Real numbers Grade X Worksheet

Section A(2 Marks)

1 .Find the (HCF *LCM ) for the numbers 100 and 190.

2. Complete the missing entries in the following factor tree:

441
3. Has the rational numbe 2 7 2 a terminating or a non-terminating decimal representation?
25 7

4. Can 72 and 20 respectively be the LCM and HCF of two numbers? Write down the reason.

5. If a and b are two prime numbers, write their HCF and LCM.

6. If p and q are two coprime numbers, write their HCF and LCM.

7. Find the LCM of 1824 and 1080.

8. If HCF (6, a) = 2 and LCM (6, a) = 60 then find a.

9. Two numbers are in the ratio 15: 11. If their HCF is 13 and LCM is 2145 then find the numbers

10. Show all the prime factors of 1778700.

Section B(3 Marks)

13. In a school annual day function parade; a group of 1309 students need to march behind the band of
408 members. The two groups have to march in the same number of columns. What is the maximum
number of columns in which they can march?

14. Two tankers contain 1482 litres and 779 litres of petrol respectively. Find the maximum capacity of
the container which can measure the petrol of either tanker in exact number of litres.How many
containers of petrol are there in the first tanker.

15. Three people go for a morning walk together. Their steps measure 70 cm, 84 cm and 105 cm
respectively. What is the minimum distance traveled when their steps will exactly match after starting
the walk assuming that their walking speed is same?
16. Find the largest positive integer that will divide 1638 and 1082 leaving remainders 26 and 16
respectively.

17. Find the smallest number which when divided by 30, 40 and 60 leaves the remainder 7 in each case

18. In a seminar, the number of participants in German, English and French are 207, 135 and 117
respectively. Find the numbers of rooms required to house them if in each room, the same number of
participants are to be accommodated and all of them must belong to the same language.

19. Find the smallest number which when increased by 7 is exactly divisible by both 247 and 130.

20. Prove that n2-n is even for every positive integer n.

21. Prove that 3 - 3√7 is an irrational number.

22. Prove that 1 /√5 is an irrational number.

23. Prove that √11 is an irrational number.

24. Prove that √3 - √2 is an irrational number.

25. Find the HCF and the LCM of the following by prime factorization.

a) 360, 756 b) 2x4y3z, 32x3y4p2

26. There are 3 consecutive traffic lights which turn "green" after every 36, 42 and 72 seconds. They all
were at "green" at 9:00 AM. At what time will they all turn "green" simultaneously?

28. Ramesh wants to build a small fence around the garden in his backyard. The garden is in the shape of
a right triangle. If one leg is 2 metres and the other leg is 1 metre. He goes to a store for purchasing
fencing. The store sells fencing in tenths of a metre. (A) What is perimeter of Ramesh's garden? Show all
your work. (B) What length of fencing should Ramesh buy if the store only sells the fencing in tenth of a
metre?