THE DEV PUBLIC SCHOOL

Case study
Mathematics
Class : 10th

Roll No. : Time - Holiday homework

Date : June 2024 MM - 92

1. To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and two of 4
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. [CBSE Question
Bank]

(a) 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?

(i) 144 (ii) 128 (iii) 288 (iv) 272

(b) 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

(i) 2 (ii) 4 (iii) 6 (iv) 8

(c) 36 can be expressed as a product of its primes as

(i) 22 × 32 (ii) 21 × 33

(iii) 23 × 31 (iv) 20 × 30

(d) 7 × 11 × 13 × 15 + 15 is a

(i) prime number

(ii) composite number

(iii) neither prime nor composite

(iv) none of the above

(e) 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
 (i) ab (ii) a2b2

(iii) a3b2 (iv) a3b3

2. A seminar is being conducted by an Educational Organisation, where the participants will 4

be educators of different subjects. The number of participants in Hindi, English and
Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108 respectively. [CBSE Question Bank]

(a) In each room the same number of participants are to be seated and all of them being in
the same subject, hence maximum number participants that can accommodated in each
room are

(i) 14 (ii) 12 (iii) 16 (iv) 18

(b) What is the minimum number of rooms required during the event?

(i) 11 (ii) 31 (iii) 41 (iv) 21

(c) The LCM of 60, 84 and 108 is

(i) 3780 (ii) 3680 (iii) 4780 (iv) 4680

(d) The product of HCF and LCM of 60, 84 and 108 is

(i) 55360 (ii) 35360 (iii) 45500 (iv) 45360

(e) 108 can be expressed as a product of its primes as

(i) 23 × 32 (ii) 23 × 33

(iii) 22 × 32 (iv) 22 × 33

3. A Mathematics Exhibition is being conducted in your school and one of your friends is 4
making a model of a factor tree. He has some difficulty and asks for your help in completing
a quiz for the audience. Observe the following factor tree and answer the following:
 (a) What will be the value of x?

(i) 15005 (ii) 13915 (iii) 56920 (iv) 17429

(b) What will be the value of y?

(i) 23 (ii) 22 (iii) 11 (iv) 19

(c) What will be the value of z?

(i) 22 (ii) 23 (iii) 17 (iv) 19

(d) According to Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic 13915 is a

(i) Composite number (ii) Prime number

(iii) Neither prime nor composite (iv) Even number

(e) The prime factorisation of 13915 is

(i) 5 × 113 × 132 (ii) 5 × 113 × 232

(iii) 5 × 112 × 23 (iv) 5 × 112 × 132

4. Ravish runs a book shop at school of Math, Gurgaon. 4

He received 480 chemistry books, 192 physics books and 672 Mathematics books of class XI.

He whishes to average these books in minimum numbers of stacks such that each stack
consists of the books on only one subject and the number of books in each stack is the
same.

(a) Find the number of books in each stack.

(i) 26 (ii) 48 (iii) 24 (iv) 54

(b) Number of stacks of Mathematics books are

(i) 24 (ii) 14 (iii) 60 (iv) 80

 (c) Minimum number of stacks of all the books are

(i) 24 (ii) 25 (iii) 27 (iv) 28

(d) Difference in number of stacks of Mathematics books and sum of stacks of Physics and
Chemistry books is

(i) 4 (ii) 10 (iii) 8 (iv) 0

(e) If the thickness of each book of physics is 2.5 cm then height of each stack is

(i) 1.4 m (ii) 1.3 m

(iii) 1.2 m (iv) 1 m

5. To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and two of 4
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.

(i) 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?

(ii) Express 36 as a product of its primes.

(iii) If there are 36 students in section A and 44 students in section B, what is minimum
number of books you will acquire for the class library so that they can be distributed equally
among students of section A or B.

OR

Find HCF of 32, 36 and 44.

6. A seminar is being conducted by an Educational Organisation, where the participants will 4

be educators of different subjects. The number of participants in Hindi, English and
Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108 respectively.
 (i) In each room the same number of participants are to be seated and all of them being in
the same subject. Find the maximum number of participants that can be accommodated in
each room.

