Chapter 1 : Real Number

1. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reasons. [ Exemplar]

2. The LCM of two numbers is 1200. Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
(a) 600 (b) 200 (c) 400 (d) 500

3. If the LCM of a & 18 is 36 and the HCF of a & 18 is 2, then a =

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4

4. If two positive integers a & b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy3; x, y are prime numbers,
then HCF(a, b) is
(a) xy (b) xy2 (c) x3y3 (d) x2y2 [Exemplar]

5. If two positive integers p & q can be expressed as p = ab2 and q = a3b; a, b being prime
numbers, then LCM (p, q) is
(a) ab (b) a2b2 (c) a3b2 (d) a3b3 [Exemplar]

c  3n  5 and LCM (a, b, c) = 2  3  5, then n =

3 2
6. If a  23  3, b  2  3  5,
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4

7. The numbers 525 & 3000 are both divisible only by 3, 5, 15, 25 & 75. What is HCF (525,
3000)? Justify your answer. [Exemplar]

8. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is
(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 504 (d) 2520
[Exemplar]

9. If the sum of LCM & HCF of two numbers is 1260 and their LCM is 900 more than their
HCF,then the product of two numbers is
(a) 203400 (b)198400 (c) 194400 (d) 205400

10. If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117, then the value of m is
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3 [Exemplar]

11. The LCM & HCF of two rational numbers are equal, then the numbers must be
(a) equal (b) co-prime (c) composite (d) prime

12. The product of a non-zero rational & an irrational number is

(a) always irrational (b) always rational
(c) rational or irrational (d) one [Exemplar]

13. The product of two irrational numbers is

(a) always a rational (b) always an irrational
(c) Rational or Irrational (d) always a non-zero number

14. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorization of 196, is
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 6

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15. If n is any natural number, then 6n - 5n always ends with
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) 7

16. If 3 is the least prime factor of number a and 7 is the least prime factor of number b, then
the least prime factor of a + b, is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 10

17. If n  23  34  54  7, then the number of consecutive zeros in n,

where n is a natural number, is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 7

18. Find the value of: (1) n  (1)2n  (1)2n1  (1)4n2 ,

where n is any positive odd integer.

19. The Prime Factorization of 313  310 is

(a) 313213 (b) 311213 (c) 310213 (d) None of These

20. The HCF of smallest Composite Number and the smallest Prime Number is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5

21. The LCM of Smallest Two Digit Composite Number and Smallest Composite Number is
(a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 44

22. If p is prime, then HCF & LCM of p & p+1 would be

(a) HCF = p, LCM = p+1 (b) HCF = p(p+1), LCM = 1
(c) HCF = 1, LCM = p(p+1) (d) None of These

23. Two Number are in the ratio 15: 11. If their HCF is 13, then numbers will be
(a) 195 & 143 (b) 190 & 140
(c) 185 & 163 (d) 185 & 143

24. If N is any prime number, then N is

(a)Rational Number (b) Irrational Number
(c) Prime Number (d) Co-Prime Number

25. “The product of two consecutive positive integers is divisible by 2”.

Is this statement true or false? Give reasons. [Exemplar]

26. If p & q are co-prime numbers, then p2 & q2 are

(a) not coprime (b) coprime (c) even (d) odd

27. If p1 & p2 are two odd prime numbers such that p1  p2 , then p1  p2 is
2 2

(a) an odd number (b) an even number

(c) an odd prime number (d) a prime number

28. If sum of two numbers is 1215 and their HCF is 81, then the possible number
of pairs of such numbers are
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

29. Two positive numbers have their HCF as 12 their product as 6336.
The number of pairs possible for the numbers is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1

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30. Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their HCF is 12.
Then the square root of the largest number is
(a) 6 (b) -6 (c) 6 (d) All of These

31. A number when divided by 143 leaves 31 as remainder.

What will be the remainder when the same number is divided by 13 ?

32. The largest number which divides 70 & 125, leaving remainders 5 & 8, respectively, is
(a) 13 (b) 65 (c) 875 (d) 1750 [Exemplar]

33. Find the largest number that divides 1251, 9377 & 15628 leaving remainders 1, 2 and 3,
respectively. [Exemplar]

34. Find the largest number which divides 438 & 606,
leaving remainder 6 in each case.

35. Find the largest number which divides 320 & 457,
leaving remainders 5 & 7 respectively.

36. Find the least number which when divided by 35, 56 & 91 leaves the
same remainder 7 in each case.

37. Find the smallest number which when divided by 28 & 32

leaves remainders 8 & 12 respectively.

38. Find the smallest number which when increased by 17

is exactly divisible by both 468 & 520.

39. Find the greatest number of four digits which is exactly divisible by 15, 24 & 36.

40. Find the largest four-digits number which when divided by 4, 7 & 13
leaves a remainder of 3 in each case.

41. Find the least number which should be added to 2497 so that
the sum is exactly divisible by 5, 6, 4 & 3.

42. Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 & 183 so as to
leave the same remainder in each case.

43. Find the least number which when divided by 20, 25, 35 & 40
leaves remainders 14, 19, 29 & 34respectively.

44. In a seminar, the number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84 &
108 respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required, if in each room, the same
number of participants are to be seated and all of them being in the same subject.

45. 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?

46. 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?

47. Find the greatest possible length which can be used to measure
exactly the lengths 7 m, 3 m 85 cm & 12 m 95 cm.

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48. Find the maximum number of students among whom 1001 pens and 910 pencils can be
distributed in such a way that each student gets the same number of pens and the same
number of pencils.

49. Find the least number of square tiles required to pave the ceiling of a room 15 m 17cm
long and 9 m 2 cm broad.

50. Three measuring rods are 64 cm, 80 cm & 96 cm in length. Find the least length of cloth
that can be measured an exact number of times, using any of the rods.

51. 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?

52. 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?

53. 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?

54. On a morning walk, three persons step off together and their steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm
& 45 cm, respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that each can
cover the same distance in complete steps? [Exemplar]

55. A sweetseller has 420 kaju barfis and 130 badam barfis. She wants to stack them in such
a way that each stack has the same number, and they take up the least area of the tray.
What is the maximum number of barfis that can be placed in each stack for this purpose?

56. An army contingent of 616 members is to march behind an army band of 32 members in a
parade. The two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the
maximum number of columns in which they can march?

57. The Total Number of Factors of a Prime Number is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

58. HCF (a,b)  LCM (a,b) equal to

(a) a+b (b) a  b (c) ab (d) ab

59. Prove that 3 5 is irrational. [Exemplar]

60. Prove that p  q is irrational, where p, q are primes. [Exemplar]

(Not From Exam Point of View - Just for Extra Knowledge)

61. Show that there is no positive integers ‘n’ for which n  1  n  1 is Rational

62. Find HCF of 65 and 117 and find a pair of integral values of m and n such that
HCF = 65m + 117n

63. Find the HCF of 1651 and 2032 and Express the HCF in the form (1651m + 2032n)
for some integers m & n.

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