Real Numbers

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:

1. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.
2.Two positive integers 'a' and ‘b’ can be expressed as a = x 3 y 2 and b = xy3 , x and y
are prime numbers .What is the L.C.M and H.C.F of a and b?
3.Find the largest positive integer that will divide 398, 436 and 542 leaving remainders
7, 11 and 15 respectively.
4. Find HCF and LCM of 404 and 96 and verify that HCF × LCM = Product of the two
given numbers.

5. If HCF (336, 54) =6, find LCM (336, 54) .

6. Explain why 3×5×7+7 is a composite number?
7.If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form of 65m-117,then the value of m is:

8. Can 12n end with the digit 0, for any natural number n? Justify your answer.
9.Find HCF of 612 and 1314 using prime factorization

10.The product of two numbers is 20736 and their HCF is 54. Find their LCM.

11. The LCM of two numbers is 192 and their product is 3072. Find their HCF.
12.Find the missing numbers in prime factors tree.

13. Find the greatest number of 5 digits exactly divisible by 12, 15 and 36.

14.The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 33 and 264 respectively. When the first number is
completely divided by 2 the quotient is 33. The other number is:
15. What is the HCF and LCM of 52 and 130?

II
1.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 same thickness, determine
the number of stacks of English, Hindi and Mathematics books.
2. Two brands of chocolates are available in packs of 24 and 15 respectively. If I need to
buy an equal number of chocolates of both kinds, what is the least number of boxes of
each kind I would need to buy?

3.Given √2 is irrational, prove that 5 + 3√2 is an irrational number.

4.Three bells toll at intervals of 12 min, 15 min and 18 min respectively. If they start
tolling together, after what time will they next toll together?

5.Show that 2√3-5 is irrational.

6.Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 sec and 48 sec. If they
first beep together at 12 noon.at what time will beep again for the first time?

7. Three sets of physics, chemistry and mathematics books have to be stacked in such
a way that all the books are stored topic wise and the number of books in each stack is
the same. The number of physics books is 192, the number of chemistry books is 240
and the number of mathematics books is 168. Determine the number of stacks of
physics, chemistry and mathematics books.

8. What will be the least possible number of the planks, if three pieces of timber 42 m, 49 m
and 63 m long have to be divided into planks of the same length?

9.Two natural numbers whose sum is 85 and the least common multiple is 102 are:

10.4 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?
11. Show that is an irrational number.