(ii) What is the minimum number of rooms required during the event?

(iii) Find the LCM of 60, 84 and 108.

OR

Find the product of HCF and LCM of 60, 84 and 108.

7. Aditi plantations have two rectangular fields of the same width but different lengths. They 4
are required to plant 168 trees in the smaller field and 462 trees in the larger field. In both
fields, the trees will be planted in the same number of rows but in different number of
columns.

(i) What is the maximum number of rows in which the trees can be planted in each of the
fields?

(ii) If the trees are planted in the number of rows obtained in part (i), how many columns will
each field have?

(iii) If total cost of planted trees in one column is ` 500, then find the cost to plant the trees in
smaller field.

OR

If the total cost of planted trees in one column is ` 500, the find the cost to plant the trees in
larger field.

8. The below picture are few natural examples of parabolic shape which is represented by a 5
quadratic polynomial. A parabolic arch is an arch in the shape of a parabola. In structures,
their curve represents an efficient method of load, and so can be found in bridges and in
architecture in a variety of forms. [CBSE Question Bank]
(a) In the standard form of quadratic polynomial, ax2 + bx + c, a, b and c are

(i) All are real numbers.

(ii) All are rational numbers.

(iii) ‘a’ is a non zero real number and b and c are any real numbers.

(iv) All are integers.

 (b) If the roots of the quadratic polynomial are equal, where the discriminant D = b2 – 4ac,
then

(i) D > 0 (ii) D < 0 (iii) D ≥ 0 (iv) D = 0

(c) If α and are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 2x2 – x + 8k, then k is

(i) 4 (ii) (iii) (iv) 2

(d) The graph of x2 + 1 = 0

(i) Intersects the x-axis at two distinct points.

(ii) Touches the x-axis at a point.

(iii) Neither touches nor intersects the x-axis.

(iv) Either touches or intersects the x-axis.

(e) If the sum of the roots is –p and product of the roots is then the quadratic
polynomial is

9. An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, 5
and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of pose or
position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses. In the figure, one
can observe that poses can be related to representation of quadratic polynomial. [CBSE
Question Bank]
(a) The shape of the poses shown is

(i) Spiral (ii) Ellipse (iii) Linear (iv) Parabola

(b) The graph of parabola opens downwards, if _______

(i) a ≥ 0 (ii) a = 0 (iii) a < 0 (iv) a > 0

(c) In the graph, how many zeroes are there for the polynomial?

(i) 0 (ii) 1 (iii) 2 (iv) 3

(d) The two zeroes in the above shown graph are

(i) 2, 4 (ii) –2, 4 (iii) –8, 4 (iv) 2, –8

(e) The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial are

10. In Maths activity period, Roma’s Maths teacher told her to draw the graph of a 5
polynomial having at most two zeroes. She draws the graph as shown below:

(a) Name the shape drawn by Roma

(i) circle (ii) semicircle

(iii) parabola (iv) curve

(b) Coordinates of A and B are

(i) (–2, 0) and (4, 0)

(ii) (0, –2) and (– 4, 0)

(iii) (0, –2) and (4, 0)

(iv) (0, 2) and (4, 0)

(c) x coordinates of A and B are known as

(i) point of intersection with the x-axis

(ii) zeroes of polynomial

(iii) point where polynomial does not exist

(iv) none of these

(d) Zeroes of the polynomial represented by the graph are

(i) –2 and 0 (ii) 4 and 0

(iii) –2 and 4 (iv) 0 and 0

(e) What type of polynomial is represented by the graph made by Roma?

(i) Linear polynomial

 (ii) Quadratic polynomial

(iii) Constant polynomial

(iv) Cubic polynomial

11. The below picture are few examples of natural parabolic which is represented by a 4
quadratic polynomial. A parabolic arch is an arch in the shape of a parabola. In structures,
their curve represents an efficient method of load, and so can be found in bridges and in
architecture in a variety of forms.
(i) If a and are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 2x2 – x + 8k, then find the value of k.

