CLASS IX

SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS

GISTS OF THE LESSONS

NUMBER SYSTEM
1. Recapitulation on Natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers,
irrational numbers and their relations.
2. Finding one or more rational numbers between two given rational numbers.
3. Classification of real numbers into rational and irrational numbers.
4. Representation of irrational numbers on the number line : illustrations with
examples like √2, √3 & √5.
5. Decimal representation of rational numbers : terminating and non-terminating but
repeating.
6. Determining the type of decimal expansion of a rational number by checking the
prime factorization of the denominator.
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7. Conversion of a rational number of the form into its decimal expansion.
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8. Conversion of a terminating decimal number to the form .
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9. Conversion of a recurring decimal number to the form .
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10. Conversion of a mixed recurring decimal number to the form .
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11. Decimal representation of irrational numbers : non-terminating and non-
recurring.
12. Some elementary properties of the irrational numbers.
13. Finding one or more irrational number between two real numbers (rational or
irrational).
14. Representation of real numbers on the real number line : illustrations with an
example.
15. Process of successive magnification to represent a real number on the real number
line.
16. Difference between the rational and the irrational numbers.
17. All the relevant examples.
 RATIONALIZATON

1. For any two non negative real numbers m and n,

a) √𝑚 = √𝑛 implies that 𝑚 = 𝑛 and vice versa.
b) 𝑥 √𝑚 + 𝑦√𝑚 = (𝑥 + 𝑦)√𝑚 , for any two real numbers 𝑥 & 𝑦
c) 𝑥 √𝑚 − 𝑦√𝑚 = (𝑥 − 𝑦)√𝑚 , for any two real numbers 𝑥 & 𝑦
d) 𝑥 √𝑚 + 𝑦√𝑛 can be simplified further if
 𝑚 = 𝑛 or
 it can be converted to an expression of the form 𝛼 √𝑢 + 𝛽 √𝑢
2. For 𝑚 ≥ 0
 𝑥 = √𝑚 ⇒ 𝑥 2 = 𝑚, but
 𝑥 2 = 𝑚 ⇒ 𝑥 = ±𝑚
3. Let 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 & 𝑑 be non negative real numbers. Then,
i. (√𝑎)2 = 𝑎

ii. √𝑎√𝑏 = √𝑎𝑏

√𝑎 𝑎
iii. = √ , provided 𝑏 ≠ 0
√𝑏 𝑏

iv. (√𝑎 + √𝑏)(√𝑎 − √𝑏) = 𝑎 − 𝑏

v. (𝑎 + √𝑏)(𝑎 − √𝑏) = 𝑎2 − 𝑏

vi. (√𝑎 ± √𝑏)2 = 𝑎 ± 2√𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏

vii. (√𝑎 + √𝑏)(√𝑐 + √𝑑) = √𝑎𝑐 + √𝑎𝑑 + √𝑏𝑐 + √𝑏𝑑

4. Rationalizing factors of different irrational terms involving square roots.

5. Rationalization of the denominator of an expression whose denominator contains

a square root.
6. For any four rational numbers 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 & 𝑑 and 𝑥, 𝑦 > 0
i. 𝑎 + 𝑏√𝑥 = 𝑐 + 𝑑 √𝑥 ⇒ 𝑎 = 𝑐 & 𝑏 = 𝑑
ii. 𝑎√𝑥 + 𝑏√𝑦 = 𝑐 √𝑥 + 𝑑 √𝑦 ⇒ 𝑎 = 𝑐 & 𝑏 = 𝑑
7. All the relevant examples and discussion.

EXPONENTS OF REAL NUMBERS

1. Positive integral power of a real number.

2. If 𝑎 be a non-zero real number and 𝑛 be a positive integer, then we define
1
(i) 𝑎0 = 1 (ii) 𝑎−1 = (iii) 𝑎−𝑛 = (𝑎−1)𝑛
𝑎

3. Laws of integral exponents of real numbers :

If a and b are any non zero real numbers and m, n are positive integers, then
 am × an = am+n
 (am )n = amn = (an )m
am
 = am−n
an

 (ab)n = an bn
a n an
 ( ) =
b bn

4. For any non-zero real number ‘𝑎’ and a positive integer n, we can write
1
𝑎−𝑛 =
𝑎𝑛
5. (i) 00 and 0−𝑛 (for any positive integer n) are undefined.
(ii) 𝑎0 = 1 is taken as a definition for any non zero real 𝑎.

