1. Express each number as a product of its prime factors
a. 140 b. 156 c. 3825 d. 5005 e. 7429 2. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657). 3. Prove that 3 + 2√5 is irrational. 4. Without actually performing the long division, state whether the following rational numbers will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion. 5. The following real numbers have decimal expansions as given below. In each case, decide whether they are rational or not. If they are rational, and of the form, p/q what can you say about the prime factors of q? a. 43.123456789 b. 0.120120012000120000. 6. What is the HCF of the smallest prime number and the smallest composite number? 7. Find HCF and LCM of 404 and 96 and verify that HCF × LCM = Product of the two given numbers. 8. Given that √2 is irrational, prove that (5 + 3√2) is an irrational number. 9. Write the smallest number which is divisible by both 360 and 657. 10. The decimal expansion of the rational number 432453 will terminate after how many places of decimals? 11. Find the largest number that will divide 398, 436 and 542 leaving remainders 7, 11, and 15 respectively. 12. If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032 × 2 + 408 × p, then find the value of p. 13. HCF and LCM of two numbers is 9 and 459 respectively. If one of the numbers is 27, find the other number. 14. Find LCM of numbers whose prime factorisation are expressible as 3 × 5 2 and 32 × 72. (2014) 15. Complete the following factor tree and find the composite number x. (2014)
18. Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12, 15 minutes respectively. If they start tolling together, after what time will they next toll together? (2013) 19. Two tankers contain 850 liters and 680 liters of petrol. Find the maximum capacity of a container which can measure the petrol of each tanker in the exact number of times. (2012) 20. The length, breadth, and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75 cm respectively. Find the length of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the room exactly. (2015) 21. By using Euclid’s algorithm, find the largest number which divides 650 and 1170. 22. If two positive integers x and y are expressible in terms of primes as x = p 2q3 and y = p3q, what can you say about their LCM and HCF. Is LCM a multiple of HCF? Explain. (2014) 23. Find the HCF and LCM of 306 and 657 and verify that LCM × HCF = Product of the two numbers. (2016 D)