(ii) Find the sum of zeroes of p(x) = kx2 – kx + 5.

(iii) Write a quadratic polynomial whose one zero is 4 and product of zeroes is 0.

OR

Find the zeroes of p(x) = x2 – 7x + 12

12. 4
An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, and later extended in
hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of pose or position, adding reclining, standing, inverted,

twisting, and balancing poses. In the figure, one can observe that poses can be related to representation of
quadratic polynomial.
(i) In the graph, how many zeroes are there for the polynomial?

(ii) Write two zeroes in the above shown graph.

(iii) Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial

OR

Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are –7 and .

13. In Maths activity period, Roma’s Maths teacher told her to draw the graph of a polynomial having at most 4
two zeroes. She draws the graph as shown below:

(i) Name the shape drawn by Roma.

(ii) Find the zeroes of p(x) = x2 – 49

(iii) If 1 is a zero of polynomial

p(x) = mx2 – 3(m – 1)x + 4, then find the value of m.

OR

If a and b are zeroes of the polynomial x2 – px + q2, then find the value of a + b – ab.

14. COVID-19 Pandemic 5

The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of

coronavirus disease caused by the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among humans.
The following tables shows the age distribution of case admitted during a day in two different
hospitals Table 1

Age (in No. of

years) cases

5-15 6

15-25 11

25-35 21

35-45 23

45-55 14

55-65 5

Table 2

Age (in No. of

years) cases

5-15
8
15-25
16
25-35
10
35-45
42
45-55
24
55-65
12

[CBSE Question Bank]

Refer to table 1

(a) The average age for which maximum cases occurred is

(i) 32.24 (ii) 34.36 (iii) 36.82 (iv) 42.24

(b) The upper limit of modal class is

 (i) 15 (ii) 25 (iii) 35 (iv) 45

(c) The mean of the given data is

(i) 26.2 (ii) 32.4 (iii) 33.5 (iv) 35.4

Refer to table 2

(d) The mode of the given data is

(i) 41.4 (ii) 48.2 (iii) 55.3 (iv) 64.6

(e) The median of the given data is

(i) 32.7 (ii) 40.2 (iii) 42.3 (iv) 48.6

15. The table given below shows the absents records of 40 number of students of a class for 4
the middle term.

Number of days 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40
Number of students 11 10 5 4 5 2 2 1

Answer the questions based on above.

(a) What is the class mark of classes 15-20 and 20-25?

(b) What is the class size of each class?

(c) Write the assumed mean formula for calculating mean of above data.

(d) If di is the deviation of xi from the assumed mean a then determine the value of ∑fidi.

(e) Find the mean of the above data.

16. Electricity energy consumption is the form of energy consumption that uses electric 4
energy. Global electricity consumption continues to increase faster than world population,
leading to an increase in the average amount of electricity consumed per person (per capita
electricity consumption).
 A survey is conducted for 56 families of a Colony A. The following tables gives the weekly
consumption of electricity of these families.

Weekly consumption (in units) No. of families

0-10 16
10-20 12
20-30 18
30-40 6
40-50 4
50-60 0

The similar survey is conducted for 80 families of Colony B and the data is recorded as
below:

Weekly consumption (in units) No. of families

0-10 0
10-20 5
20-30 10
30-40 20
40-50 40
50-60 5

Refer to data received from Colony A

(a) The median weekly consumption is

(i) 12 units (ii) 16 units (iii) 20 units (iv) None of these

(b) The mean weekly consumption is

(i) 19.64 units (ii) 22.5 units (iii) 26 units (iv) None of these

(c) The modal class of the above data is I

(i) 0-10 (ii) 10-20 (iii) 20-30 (iv) 30-40

Refer to data received from Colony B

(d) The modal weekly consumption is

(i) 38.2 units (ii) 43.6 units (iii) 26 units (iv) 32 units

(e) The mean weekly consumption is

(i) 15.65 units (ii) 32.8 units (iii) 38.75 units (iv) 48 units

17. What the data is continuous and is the form of frequency distribution then median, mean 4
and model are related to each other as

3Median = Mode +
2Mean
 Answer the questions based on above.

