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LEVEL-1

SECTION- A: INTEGERS

PPS-1
1. Choose the wrong statement
(a) There is no largest natural number
(b) There is no largest whole number
(c) Every natural number is a whole number
(d) All integers are natural numbers
2. An integer which is not divisible by 2 is called a/an
(a) Even number (b) Odd number
(c) Prime number (d) Composite number
3. Which of the following is not a composite number?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
4. Which of the following is not a prime number?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
5. Which of the following is not an even number?
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) -2 (d) 5

PPS-2
State true/false

1. If a is an integer then a2 must be a whole number

2. If k is even integer then (2k + 1) is odd integer
3. If k is odd integer than (2k + 1) is even integer
4. If a is an odd integer then 2(a)2 will be an odd integer
5. If a is an odd integer then 3a will also be odd integer
6. All the integers are either of the form 2k or of the form (2k+1) where k is an integer
7. All the integers are either of the form 3k or of the form (3k+1) or of the form (3k+2)
8. All the integers can be written in one of the following three forms which are 4k, 4k+1 and 4k+2

PPS-3
1. Prove that the product of two consecutive positive integers is divisible by 2.
2. Prove that n2 – n is divisible by 2 for every integer n.
3. Prove that product of 3 consecutive positive integers is always divisible by 6.
4. Show that the square of an odd positive integer is of the form 8q + 1, for some integer q.
5. Prove that the square of any positive integer is of the form 5q, 5q + 1, 5q + 4 for some integer q.

PPS-4
1. Find possible remainders when square of any integer is divided by 3.
2. Find possible remainders when square of any integer is divided by 4.
3. Find possible remainders when cube of any integer is divided by 7.
4. Prove that we can never get remainder 2 by dividing fourth power of any integer by 3
5. Let a is an integer. If a2 is divisible by 3, prove that a will also be divisible by 3.
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SECTION- B: REMAINDER CALCULATION, CYCLICITY & DIVISIBILITY

PPS-5
1. Find the remaining when
(i) 27 is divided by 5 (ii) – 28 is divided by 7 (iii) – 25 is divided by 12
(iv) – 273 is divided by 8 (v)– 52 is divided by 9
2. A positive integer N when divided by 9, gives 7 as remainder. What will be the remainder when (3N–1)
is divided by 9.
3. Let N = 14221 × 14223 × 14225, Find remainder when N is divided by 12
4. Find remainder when N is divided by 4 where N = 9875347 × 7435789 × 5789743
5. Find remainder when 2(N)2 is divided by 7 where N = 235 × 137 × 35

PPS-6
1. Find unit place for the following –
(i) (3)27 (ii) (13)27 (iii) (247)82 (iv) (9)123
(v) (4) 26 (vi) (178) 2084 (vii) (23458) 12357

2. Find unit place of the following product, 2 × 7 × 343 × 276 × 1029 × 377
3. Let N = 235a67, where a is a digit from 0 to 9 and N is a six digit number. Find number of values of a
for which N is divisible by 3.
4. If 123a876 is divisible by 4, find number of possible values of digit a.
5. If 23456a is divisible by 12. Find a

SECTION- C: RATIONAL / IRRATIONAL NUMBERS

PPS-7
1. Identify the following numbers as rational or irrational –
(i) -58.62 (ii) 900 (iii) 9.18200….. (iv) 
(v) 125 (vi) 27  3 (vii) 2+ 5 (viii) 3.1628

(ix) 1.44 (x) ( 3+3 )

2
(xi) − 36 (
(xii) 7 + )(
7 7− 7 )
9
(xiii) 0.0002 (xiv) (xv) 26 (xvi) 6.586586....
27
6
(xvii) 625 (xviii) (xix) 0.4796 (xx) 2.2020020002 ....
3 3

(xxi) 4 +( )
26 − 26 (xxii)
7 7
(
(xxiii) 2 − ) ( )
5 + 2 + 5 (xxiv) 6
5 7
2. A rational number may be
(a)Positive (b)Negative (c)zero (d)Above all
p
3. Express the following in form
q
(i) 0.4 (ii) 3.16982 (iii) 1.29 (iv) 0.264 (v) 0.0001 (vi) 4.928 (vii) 4.3 2 (viii) 3 .9
(ix) 3.27 24 (x) 0.3 + 3.46 + 52.58 + 0.58

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4. Convert the following numbers in decimal form by long division method

5 35 19 − 15 8 − 16 22 22 − 4 − 2
, , , , , , , , ,
4 16 21 7 3 45 7 13 9 15

3 4 7 1
5. Arrange the following rational number in ascending order , , , .
7 5 9 2

