DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE NORTH

CLASS 10 MATHEMATICS
WORKSHEET: REAL NUMBERS
1. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5 and their LCM is 1200. Then their HCF is ____
a) 40
b) 60
c) 20
d) 120
2. When 2120 is expressed as the product of its prime factors we get
a) 2 × 5 3 × 53
b) 2 3x 5 × 53
c) 5 × 7 2× 31
d) 5 2 × 7 ×33
3. Prove that 13 - 25√2 is irrational given that √2 is irrational.
4. HCF of two coprime numbers a and b is
a) 1
b) ab
c) 0
d) a2b
5. Assertion (A): If p is a prime number, then H.C.F. of p, p 2 and p3 is p.
Reason (R): H.C.F. of 3 number is smallest number among them.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
6. Four bells toll together at 9:00 am. They toll after 7, 8, 11 and 12 seconds respectively. How many
times will they toll together again in the next three hours?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
7. Explain whether the number 3 x 5 x 13 x 46 + 23 is a prime number or a composite number.

8. Find the value of: (-1) + (-1)2n +(-l) 2n+1 + (-l)4n+1 , where n is any positive odd integer.

9. Find LCM of numbers whose prime factorisation are expressible as 3 × 52 and 32 × 72.

10. Show that 3√7 is an irrational number.

11. Express 123456789 as product of primes. [hint: book]

12. State FTA.

13. Check whether 4n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.

14. 2mx5n where m and n are natural numbers will always end in
a) 5
b) 0
c) 25
d) 125
15. Can two numbers have 15 as their HCF and 175 as their LCM? Give reasons.
16. [HOTS]
There are 104 students in class X and 96 students in class IX in a school. In a house examination,
the students are to be evenly seated in parallel rows such that no two adjacent rows are of the
same class.
(a) Find the maximum number of parallel rows of each class for the seating arrangement.
(b) Also, find the number of students of class IX and also of class X in a row.
(c) What is the objective of the school administration behind such an arrangement?
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