(a) Mode and mean of a data are 24 k and 30 k. Median of the data is

(i) 14 k (ii) 20 k (iii) 28 k (iv) 26 k

(b) If Mean = k (3 Median – Mode), then k =

(i) (ii) 1 (iii) 2 (iv)

(c) Which of the following relation is correct for moderately distribution?

(i) Mode > 3 Median + 2 Mean

(ii) Mode = 3 Median – 2 Mean

(iii) Mode < 3 Median + 2 Mean

(iv) Mode = Median + Mean

(d) Which of the following is not the measure of central tendency?

(i) Mean (ii) Median (iii) Mode (iv) Range

(e) The mode of the numbers 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 6, is

(i) 4 (ii) 2 (iii) 3 (iv) 12

18. Runs scored 4

The given distribution shows the number of runs scored by top batsman is one-day international.

Runs scored Number of batsman

3000 – 4000 5

4000 – 5000 15

5000 – 6000 10

6000 – 7000 8

7000 – 8000 6

8000 – 9000 2

9000 – 10000 3

Answer the questions based on above.

(a) What is the modal class of the data?

(b) What is the frequency of the class preceeding the modal class?

(c) Find the lower limit of the modal class.

(d) Write the formula for finding the mode of the above data?

(e) What is the modal value of the above data?

19. On a weekend Rani was playing cards with her family. The deck has 52 cards. If her 4
brother drew one card.

(a) Find the probability of getting a king of red colour.

(b) Find the probability of getting a face card.

(c) Find the probability of getting a jack of hearts.

(d) Find the probability of getting a red face card.

(e) Find the probability of getting a spade.

20. Playing Cards 4

Raghav and Mohan are playing with cards. The deck has 52 playing cards. Mohan drew one
card. Answer the questions based on above.
 (a) What is the probability that drawn card is red colour?

(b) Find the probability of getting a king of black colour.

(c) Find the probability of getting a jack of clubs.

(d) Find the probability of getting a card of spade.

(e) Find the probability of getting a non ace card.

21. Rahul and Ravi planned to play Business (board game) in which they were supposed to 4
use two dice

[CBSE Question Bank]

(a) Ravi got first chance to roll the dice. What is the probability that he got the sum of the
two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is 8?

(b) Rahul got next chance. What is the probability that he got the sum of the two numbers
appearing on the top face of the dice is 13?

(c) Now it was Ravi’s turn. He rolled the dice. What is the probability that he got the sum of
the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is less than or equal to 12 ?
 (d) Rahul got next chance. What is the probability that he got the sum of the two numbers
appearing on the top face of the dice is equal to 7 ?

(e) Now it was Ravi’s turn. He rolled the dice What is the probability that he got the sum of
the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is greater than 8 ?

22. Shiv and Raman are playing with pair of dice. They throw a pair of dice and write the 4
outcomes. Raman says, we have 36 outcomes. Then he asks some questions to Shiv. Help
Shiv to find the answer.

(a) Find the probability that number obtained have sum less than 7.

(b) Find the probability of getting a doublet.

(c) Mohan says, if I throw a dice once, find the probability of getting a prime number.

(d) If the dice is thrown once, what is the probability of getting an odd number.

(e) In a single throws of two dice, find the probability of getting a doublet of even numbers.

23. Ram Gopal has 20 tickets on which numbers are written from 1 to 20. 4

He mixed thoroughly all the tickets and then a ticket is drawn at random out of them. Answer
the questions based on above.

(a) The probability that drawn ticket bears a number, which is multiple of 3 is

(b) The probability of drawing a prime number ticket is

(c) The probability of getting an even number ticket is

(d) The probability of getting a perfect square number ticket is

(e) The probability of all the above experiment is

(i) 1

(ii) 0

(iii) lying between 0 and 1

(iv) –1