yearly interest of Rs 130 .But if he had
interchanged the amounts invested, he would have received Rs 4 more as interest. How
much amount did he invest at different rates?
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8 After covering a distance of 30 km with a uniform speed there is some defect in a train
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engine and therefore its speed is reduced to of its original speed .Consequently the train
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reaches its destination late by 45 minutes .Had it happened after covering 18 km more the
train would have reached 9 minutes earlier .Find the speed of the train and the distance of
journey.

9 X takes 3 hours more than Y to walk 30km . But , if X doubles his pace , he is ahead of Y by
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1 hrs. Find their speed of walking.
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10 Solve for x and y :

7x  2 y
5
xy
8x  7 y
 15
xy

11 4 men and 6 boys can finish a piece of work in 5 days while 3 men and 4 boys can finish it in
7 days. Find the time taken by 1 man alone or than by 1 boy alone.
12 On selling a tea-set at 5% loss and a lemon-set at 15% gain, a crockery seller gains Rs7.If he
sells the tea-set at 5% gain and the lemon-set at 10% gain ,he gains Rs13.Find the actual price
of the tea-set and the lemon-set.

QUADRATIC EQUATION

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If is a root of the equation x2 +kx - = 0 Find the value of k
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Find the roots of the following quadratic equations by factorization method
a) 3x2+ 5 5 x + 10 =0 b) 6 x2 – x -2 = 0 ; x  0
b)
3 16 15
Solve for x : - 1= ; x ≠ 0 ,1
x x+1

4 Solve for x : 12abx2 - ( 9a2 – 8b2 )x - 6ab = 0

5 Find the value of k for which the equation x2+ k ( 2x + k – 1 ) + 2 = 0 has real and equal
roots

6 If ad ≠ bc, then prove that (a2 + b2 ) x2 +2 (ac +bd) x +(c2 +d2) = 0 has no real roots.

7 If the equation ( 1+m2)x2 + 2mcx +(c2 – a2) = 0 has equal roots, show that c2 = a2(1+m2)

8 Find three consecutive positive integers whose product is equal to sixteen times their sum

9 90% and 97% pure acid solutions are mixed to obtain 21 litres of 95% pure acid solution .
Find the quantity of each type of acid to be mixed to form the mixture.
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10 If zeba is younger by 5 years than what she really is,then the square of her age (in years)
would have been 11 more than five times her actual age.What is her age now?

11 A train travelling at a uniform speed for 360km/hr would have taken 48 minutes less to
travel the same distance if its speed were 5km/hr more.Find the original speed of the train.

12 Some students planned a picnic.The total budget for food was Rs 2000.But 5 students failed
to attend the picnic and thus the cost of food for each member increased by Rs 20.How many
students attended the picnic and how much did each student pay for the food?

STATISTICS

1 Find the mean (by step deviation method), median and mode of the following data:
Classes 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Frequency 5 10 18 30 20 12 5

2 The mean of the following data is 53, find the missing frequencies.
Age(in 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total
years)
Number of 15 F1 21 F2 17 100
people

3 Find the mean marks of the students from the following frequency distribution.
Marks Less Less Less Less Less Less Less Less Less Less
than than than than than than than than than than
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
No: of 5 9 17 29 45 60 70 78 83 85
students

4 The following table shows the marks obtained by 100 students of class X in a school during a
particular academic session. Find the mode of this distribution.
Marks Less Less Less Less Less Less Less Less
than 10 than 10 than 10 than 10 than 10 than 10 than 10 than 10
No: of 7 21 34 46 66 77 92 100
students

5 The mode of the following distribution is 43.75. Find the value of p.

Class 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Interval
Frequency 25 47 62 p 10

6 Find the median wages for the following frequency distribution.

Wages per 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100 101-110 111-120
day(in Rs)
No: of 5 15 20 30 20 8
workers
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7 Find the values of x and y, if the median for the following data is 31.
Classes 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Total
Frequency 5 x 6 y 6 5 40

8 The following table gives the distribution of the lifetime of neon lamps.
Lifetime(in More More More More More More More More
hours) than or than or than or than or than or than or than or than or
equal equal equal equal equal equal equal equal
to 1500 to 2000 to 2500 to 3000 to 3500 to 4000 to 4500 to 5000
No: of 400 386 330 270 184 110 48 0
lamps
Find the median lifetime of a lamp.

9 In an annual day of a school, age-wise participation of students is shown in the following

frequency distribution:
Age(years) 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19
No: of 20 18 22 25 20 15 10
students
Draw a ‘less than type’ ogive for the above data and find the median age from it.

10 The following table gives the heights of plants (in cm) in a garden.
Height(in Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than
cm) 8 16 24 32 40 48 56
No: of 22 43 83 118 176 256 300
plants
Draw a more than ogive for the above data and hence determine the median from it

11 Draw ‘less than ogive ‘ and ‘more than ogive’ for the following distribution and hence find
its median.
Classes 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
Frequency 10 8 12 24 6 25 15

12 Draw both the ogives for the following data and hence estimate the median from it.
Weight(in kg) 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
(More than or equal
to)
No: of students 125 108 83 61 40 23 12 5

PROBABILITY

1 The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and then well
shuffled. Now one card is drawn at random from the remaining cards. Determine the
probability that the card is (i) a heart (ii) a king

2 Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of numbers appearing on them is
noted. Find the probability that a) the product is less than 9 b)a doublet of odd numbers c) a
sum less than 7
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3 A box contains cards numbered 2,3.......,17.A card is drawn at random from the box. Find the
probability that the number on the drawn card is
i)an odd number ii) even and prime iii) divisible by 2 or 3 iv) divisible by 2 and 3

4 Three unbiased coins are tossed.What is the probability of getting

(a) Two heads (b) at least two heads (c) at most two heads

5 A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow, which comes to rest pointing at one of the
numbers 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it
will point at (i)a prime number (ii) a factor of 8
6 A jar contains blue and green marbles. The number of green marbles is 5 more than twice the
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number of blue.If probability of a blue one at random is ,how many blue and green
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marbles are there in the jar.

7 A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability
that the card drawn is a) a card of spade or an ace b) a black king c) neither jack nor a king
d)either queen or red

8 A number is chosen at random from the numbers -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3

What will be the probability that square of this number is less than or equal to 1

9 A probability of selecting a red ball at random from a jar that contains only red, blue and
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orange is The probability of selecting a blue ball at random from the same jar is .If the jar
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contains 10 orange balls, find the total number of balls in the jar.

10 Three digits numbers are made using the digits 4,5,9 without repetition. If a number among
them is selected at random, what is the probability that the number will
a)be a multiple of 5 b) be a multiple of 9 c) end with 9

11 A bag contains 15 balls out of which x are blue and the remaining are red. If the number of
red balls are increased by 5, the probability of drawing the red ball doubles. Find a)P(red
ball) b) P(blue ball)
c) P(blue ball if 5 red balls are actually added)
12 Two customers Deanne and Shyanne visit a particular shop in the same week from Tuesday
to Saturday. Each is equally likely to visit the shop on any day. Find the probability that they
visit the shop
a)on the same day b)on consecutive day c)on different days d)neither on same day nor
or consecutive days