10
6. Find a block of repeating digits for a rational number .
3

PPS-8
1. If x = 0.16 , then 3x is
(a) 0.48 (b) 0.49 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.5

2. Let a = 3.56 and b = 3.55 9 then which of the following is true

(a) a > b (b) a < b (c) a = b (d) none of these
3. Without actually performing that long division, state whether the following rational numbers will have
terminating decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.
21
(a)23 / 8 (b)35 / 50 (c)
6144
18
4. – lies between two consecutive integers a and b. Find the value of a + b.
5
3 4 7
5. Arrange the following rational number in ascending order : , , ,2
7 5 9
− 11 11
6. Represent and on number line.
14 14
7. Find 5 rational number between 2 & 3.
8. Find 7 rational number between 2/5 and 6/5
9. Find 6 rational number between – 5 & 0
4 4
10. Find 7 rational number between and
3 5
3 8
11. Find six rational numbers between and .
5 5

PPS-9
1. Visualise 6.298 and 4.652 on number line, using successive magnification.
2. Plot the following length using a unit scale
(a) 21 (b) 56 (c) 2.69 (d) 570
3. Represent following numbers on number line
− 16 5
(a) (b) (c) 4.5 (d)6.3
7 7
(e) 75 (f) 11.5
4. Prove that 1 / 2 is an irrational number
5. Prove that 3 + 4 is an irrational number.
6. Prove that 3 + 25 is irrational.
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7. Sum of the two irrational numbers is-

(a) Always an irrational number (b) Always a rational number
(c) Always an integer (d) Sometimes rational and sometimes irrational
8. Find two irrational numbers
(a)The product of which is a rational number
(b)The quotient of which is an irrational number
9. Which of the following statement is not true?
(a) Between two integers, there exist infinite number of rational numbers
(b) Between two rational numbers, there exist infinite number of integers
(c) Between two rational numbers, there exist infinite number of rational numbers
(d) Between two real numbers, there exists infinite number of real numbers.
10. Sum of rational number and an irrational number is
(a)Always an irrational number (b)Always a rational number
(c)Always an integer (d)Sometimes rational and sometimes irrational

PPS-10
1. Insert 5 irrational numbers between 6 and 24
6 11
2. Find three rational and three irrational numbers between and .
7 13
6 11
3. (a) Insert five rational numbers between and
5 3
(b) Insert eight rational numbers between 3 and 4
(c) Find two irrational numbers between 3 and 3.5
(d) Find two irrational numbers between 3 and 5
(e) Find two irrational numbers between 0.14 and 0.22
(f) Find the irrational numbers between 0.16010010001000001 and 0.17010010001000001

4. A possible rational number between 2 and 3 is

2+ 3 2 3
(a) (b) (c) 1.4 (d) 1.5
2 2

SECTION- D: RATIONALIZATION & SURDS

PPS-11
1. The product of 46 and 324 is
(a)124 (b)134 (c)144 (d)154
2. Find whether the following numbers are surds or not
3 12
(a) (b) 8 10  4 15
6 27
3. Simplify:
(i) (6 2/5
 63 / 5 ) (ii) (3
1/ 2
 31 / 3 ) (iii)(7  7 )
5/ 6 2/3
(iv) 3
1/ 4
 51 / 4
 35 / 8  71 / 2 (vii) (3 ) (3 )
5/8 1/ 2 4 1/ 4 1/ 3 4
(v) 2 (vi) 6 (viii)
5/4
 256 
(xii) (25)
−1
(ix) 2
2 / 3 1/ 5
2 (x) 7
1/ 2 1/ 2
8 (xi)   3  3 16
 81 
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4
−

(xiii) (625) (32)−3  243 

( 4)  ( 2)
1 5 −7 −5
−
4 (xiv) 5 (xv)   (xvi)
 32 
4. 2 3 =
−1 / 2 1/ 2 1/ 4
(a) 6 (b) 6 (c) 6 (d) 6
5. The simplest rationalizing factor of 3 75 is
(a)3 (b)5 (c)5 (d)3

PPS-12
1. Arrange the following surds in descending order
6
17, 2,12 25 , 3 4
2. Which of the following is smallest?
4
(a) 5 (b) 5 4 (c) 4 (d)3
3. Rationalize the denominator
1 5 2 −7 2 6− 5
(i) (ii) (iii)
3+ 2 5 2 +7 3 5 −2 6
1+ 2 2 ( 3+ 2 ).
(iv)
3−2 2
(v)
( 3− 5 ) (vi)
( 3− 2)

