Class 10 Maths Ch 1 Real Numbers

1. If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117 then find the value of m.
2. Find the largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8,
respectively.
3. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3 y2 and b = xy3; x, y are prime
numbers then HCF (a, b) is_____________
4. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = ab 2, and q = ab; a, b
being prime numbers, then LCM (p, q) is_____________
(A) ab (B) a2b2 (C) a3b2 (D) a3b3

5. The product of a non-zero rational and an irrational number is________

(A) Always irrational (B) always rational(C) rational or irrational
6. Find the least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both
inclusive)
7. Explain why 3 x 5 x 7 + 7 is a composite number.

8. The decimal expansion of the rational numbers will terminate after

____________________ decimal places.
9. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as then LCM? Why?
10. Without actually performing the long division, find if 987/10500 will have
terminating or non-terminating decimal expansion give reason for your answer.
11. A rational number in its decimal expansion is 327.7081. What can you say about
the prime factors of q, when this number is expressed in the form p/q? Give reason.
12. Show that 12n cannot end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number n.
13. On a morning walk, three persons step off together and their steps measure 40 cm, 42
cm and 45 cm, respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that
each can covers the same distance in complete steps?
14. Write the denominator of the rational number 257/5000 in the form 2m × 5n, where m, n
are non-negative integers. Hence, write its decimal expansion, without actual division.
15. Find LCM and HCF of the following:
(i) 25 × 54 × 72 × 136 and 23 × 56 × 7 × 173
(ii) a5 × b2 × c2 × d5 and a7 × b3 × e × f3 where a, b, c, d, e and f are prime
16. In a school, the duration of a period in junior section is 40 minutes and in senior
section is 1 hour: If the first bell for each section rings at 9:00 a.m., when will the two
bells ring together again?
17. Three sets of English, mathematics and science books containing 336, 240 and 96
books respectively have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored subject
wise and the height of each stack is the same. How many stacks will be there?
18. Three pieces of timber 42 m, 49 m and 63 m long have to be divided into planks of the
same length. What is the greatest possible length of each plank? How many planks are
formed?
19. Find the greatest possible length which can be used to measure exactly the lengths 7m,
3 m 85 cm and 12 m 95 cm.
20. Find the least number of square tiles required to pave the ceiling of a room 15 m 17 cm
long and 9 m 2 cm broad.
21. Three measuring rods are 64 cm, 80 cm and 96 cm in length. Find the least length of
cloth that can be measured an exact number of times, using any of the rods.
22. An electronic device makes a beep after every 60 seconds. Another device makes a
beep after every 62 seconds. They beeped together at 10 a.m. At what time will they beep
together at the earliest?
23. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72
seconds and 108 seconds respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 8 a.m. then at
what time will they again change simultaneously?
24. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 minutes
respectively. In 30 hours, how many times do they toll together?
25. Without actual division, show that each of the following rational numbers is a
terminating decimal. Express each in decimal form.

26. Without actual division, show that each of the following rational numbers is a
nonterminating repeating decimal.

27. The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after how many
places of decimals?
28. Prove that (√2 + √3) is irrational.

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30. (i) Give an example of two irrationals whose sum is rational.
(ii) Give an example of two irrationals whose product is rational.
31. If the product of two numbers is 1050 and their HCF is 25, find their LCM.
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