SHIKSHA ACADEMY

Assignment – Class X
Math – Real Numbers
Q. 1 Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of 504 and 980.
Q. 2 Using Euclid’s division algorithm, find whether the pair of numbers 847, 2160 are coprimes or
not.
Q. 3 If the HCF of 152 and 272 is expressible in the form 272× 8 + 152 x ,then find x .
Q. 4 “The product of three consecutive positive integers is divisible by 6.” Is this statement true or
false? Justify your answer.
Q. 5 Prove that the square of any positive integer of the form 5m + 1 will leave a remainder 1 when
divided by 5 for some integer m.
Q. 6 Show that only one of the numbers n, n + 2 and n + 4 is divisible by 3.
Q. 7 Show that p2 will leave a remainder 1 when divided by 8, if p is an odd positive integer.
Q. 8 Write whether every positive integer can be of the form 4q + 2, where q is an integer. Justify
your answer.
Q. 9 For any positive integer n, prove that n3 – n is divisible by 6.
Q. 10 By using Euclids algorithm find the largest number which divides 650 and 1170.
Q. 11 Find the HCF and LCM of 180 and 288 by prime factorization method.
Q. 12 Let d be the HCF of 24 and 36. Find two numbers a and b, such that d = 24a + 36b.
Q. 13 In a seminar the number of participants in Mathematics, Physics and Biology are 336, 240 and
96. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room same number of participants is
to be seated and all of them being in the same subject.
Q. 14 Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.
Q. 15 Find the HCF of 65 and 117 and find a pair of integral values of m and n such that HCF = 65m +
117n.
Q. 16 Show that 21n cannot end with the digits 0,2,4,6 and 8 for any natural number n.
Q. 17 If HCF of 144 and 180 is expressed in the form 13m – 3, find the value of m.
Q. 18 Determine the values of p and q so that the prime factorization of 2520 is expressible as 2 3
p
×3 × q ×7.
Q. 19 Find the LCM and HCF of 120 and 144 by using Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.

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Q. 20 Prove that is irrational.
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