4. Rationalise the denominator and simplify:

a+b + a−b
a+b − a−b
5. Simplify each of the following by rationalizing the denominator
1 4 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6− 5 7+ 3 2+ 3+ 7 3+ 2− 5

PPS-13
1. Simplify the following
(
(i) 4 + )(
4 6 + 36 ) (
(ii) 7 + )(
7 11 + 11 ) (
(iii) 3 + )(
3 3− 3 )
(iv) ( 6+ 7 )
2
(v) 3 + 5+2 6 (vi) 5 3 + 2 27 +
1
3
1
2. The value of on simplifying upto 3 decimal place, given that  2 = 1.4142 & 6 = 2.4495
3 + 2 −1
is
(a)0.166 (b)0.366 (c)0.466 (d)0.566

2 n +3 − 2(2 n )
3. when simplified is
2(2 n + 2 )
1 1 1
(a) (1 − 2)( 2
n +3
n
) (b) 2 − (c) 1 − (d) 1 −
4 4 2
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4 x +1 − 4 x = 24 , then the value of (2 x ) is

x
4. If
(a)3 (b)3 (c)33 (d)9

2 x −3 x −3
3 5
5. Find the value of x when   = 
5 3
(a)x= 2 (b)x= -2 (c)x= 1 (d)x= -1

1 1 1
 xb  bc  x c  ca  x a  ab
6. Find the value of  c  .  . 
x   xa   xb 
     

SECTION- E: LCM & HCF

PPS-14
1. Determine the prime factorization of each of the following positive integer.
(a) 20570 (b) 420
2. Find the LCM and HCF of the following pairs of integers and verify that
LCM × HCF = Product of the integers
(a) 26 and 91 (b) 510 and 92
3. If LCM and HCF of two number are 105 and 5 respectively. If one number is 35, find other number
4. Find the HCF of the following pairs of integers .
(a) 963 and 657 (b) 592 and 252
5. Find LCM & HCF of 5/3 & 7/6.

PPS-15
1. HCF (60,13) = HCF (8,13) (True/False)
2. HCF (100, 17) = HCF (100, 95) (True/False)
3. HCF (2074 , 174) = HCF (1900, 174) (True/False)
4. Prove that HCF (a,b) = HCF (a – 4b, b) (a > 4b)
5. Prove that HCF (a,b) = HCF (a, a + 2b)
6. Prove that HCF (a,b) = HCF (a, b – 3a) b > 3a

Note : In question number 4, 5 and 6 consider a and b positive integers.

7. What is the smallest number that, when divided by 35, 56 and 91 leaves remainders of 7 in each case?
8. Find the largest number which divides 245 and 1029 leaving remainder 5 in each case.
9. Find the largest number that divides 2053 and 967 and leaves a remainder of 5 and 7 respectively.

PPS-16
1. Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of
(a) 135 and 225 (b) 196 and 38220 (c) 867 and 255.

2. The length, breadth and height of a room are 8 m 25 cm, 6m 75 cm and 4 m 50 cm, respectively.
Determine the longest rod which can measure the three dimension of the room exactly.

3. Two brands of chocolates are available in packs of 24 and 15 respectively. If I need to buy and equal
number of chocolates of both kinds, what is the least number of boxes of each kind I would need to buy?

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4. 105 goats, 10 donkeys and 175 cows have to be taken across a river. There is only one boat which will
have to make many trips in order to do so. The lazy boatman has his own conditions for transporting
them. He insists that he will take the same number of animals in every trip and they have to be of the
same kind. He will naturally like to take the largest possible number each time. Can you tell how many
animals went in each trip?

