ENGLISH Find the greatest number of 5 digits, that will give us remainder of 5, when divided by 8 and 9 respectively.

1 (a) 99921 (b) 99931 1

(c) 99941 (d) 99951
2 If the HCF of 55 and 99 is expressible in the form 55m – 99, then the value of m is ________. 1
3 Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 seconds and 48 seconds. If they first beep together at
12 noon, at what time will they beep again for the first time?
(a) 12.20 pm
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(b) 12.12 pm
(c) 12.11 pm
(d) none of these
4 There are 576 boys and 448 girls in a school that are to be divided into equal sections of either boys or girls alone.
The total number of sections thus formed are:
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(a) 22 (b) 16
(c) 36 (d) 21
5 Two natural numbers whose difference is 66 and the least common multiple is 360, are:
(a) 120 and 54 (b) 90 and 24 1
(c) 180 and 114 (d) 130 and 64
6 4 Bells toll together at 9.00 am. They toll after 7, 8, 11 and 12 seconds respectively. How many times will they toll
together again in the next 3 hours?
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(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
7 Given that LCM (91, 26) = 182, then HCF (91, 26) is _________. 1
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The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after
(a) one decimal place
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(b) two decimal places
(c) three decimal places
(d) four decimal places
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The decimal expansion of number has ____________ decimal representation.
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10 Write the sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorisation of 250. 1

11 If the prime factorisation of a natural number N is 24 × 34 × 53 × 7, write the number of consecutive zeroes in N. 1

ENGLISH
Find HCF and LCM of 448, 1008 and 168 using fundamental theorem of arithmetic. 2
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13 Two equilateral triangles have the sides of lengths 34 cm and 85 cm respectively. Find the greatest length of tape that can
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measure the sides of both of them exactly.
14 For any positive integer n, prove that n3 – n is divisible by 6. 2
15 Can we have any n ∈ N, where 4n ends with the digit zero? 2

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“The product of three consecutive positive integers is divisible by 6.” Is this statement true or false? Justify your answer. 3
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17 Prove that the square of any positive integer of the form 5m + 1 will leave a remainder 1 when divided by 5 for some integer
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m.
18 Find the largest number which divides 615 and 963 leaving remainder 6 in each case. 3
19 Let d be the HCF of 24 and 36. Find two numbers a and b, such that d = 24a + 36b. 3
20 Show that 21n cannot end with the digits 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 for any natural number n. 3

ENGLISH Three sets of physics, chemistry and mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored topic
21 wise and the number of books in each stack is the same. The number of physics books is 192, the number of chemistry books
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is 240 and the number of mathematics books is 168. Determine the number of stacks of physics, chemistry and mathematics
books.
22 There is a circular path around a sports field. Kamal takes 32 minutes to drive one round of the field while Indu takes 24
minutes for the same. Suppose they both start at the same point, and go in the same direction. After how many minutes they 4
meet again at the starting point?
23 A forester wants to plant 66 apple trees, 88 banana trees and 110 mango trees in equal rows (in terms of number of trees).
Also he wants to make distinct rows of trees (i.e., only one type of trees in one row). Find the number of minimum rows 4
required.
24 The length, breadth and height of a room are 8 m 25 cm, 6 m 75 cm and 4 m 50 cm respectively. Determine the length of the
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longest rod which can measure the three dimensions of the room exactly.
25 On a morning walk three persons step off together and their steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm, 45 cm, what is the minimum
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distance each should walk so that each can cover the same distance in complete steps?
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Prove that 15 + 17 be an irrational number.