Chapter 1

Real Numbers

1. Express each of the following integers as a product of its prime factors:

a. 420 c. 945
b. 468 d. 7325

2. Determine the prime factorisation of each of the following positive integer:

a) 20570 b) 58500 c) 45470971

3. Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers.

4. Check whether 6" can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.
5. Find the HCF and LCM of 90 and 144 by the prime factorisation method.
6. Find the HCF and LCM of 144, 180 and 192 by prime factorisation method.
7. Find the HCF of 96 and 404 by prime factorisation, method. Hence, find their LCM.
8. the largest positive integer that will divide 398, 436 and 542 leaving remainders 7, 11 and 15
respectively.
9. In a seminar, the number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84 and
108 respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required in each room the same
number of participants are to be seated and all of them being in the same subject.
10. Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all
the books are stored topic wise and the height of each stack is the same. The number of
English books is 96, the number of Hindi books is 240 and the number of Mathematics books
is 336. Assuming that the books are of the same thickness, determine the number of stacks
of English, Hindi and Mathematics books.
11. There is a circular path around a sports field. Priya takes 18 minutes to drive one round of
the field, while ravish takes 12 minutes for the same. 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 again at the starting point?
12. In a school there are two sections - section A and section B of class. 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.
13. Find the LCM and HCF of the following pairs of integers and verify that LCM × HCF = Product
of the integers:

a. 26 and 91 b. 510 and 92 c. 336 and 54

14. Find the LCM and HCF of the following integers by applying the prime factorisation method:

a. 12, 15 and 21 d. 40, 36 and 126

b. 17, 23 and 29 e. 84, 90 and 120
c. 8, 9 and 25 f. 24, 15 and 36

15. Find the greatest number of 6 digits exactly divisible by 24, 15 and 36.
16. A rectangular courtyard is 18 m 72 cm long and 13 m 20 cm broad. It is to be paved with
square tiles of the same size. Find the least possible number of such tiles.
17. Find the least number that is divisible by all the numbers between 1 and 10 (both inclusive).
18. What is the smallest number that, when divided by 35,56 and 91 leaves remainders of 7 in
each case?
19. In a morning walk three persons step off together, their steps measure 80 cm, 85 cm and 90
cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that he can cover the
distance in complete steps?
20. Determine the number nearest to 110000 but greater than 100000 which is exactly divisible
by each of 8, 15 and 21.
21. Find the smallest number which leaves remainders 8 and 12 when divided by 28 and 32
respectively.
22. Find the smallest number which when increased by 17 is exactly divisible by both 520 and
468.
23. A circular field has a circumference of 360 km. Three cyclists start together and can cycle 48,
60 and 72 km a day, round the field. When will they meet again?
24. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 180 and 6 respectively. If one of the numbers is 30,
find the other number.
25. The HCF of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Find their LCM.
26. The HCF of two numbers is 145 and their LCM is 2175. If one number is 725, find the other.
27. Can two numbers have 16 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.
28. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657).
29. Explain why 7 x 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers.
30. Prove that for any prime positive integer p, √ q is an irrational number.
31. Show that the following numbers are irrational.
1
a.
√2
b. 7 √ 5
c. 6 + √ 2
d. 3 - √ 5
32. Prove that √ 5 + √ 3 is irrational.
33. If p, g are prime positive integers, prove that √ p + √ q is an irrational number.
34. Prove that √ 3 + 4 is an irrational number.
35. Prove that following numbers are irrationals:
2
a.
√7
3
b.
2√ 5
c. 4 + √ 2
d. 5 √ 2
36. Show that 2− √ 3 is an irrational number.
37. Show that 3+ √ 2is an irrational number.