Gulf Indian High School, Dubai

QUESTION BANK
Grade: X Subject: Mathematics
REAL NUMBERS
1. HCF and LCM of two numbers are 9 and 459 respectively. If one of the numbers is 27, find the
other number
2. If HCF of a and b is 12 and product of these numbers is 1800.What is the LCM of these numbers?
3. Express 98 as a product of its primes. What is the sum of the exponent of its prime?
4. Check whether 5x 3 x 11 + 11 and 5 x 7 + 7 x 3 are composite numbers and justify.
5. The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If one number is
280, then find the other number
6. Check whether 6n can end with the digit 0, where n is any natural number
7. Given that LCM (26,169) = 338, write HCF(26,169).
8. Find the HCF and LCM of 6,72 and 120 using the prime factorization method
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10. Prove that 5√7 is an irrational number.

11. Prove that 7 + √3 is an irrational number
12. Prove that √2 + √3 is an irrational number
13. Complete the factor tree and find x, y, z

14. The HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117. Find the value of m. Also find the LCM of 65
and 117 using prime factorization method.
15. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive)
POLYNOMIALS
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8 Find the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2- 2√6x +2=0

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10 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the
coefficients.

11 Find the value of k such that 3x2 + 2kx + x – k – 5 has the sum of zeros as half of their product.
12 If α and β are zeros of y2 + 5y + m, find the value of m such that (α + β)2 – αβ = 24
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14 Find the zeroes of quadratic polynomial ƒ(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑏𝑥2 + (𝑏2 − 𝑎𝑐)𝑥 – 𝑏𝑐

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PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

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9. A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day
thereafter. Saritha paid Rs 27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid Rs 21 for the book
she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra day.
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12. The ratio of income of two persons is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditure is 4 : 3, if each of them manage
to save Rs. 2000/month. Find their monthly incomes

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13. A and B are two points 150 km apart on a highway. Two cars start A and B at the same time. If they move in
the same direction they meet in 15 hours. But if they move in the opposite direction, they meet in 1 hours.
Find their speeds
14. A part of monthly hostel charges in a college is fixed and the remaining depends on the number of days
one has taken food in the mess. When a student ‘A’ takes food for 22 days, he has to pay Rs. 1380 as hostel
charges; whereas a student ‘B’, who takes food for 28 days, pays Rs. 1680 as hostel charges. Find the fixed
charges and the cost of food per day.
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INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY
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6. Prove that:

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Prove that
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13. Prove the identity: (sec A – cos A). (cot A + tan A) = tan A . sec A
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PROBABILITY
1. The probability of getting bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035.Then find the no. of bad eggs in the lot.
2. Cards marked with numbers 13, 14, 15,….60 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. One card is drawn at
random form the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is
(i) Divisible by 5 (ii) a number which is a perfect square. (iii) divisible by both 3 and 2
(iv) a prime (v) odd numbers
3. A card is drawn at random form a well shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the card
drawn is
(i) a spades or an ace (ii) a red king (iii) neither a king nor a queen
(iv) either a king or a queen (v) the ace of spades (vi) neither a hearts nor a king
(vii) a black face card (viii) a red card (ix) a king or jack
(x) a king card (xi) face card (xii) black card
(xiii) neither a hear card nor a queen (xiv) jack (xv) the ’10’of red card
4. King, queen and jack of hearts are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards and then the pack is well
shuffled. A card is drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability of getting a card of
(i) a black face card (ii) a queen (iii) not a king (iv) hearts (v) black card

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5. A dice has its six faces marked 0, 1,1 ,1,6, 6. Two such dice are thrown together and total score is recorded
(a) how many different scores are possible? (b)What is the probability of getting a total of seven?
6. In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice. find the probability of getting (i) 8 as sum (ii) doublet (iii) a sum
greater than 9 (iv) a doublet of prime number (v) a sum less than 6 (vi) a sum more than 7
7. A child’s game has 8 triangles of which 3 are blue and rest are red and 10 squares of which 6 are blue and
rest are red. One place is lost at random. Find the probability that it is a (i) triangle (ii) square (iii) square of
blue colour (iv) triangle of red colour
8. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random, contains 53 Thursday.
9. Peter throws two different dice together and finds the product of the two numbers obtained. Rina throws a
die and squares the number obtained. Who has the better chance to get the number 25?
10. The box contains 12 balls out of which x are black. If one ball is drawn at random form the box, what is the
probability that it will be a black ball?
If 6 more black balls are put in the box, the probability of drawing a black ball is now double of what it was
before. Find x.
11. A jar contains 24 marbles, some are green and others are blue. If a marble is drawn at random from the jar,
the probability that it is green is 2/3. Find the number of blue marbles in the jar.
12. A box contains 150 oranges, if one orange is taken out from the box at random and the probability of its
being rotten is 0.06, then find the number of good oranges in the box.
13. A coin is tossed thrice find the probability of (i) 2 heads (ii) atleast 2 heads (iii) atmost 2 heads
14. Suppose you drop a die at random on the rectangular region of dimensions 2m x 3m. what is the probability
that it will land inside the diameter of 1 cm?