LEVEL-2

1. If least prime factor of a number m is 3 and least prime factor of another number n is 7, then least
prime factor of the number (m + n) is :
(A)2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7
2. There are four prime numbers written in ascending order. The product at the first three is 385 and
that of the last three is 1001. The last number is :
(A)11 (13) 13 (C) 17 (D) 19
3. If n2 = 12345678987654321, find the value of n ?
(A) 12344321 (B) 1235789 (C) 11111111 (D)111111111
4. If P is a prime number, then the LCM of P and (P + 1) is
(A) P(P +1) (B)(P + 2)P (C) (P + 1)(P – 1) (D) None of these
5. How many numbers between 200 and 600 are divisible by 14?
(A) 28 (C) 27 (C)29 (D) None of these
6. When a number P is divided by 4 it leaves remainder 3.If the twice of the number P is divided by
the same divisor 4 than what me be the remainder?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 6
7. Smallest number which should be added to the number 803642 so that it is divisible by 11.
(A) 40 (B) 4 (C) 23 (D) 7
8. If the number 352y25x is divisible by both 3 and 5. Then the missing digit in the unit's place and
the thousand place respectively are :
(A)0, 6 (B) 5, 6 (C) 5, 4 (D) None of these
9. A number when divided by 342 gives a remainder 47. When the same number is divided by19,
what would be the remainder ?
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) None of these
10. What is the remainder when 9875347 × 7435789× 5789743 is divided by 4 ?
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
11. P is a prime number greater than 5. What is the remainder when P Is divided by 6 ?
(A) 5 (B)1 (C) 1 or 5 (D) None of these
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12. Let N =1421 × 1423 × 1425. What is the remainder when N is divided by 12?
(A) 0 (B)9 (C) 3 (D) 6
13. Find the unit digit of (795 – 358).
(A) 6 (B)4 (C) 3 (D)None of these
14. If n = 67 then find the unit digit of (3n + 2n).
(A) 1 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) None
15. The last digit of (13+ 23+ 33+… 103)64 is:
(A) 2 (6) 5 (C) 9 (D) 0
16. Sum of the Unit digit of the number 22006 and 52007is equal to
(A)6 (B) 9 (C) 5 (D) 1
17. What is the last digit of the number equal to the sum 1 +6+62 +……+6100?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 6
6
18. The digit at the 100th place in the decimal representation of , is
7
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5

19. Which is greater 7 − 5 or 8− 6 ?

20. Which is greater 3 +2 or 3+ 2 ?
3 4
21. Which is greater 6 or 8 ?
3
22. Compare the two surds 3 and 4 5
23. Arrange the following surds in an ascending order of magnitudes.
6 3 4
12 4 5
24. Find the square root of 9− 4 5
25. Find the square root of 7 − 4 3 .

26. Find the square root of 11− 4 7

27. Find the fourth root of 28− 16 3
28. Find the fourth root of 124+ 32 15

29. The value of 10 + 25 + 108 + 154 + 225 is :

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10

30. Which of the following surds is greatest in magnitude?
6
17, 2,12 25, 3 4

31. Find the value of 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 .......... ..

1 1 1
32. Find the value of .......... ..
2 2 2

33. Given 15 − x 14 = 8 − 7 find ‘x’.

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34. Given that 23 + x 10 = 18 + 5 find ‘x’

35. How many three-digit numbers would you find which when divided by 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 leave the
remainders 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively?
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
36. The LCM of two numbers is 567 and their HCF is 9. If the difference between the numbers is 18,
find the two numbers.

LEVEL-3

1. The number of positive n in the range 12  n  40 Such that the product (n –1).(n – 2).... 3.2.1 is
not divisible by n is :
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 13 (D) 14
2. The positive integers A, B, A – B and A + B are all prime numbers. The sum of these four primes
is
(A) even (B) divisible by 3 (C) divisible by 5 (D) prime
3. If 653 xy is exactly divisible by 80, then the find the value of (x + y).
(A)2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
4. The largest number which exactly divides the product of any four consecutive natural numbers is :
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 120
5. The largest natural number by which the product of three consecutive even natural numbers Is
always divisible is :
(A) 6 (B) 24 (C) 48 (D) 96
6. A number when divided successively by 4 and 5 leaves remainders 1 and 4 respectively. When it
is successively divided by 5 and 4, then the respective remainders will be :
(A) 1, 2 (B) 2, 3 (C) 3, 2 (D) 4, 1
7. Let D be a recurring decimal of the form D = 0. a1a2a1a2a1a2….. where digits a1 and a2 lie
between 0 and 9. Further, at most one of them is zero. Which of the following numbers
necessarily produces an integer, when multiplied by D?
(A) 18 (B) 108 (C) 198 (D) 288

8. Find the positive square root of 10+ 2 6 + 2 15 + 2 10

9. Find the positive square root of 6+2 3 + 8 +2 6

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10. Six strings of violin start vibrating simultaneously and they vibrate at 3, 4, 5, 6,10 and 12 times in
a minute, find :
I. After how much time will all six of them vibrate together?
II. How many times will they vibrate together in 30 min?
(A) 60 min, 31 times (B) 60 Sec. 31 times (C) 120 sec, 15 times (D) None of these
11. The HCF of 2 numbers is 11 and their LCM is 693.It their sum is 176, find the numbers.
(A) 99,77 (B) 110, 66 (C) 88,77 (D) 121, 44
12. How many natural numbers between 200 and 400 are there which are divisible by
i. Both 4 and 5?
ii 4 or 5 or 8 or 10?
(A) 9, 79 (B) 10, 80 (C) 10, 81 (D) None of these

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