HI-TECH WORLD SCHOOL

SUNCITY GHAZIABAD.

WORKSHEET(REAL NUMBERS)
Class 10 - Mathematics

Section A
Question No. 1 to 4 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
A seminar is being conducted by an Educational Organisation, where the participants will be educators of different
subjects. The number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108 respectively.

1. What is the maximum number of participants that can be accommodated in each room if there are multiple rooms, and in
each room, the same number of participants are to be seated, and all of them are in the same subject?
2. What is the minimum number of rooms required during the event?
3. Show that the product of two numbers 60 and 84 is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM.
4. What is the LCM of two numbers if their product is 1080 and their HCF is 30?
Question No. 5 to 8 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and two of your friends to set up a class
library. There are two sections- section A and section B of grade X. There are 32 students in section A and 36 students
in section B.

5. What is the minimum number of books you will acquire for the class library, so that they can be distributed equally
among students of Section A or Section B?
6. If the product of two positive integers is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM is true then, the HCF (32, 36) is
7. 7 × 11 × 13 × 15 + 15 is a

8. If p and q are positive integers such that p = ab2 and q = a2b, where a, b are prime numbers, then the LCM (p, q) is
Section B
9. 120 can be expressed as a product of its prime factors as [1]

a) 15 × 23 b) 5 × 23 × 3

c) 5 × ×8 3 d) 10 × 22 × 3

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10. The sum of two irrational numbers is always [1]

a) a rational number b) an irrational number

c) an integer d) a rational number or an irrational number

11. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorisation of 196, is [1]

a) 5 b) 3

c) 4 d) 2
12. The LCM of two numbers is 1200. Which of the following cannot be their HCF? [1]

a) 500 b) 200

c) 600 d) 400
13. 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 is a/an: [1]

a) odd number but not composite b) square number

c) prime number d) composite number

14. The HCF of the smallest 2-digit number and the smallest composite number is [1]

a) 4 b) 10

c) 20 d) 2
15. Which of the following is a pair of co-primes? [1]

a) (14, 35) b) (18, 25)

c) (32, 62) d) (36, 96)

16. If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then a = [1]

a) 1 b) 2

c) 4 d) 3
17. Which of the followings is an irrational number? [1]
– 2
a) ( √ 2 − 1 ) 2 b) (2 √ –
3− 1
)
√3
( √ 2+5 √ 2) – –
c) d) √ 2 − (2 + √ 2)
√2

18. If p is prime, then H.C.F. and L.C.M. of p and p + 1 would be [1]

a) H.C.F. = p, L.C.M. = p + 1 b) H.C.F. = 1, L.C.M. = p(p + 1)

c) H.C.F. = p, L.C.M. = p(p + 1) d) H.C.F. = p(p + 1), L.C.M. = 1

Section C
19. Assertion (A): H.C.F. of 12 and 77 is 1. [1]
Reason (R): L.C.M. of two coprime numbers is equal to their product.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion (A): The H.C.F. of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their L.C.M. = 162 [1]
Reason: If a, b are two positive integers, then H.C.F. × L.C.M. = a × b

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 a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

21. Assertion (A): If L.C.M. {p, q} = 30 and H.C.F. {p, q} = 5, then p ⋅ q= 150 [1]
Reason (R): L.C.M. of (a, b) × H.C.F. of (a, b) = a ⋅ b

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

22. Assertion (A): If a number x is divided by y(x, y) (both x and y are positive) then remainder will be less than x. [1]
Reason (R): Dividend = Divisor × Quotient + Remainder.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

23. Assertion (A): No two positive numbers can have 18 as their H.C.F and 380 as their L.C.M. [1]
Reason (R): L.C.M. is always completely divisible by H.C.F.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section D
24. Find the LCM and HCF of the integers 12, 15 and 21 by applying the prime factorisation method. [2]
25. If d = HCF(48, 72), find the value of d. [2]
26. Define HCF of two positive integers and find the HCF of the pair of numbers: 105 and 120. [2]
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27. Prove that 3√ 2 is irrational [2]
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28. Prove that 10 + 2√ 3 is an irrational number, given that √ 3 is an irrational number. [2]
29. Find the HCF and LCM of 6, 72 and 120 using fundamental theorem of arithmetic. [2]
30. Can two numbers have 15 as their HCF and 175 as their LCM ? Give reasons. [2]
31. There is a circular path around a sports field. Sonia takes 18 minutes to drive one round of the field, while Ravi [2]
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?

32. Show that n2 - 1 is divisible by 8, if n is an odd positive integer. [2]

33. Find the LCM and HCF of the pairs of integers 510 and 92 and verify that LCM × HCF = product of the two [2]
numbers.
34. Amita, Suneha and Raghav start preparing cards for greeting each person of an old age home on new year. In [3]
order to complete one card, they take 10, 16 and 20 minutes respectively. If all of them started together, after
what time will they start preparing a new card together ? Why do you think there is a need to show elders that
the young generation cares for them and remembers the contribution made by them in the prime of their life?
35. If d is the HCF of 30 and 72, find the values of x and y satisfying d = 30x + 72y [3]
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36. Show that 2 − √ 3 is an irrational number. [3]
37. Find the HCF of the following polynomials: 2 (x 4 − y4) ,3 (x 3 + 2 x 2y − x y2 − 2 y 3) [3]
38. Mika exercises every 12 days and Nanu every 8 days. Mika and Nanu both exercised today. How many days will [3]

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 it be until they exercise together again?
39. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds and 108 seconds [3]
respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 8 a.m. then at what time will they again change
simultaneously?
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40. Prove that 4 − 5√ 2 is an irrational number. [3]
41. Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are [3]
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.
42. There are 156, 208 and 260 students in groups A, B and C respectively. Buses are to be hired to take them for a [3]
field trip. Find the minimum number of buses to be hired, if the same number studets should be accommodated
in each bus.
43. If (x–k) is the HCF of (2 x 2 − kx − 9) and x 2 + x − 12 , find the value of k. [3]
– a a+2b
44. Let a and b be positive integers. Show that √ 2 always lies between b
and a+b
. [5]
45. Three sets of physics, chemistry and mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are [5]
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.

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