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1. If a and b are two coprime numbers, then a 3 and b3 are 57

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Options:
300
(a) Coprime (CBSE Term 1 2021 Basic)
(b) Not coprime Options:
(c) Even (a) non-terminating and non-repeating decimal
(d) Odd expansion.
2. What is the greatest possible speed at which a girl can (b) termination decimal expansion after 2 places of
decimals.
walk 95m and 171 min an exact number of minutes?
(c) terminating decimal expansion after 3 places of
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decimals.
Options: (d) non-terminating but repeated decimal expansion.
(a) 17m/min
(b) 19m/min 9. 5.213 can also be written as
(c) 23m/min (CBSE Term 1 2021 Basic)
(d) 13m/min Options:
3. The exponent of 5 in the prime factorization of 3750 is (a) 5.213213213…
(CBSE Term 1 2021 Std) (b) 5.2131313..
Options: (c) 5.213
(a) 3 (d) 5213/1000
(b) 4 13
(c) 5 10. The decimal expansion of is
(d) 6 2  52  7
4. Three alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals (CBSE Term 1 2021 Basic)
of 20 min and 30 min respectively. If they first beep Options:
together at 12 noon, at what time will they beep again for (a) terminating after 1 decimal place.
(b) non-terminating and non-repeating.
the first time?
(c) terminating after 2 decimal places.
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(d) non-terminating but repeating.
Options:
11. HCF of two consecutive even numbers is
(a) 4: 00 pm
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(b) 4: 30 pm
(c) 05:00 pm Options:
(d) 5 : 30 pm (a) 0
5. if n is a natural number, then 2(5n + 6n ) always ends with (b) 1
(c) 2
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(d) 4
Options:
12. The ( HCF × LCM) for the numbers 50 and 20 is
(a) 1
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(c) 3 Options:
(d) 2 (a) 1000
6. The LCM of two numbers is 2400. Which of the (b) 50
following CANNOT be their HCF? (c) 100
(d) 500
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13. For which natural numbers n, 6n ends with digit zero?
Options:
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(a) 300
Options:
(b) 400
(a) 6
(c) 500
(b) 5
(d) 600
(c) 0
7. HCF of 92 and 152 is
(d) None
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14. The LCM of two numbers is 182 and their HCF is 13. If
Options:
one of the numbers is 26, find the other.
(a) 4
15. Show that 5 + √7 is an irrational number, where √7 is
(b) 19
(c) 23 given to be an irrational number.
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16. Check whether 12n can end with the digit 0 for any
natural number n.
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17. Check whether 6n can end with the digit ‘0’ (zero) for
any natural number n.
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18. Find the LCM of 150 and 200.
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19. Prove that √3 is an irrational number.
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20. Find a rational number between 2 and 3 .
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21. Show that every positive odd integer is of the form, (4q
+ 1) or (4q+ 3),where q is some integer.
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22. Prove that 2 is an irrational number.
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23. What is the HCF of smallest prime number and the
smallest composite number ?
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24. Given that ( )
2 is is irrational, prove that 5 + 3 2 is
an irrational number.
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25. Find HCF and LCM of 404 and 96 and verify that HCF ×
LCM = Product of the two given numbers.
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Solutions:
n
Therefore, 12 can’t end with the digit 0 for any natural
number n
17. If the number 6n , for any n, were to end with the digit
1. (a) Coprime. zero, then it would be divisible by 5.
2. (b) 19m/min That is, the prime factorization of 6n would contain the
3. (b) 4 prime 5. This is not possible
4. (c) 05:00 pm ∵ 6n = (2 × 3)n
5. Now, So, the prime factorization of 6n are 2 and 3.
So, the uniqueness of the Fundamental Theorem of
5n always ends, with 5
Arithmetic guarantees that there are no other primes in
6n always ends with 6
the factorization of 6n .
Thus, (5n + 6n ) always ends with 5 + 6 = 11
So, there is no natural number n for which 6 n ends with
Thus,
the digit zero.
2 × (5n + 6n ) always ends with 2 × 11 = 22
18. We have,
i.e., it always ends with 2
so the correct answer is (d) 150 = 52 × 3 × 2
And, 200 = 52 × 23
6. The correct answer is : 500
Here, 23 , 31 and 52 are the greatest powers of the prime
7. (d) 57 factors 2, 3 and 5 respectively involved in the two
8. (b) termination decimal expansion after 2 places of numbers.
decimals So, LCM (150 , 200) = 2 3 × 31 × 52 = 600
9. (a) 5.213213213 19. Let us assume that √3 is rational.