15. A letter of English alphabets is chosen at random. Determine the probability that the letter is consonant
ASSERTION AND REASONING
For the following questions choose the correct options from the below:
A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
B) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
C) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
D) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
1. Assertion: There are two numbers such that there HCF is 18 and LCM is 380.
Reason: The LCM must be divisible by HCF.
Assertion: The number 4n cannot end with the digit zero, where n is a natural number.
Reason: The prime factorization of number 4n have only the prime 2.
2. Assertion: The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad eggs in the lot is
14.
Reason: If the probability of an event is p, the probability of its complementary event will be 1 – p
3. Assertion: The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150, then there LCM is 30
Reason: For any two positive integers a and b , HCF ( a, b) + LCM ( a, b) = a × b.
4. Assertion: A quadratic polynomial, sum of whose zeroes is 6 and their product is 8 is x 2 – 14x + 48.
Reason: If 𝛼 and 𝛽 be the zeroes of the polynomial f(x), then polynomial is given by
f(x) = x2 ˗ (𝛼 + 𝛽) x + 𝛼𝛽.

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7. Assertion: If x=2 sin2θ and y=2cos2θ+1 then the value of x+y=3.

Reason: For any value of θ, sin2θ+cos2θ=1
8. Assertion: sinA is the product of sin A.
Reason: The value of sinθ increases as θ increases.
9. Assertion: In a right ΔABC, right angled at B, if tanA=12/5, then secA=13/5.
Reason: cotA is the product of cot and A.
10. Assertion: The value of q=±2, if x=3, y=1 is the solution of the line 2x+y-q2-3=0.
Reason: The solution of the line will satisfy the equation of the line.
11. Assertion: The value of k for which the system of linear equations 3x-4y=7 and
6x-8y=k have infinite number of solution is 14.
Reason: The graph of linear equations a1x+b1y+c1=0 and a2x+b2y+c2=0 gives a
pair of intersecting lines if a1/a2 ≠ b1/b2
12. Assertion: If P(E) = 0.07, then its probability of ‘not E’ is 0.93
Reason: P(E) + P(not E) = 1
13. ASSERTION: If the pair of lines are coincident , then we say that pair of lines is inconsistent and it has a
unique solution.
REASON: If the pair of lines are parallel then the pairs has no solution and is called consistent pair of
equations
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15. Assertion: The given pair of numbers 231 and 396 are co-prime.
Reason: 231 and 396 have only 1 as a common factor

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 CASE STUDY
1. One day, due to heavy storm an electric wire got bent as shown in the figure. It followed some
mathematical shape of curve. Answer the following questions below.

(a) How many zeros are there in the above graph?

(b) Find the zeros of the above polynomial
(c) Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeros are – 3 and 4
(d) If one zero of the polynomial x2 – 5x – 6 is 6, then find the other zero.
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(a) Find the probability, first boy pick the card and he get the card with an even number?
(b) If the card drawn in first case is replaced, and the second boy draws a card. What is the
probability of getting a prime number?
(c) If the card drawn, is not replaced in the second draw, what is the probability that he got a
multiple of 3 greater than 4?
(d) If all cards drawn are replaced then what is the probability of getting a multiple of 3 and 5?

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(a) Find the value of 𝜃

(b) What will be the length of BD?
(c) Find the length of the ladder
(d) How far from the foot of the pole should she place the foot of the ladder?
(e) If the height of pole and distance BD is doubled, then what will be the length of the ladder.
4. Aditya works as a librarian in Gulf Indian High school, Dubai. He ordered for books on English, Hindi
and Mathematics. He received 96 English books, 240 Hindi books and 336 Maths books. He wishes
to arrange these books in stacks such that each stack consists of the books on only one subject and
the number of books in each stack is the same. He also wishes to keep the number of stacks
minimum.
(a) Find the number of books in each stack
(b) Find the total number of stacks formed
(c) How many stacks of mathematics books will be formed?
(d) If the thickness of each English book is 3 cm, then calculate the height of each stack of
English books
(e) If each Hindi book weighs 1.5 kg, then find the weight of books in a stack of Hindi books.
5. Amit is planning to buy a house and the layout is given below. The design and the measurement has been
made such that areas of two bedrooms and kitchen together is 95 sq.m.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

1. Form the pair of linear equations in two variables from this situation.
2. Find the length of the outer boundary of the layout.
3. Find the area of each bedroom and kitchen in the layout.
4. Find the area of living room in the layout.
5. Find the cost of laying tiles in kitchen at the rate of Rs. 50 per sq.m

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