6. Rational exponents of a real number ; principal nth root of a positive and that of a
negative real number.
7. Laws of Rational Exponents of Real Numbers :

If 𝑎 and b are positive real numbers and m, n are rational numbers, then

I. 𝑎𝑚 × 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚+𝑛
𝑎𝑚
II. = 𝑎𝑚−𝑛
𝑎𝑛

III. (𝑎𝑚 )𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚𝑛 = (𝑎𝑛 )𝑚

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IV. 𝑎−𝑛 =
𝑎𝑛
𝑚 1 1 𝑚
𝑛
V. 𝑎 𝑛 = (𝑎𝑚 )𝑛 = (𝑎𝑛 )𝑚 𝑖. 𝑒. 𝑎 𝑛 = √𝑎𝑚 = ( 𝑛√𝑎)𝑚
VI. (𝑎𝑏)𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑛
𝑎 𝑛 𝑎𝑛
VII. ( ) =
𝑏 𝑏𝑛

8. If 𝑎 & 𝑏 are positive real numbers and 𝑥 ≠ 0, then

 𝑎𝑥 = 𝑏 𝑥 ⇒ 𝑎 = 𝑏
 If 𝑎 ≠ 0, 1, −1 then 𝑎 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑦 ⇒ 𝑥 = 𝑦

9. All the related examples and discussion.

 ASSIGNMENT 6

Part I
Students are advised to practice all the questions of the Exercises 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,
1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 from the Mathematics text book (Class IX) of NCERT.

Part II
(Work out all the questions and send it to your teacher for evaluation)

SECTION A

Choose the correct/best alternative in each of the following questions :

𝑝
1. ̅̅̅̅ , when written in the form is equal to
The number 4.27
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47 47 47 47
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 11 13 15

2. The number of consecutive zeros in 24 x 34 x 53 x 73 is

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5

3. Every point on a number line represents

(a) a natural number (b) a unique real number

(c) a whole number (d) a rational number

4. A rational number lying between √2 and √3 is

(a) 1.9 (b) ( √2 x√3)/2 (c) 1.5 (d) 1.8

5. ̅̅̅̅ + 0.22
The value of 0.23 ̅̅̅̅ is
̅̅̅̅
(a) 0.45 ̅̅̅̅
(b) 0.43 (c) 0.45̅ (d) 0.45

6. The decimal expansion of an irrational number is

(a) terminating (b) non- terminating

(c) non-terminating recurring (d) non-terminating & non- recurring

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7. The smallest rational number by which should be multiplied so that its decimal
7
expansion terminates after one place of decimal is
1 7
(a) (b) 7 (c) (d) 70
10 10

8. Which of the following is a correct statement?

(a) Sum of two irrational numbers is always irrational
(b) Sum of a rational and an irrational number is always an irrational number
(c) Square of an irrational number is always a rational number
(d) Sum of two rational numbers can never be an integer

9. If 4x − 4x-1=24 , then (2x)x equals

(a) 25√5 (b) √5 (c) 5√5 (d) 125

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10. If √(5𝑛 )=125 , then 5 √64 equals
1 1
(a) 25 (b) (c) 625 (d)
125 5

11. If 5𝑥−3 × 32𝑥−8 = 225, then the value of x is

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 6
1
12. If x= √6 + √5, then x2 + − 2 is equal to
𝑥2
(a) 2√6 (b) 20 (c) 2√5 (d) 24
1
13. If x = ∛(2 + √3) , then x3+ is equal to
𝑥3
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
14. The seventh root of x divided by the eighth root of x is
1
(a) x (b)√𝑥 (c) 56√𝑥 (d) 56
√𝑥
1 1
15. If 𝑥 = 7+ 4√3 and 𝑥𝑦 = 1, then + is
𝑥2 𝑦2
(a) 64 (b) 134 (c) 196 (d)194
 SECTION B

Answer all the following questions :

16. Represent √8.5 on the number line.

3 7
17. Find five rational numbers between and .
5 8
5 9
18. Find two irrational numbers and two rational numbers between and .
7 11
19. Give an example of two irrational numbers for each of the following cases:
(i) Sum is an irrational number
(ii) Difference is a rational number
(iii) Product is an irrational number
(iv) Quotient is a rational number

20. Without actually performing the long division process, state and justify whether
the following rational numbers will have a terminating decimal expansion:
125
(i)
441
987
(ii)
10500
21. Simplify:
√6 3 √2 4√3
+ −
√2+√3 √6+√3 √2+√6

22. If a and b are rational numbers and

5+3√3
= a + b√3, then find the values of a and b.
7+4√3
𝑥𝑦
23. If (3)x = (5)y=(75)z, then prove that z =
2𝑥+𝑦
24. Simplify:
3 3
81 −4 25 −2 5 −3
( ) X [( ) ÷ ( ) ]
16 9 2
√5−√3 √5+√3
25. If 𝑝 = and = , find the value of 𝑝2 + 𝑞2 .
√5+√3 √5−√3
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 DATE OF ASSIGNMENT : 13th June, 2020

 DUE DATE (SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENT) : 20th June, 2020