Practice sheet 1 (Real Numbers)

Q1. Two tankers contain 850 litres and 680 litres of petrol respectively. Find the
maximum capacity of a container which can measure the petrol of either tanker in
exact number of times.
Answer: 170 litres
Q2. Explain whether the number 3 x 5 x 13 x 46 + 23 isa prime number or a
composite number.
Q3. Show that (√3+√5)² is an irrational number.
Q4. Three bells toll at intervals of 12 minutes, 15 minutes and 18 minutes
respectively. If they start tolling together, after what time will they next toll
together?
Answer: 180 minutes
Q5. If HCF of 144 and 180 is expressed in the form 13m – 3, find the value of m.
Answer: m = 3
Q6. Determine the values of p and q so that the prime factorisation of2520 is
expressible as 23 X p X q x 7.
Answer: 2, 5
Q7. Show that 2√2 is an irrational number.
Q8. 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.
Answer: 80
Q9. Find the LCM and HCF of 120 and 144 by using Fundamental Theorem of
Arithmetic.
Answer: 720, 24
Q10. The HCF of 45 and 105 is 15. Write their LCM.
Answer: 315
Q11. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 9 and 360 respectively. If one
number is 45, write the other number.
Answer: 72
Q12. Prove that √7 is irrational.
Q13. Prove that 7 – 2√3 is an irrational number.
Q14. Karan has 180 blue marbles and 150 red marbles. He wants to pack them
into packets containing equal number of marbles of the same colour. What is the
maximum number of marbles that each packet can hold?
Answer: 30 marbles
Q15. books in a library are stacked in such a way that they are stored subject
wise and the stacks are of the same size. If there are 144 geography books, 384
history books and 240 economics books, in the library, in how many stacks can
the books be arranged?
Answer: 16