10. (c) terminating after 2 decimal places. So we can find integers r and s(≠ 0) such that
r
11. (d) 4 3= .
S
12. (a) 1000 Suppose r and s have a common factor than 1.
13. (d) None Then we divide r and s by the common factor and get
14. Let the other number be x. a
Product of number = LCM × HCF 3=
⇒ 26 × x = 182 × 13 b
⇒ x = 91 Where a and b are coprime.
Therefore, other number is 91. So, √3b2 = a2
15. Let 5 + 2 √7 is a rational number. Squaring on both sides, we get
So, we can write 3b = a
Therefore,
P
 5+ 2 7 = a2 is divisible by 3, and so a is also divisible by 3.
q So, we can write a = 3c for some integer c.
P 5
 7= = Now,
2q 2 3b2 = a2
⇒ 3b2 = 9c2
P 5
p, q, 5 and 2 are integers. So, − is a rational ⇒ b2 = 3c2
2q 2 This means that b2 is divisible by 3, and so b is also
number. divisible by 3.
Therefore, √7 is also a rational number. Therefore,
But √7 is given to be an irrational number. a and b have at least 3 as a common factor.
But this contradicts the fact that a and b are coprime.
This is a contradiction which raised due to our So, our assumption that √3 is a rational is wrong.
assumption that 5 + 2 √7 is a rational number. Hence √3 is an irrational number.
Therefore, 5 + 2 √7 is an irrational number 20. Rational number lying between 2 and 3 is
n
16. We can write, 12 n = ( 2 n ×3 ) . 15 3
1.5 = =
If a number ends with 0 then it is divisible by 5. But, prime 10 2
n
factorization of 12 does not contains 5.  2 1.414 and 3 1.732
 
21. Let a be positive odd integer
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Using division algorithm on a and b = 4 To find the HCF, we list common prime factors and their
a = 4q + r Since 0 ≤v r < 4, the possible remainders are 0, smallest exponent in 404 and 96 as under:
1, 2 and 3 Common prime factor = 2, Least exponent = 2
∴ a can be 4q or 4q + 1 or 4q + 2 or 4q + 3, where q is the ∴ HCF = 22 = 4
quotient To find the LCM, we list all prime factors of 404 and 96
Since a is odd, a cannot be 4q and 4q + 2 and their greatest exponent as follows:
∴ Any odd integer is of the form 4q + 1 or 4q + 3, where Prime factors of 404 and 96 Greatest
q is some integer Exponent
2 5
22. Let 2 be rational. 3 1
P 101 1
∴ 2 = where p and q are co-prime intergers and, q ∴ LCM = 25 × 3 × 1013
q = 23 × 31 × 1011
≠ 0. = 9696
Implies that 2q = p Now,
HCF × LCM = 9696 × 4 = 38784
2q = p …………(i)
2 2
Product of two numbers = 404 ×96 = 38784
⇒ 2 divides p2
Therefore HCF × LCM = Product of two numbers.
⇒ 2 divides p …………(A)
Let p = 2c for some integer c
P2 = 4c2
⇒ 2q2 = 4c2
⇒ q2 = 2c2
⇒ 2 divides q2
⇒ 2 divides q ………….(B)
From (A) and (B), we get
∴ 2 is common factor of both p and q. But this contradicts
the fact that p and q have no common factor other than 1.
∴ Our supposition is wrong Hence, 2 is an irrational
number.
23. Smallest prime number is 2.
Smallest composite number is 4
Therefore HCF is 2.
24. Let us assume that (5 + 3 2 ) is rational. Then there
exist co-prime positive integers a and b such that
a
5+3 2 =
b
a
3 2= −5
b
a − 5b
2=
3b
a − 5b
⇒ 2 is rational. [∵ a, b are integers, is
3b
rational].
This contradicts the fact that 2 is rational
So our assumption is incorrect.
Hence, (5 + 3 2 ) is an irrational number
25. Using the factors tree for the prime factorization of
404 and 96, we have
404 = 22 × 101 and 96 = 22 × 3