1. Show that 12n cannot end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number n.

2. In a morning walk, three persons step off together and their steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm and 45
cm, respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that each can cover the
same distance in complete steps?

3. If LCM (480, 672) = 3360, find HCF (480,672).

4. The numbers 525 and 3000 are both divisible only by 3, 5, 15, 25 and 75. What is HCF (525,
3000)? Justify your answer.

5. Explain why 3 × 5 × 7 + 7 is a composite number.

6. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reasons.

7. Find the largest number which divides 245 and 1029 leaving remainder 5 in each case.

8. Find the largest number which divides 2053 and 967 and leaves a remainder of 5 and 7
respectively.

9. Two tankers contain 850 litres and 680 litres of kerosene oil respectively. Find the maximum
capacity of a container which can measure the kerosene oil of both the tankers when used an
exact number of times.
10. In a morning walk, three persons step off together. Their steps measure 80 cm, 85 cm and 90 cm
respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that all can cover the same
distance in complete steps?
11. Find the least number which when divided by 12, 16, 24 and 36 leaves a remainder 7 in each
case.
12. The length, breadth and height of a room are 825 cm, 675 cm and 450 cm respectively. Find the
longest tape which can measure the three dimensions of the room exactly.
13. Determine the smallest 3-digit number which is exactly divisible by 6, 8 and 12.
14. Determine the greatest 3-digit number exactly divisible by 8, 10 and 12.
15. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds and
108 seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at 7 a.m., at what time will they change
simultaneously again?
16. Three tankers contain 403 litres, 434 litres and 465 litres of diesel respectively. Find the
maximum capacity of a container that can measure the diesel of the three containers exact
number of times.
17. Find the least number which when divided by 6, 15 and 18 leave remainder 5 in each case.
18. Find the smallest 4-digit number which is divisible by 18, 24 and 32.
19. Renu purchases two bags of fertiliser of weights 75 kg and 69 kg. Find the maximum value of
weight which can measure the weight of the fertiliser exact number of times.

20. In a seminar, the number, the number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60,
84 and 108, respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room the same
number of participants are to be seated and all of them being in the same subject.
21. 144 cartons of Coke cans and 90 cartons of Pepsi cans are to be stacked in a canteen. If each
stack is of the same height and is to contain cartons of the same drink, what would be the greatest
number of cartons each stack would have?

22. A merchant has 120 litres of oil of one kind, 180 litres of another kind and 240 litres of third
kind. He wants to sell the oil by filling the three kinds of oil in tins of equal capacity. What
would be the greatest capacity of such a tin?

23. In a morning walk, three persons step off together and their steps measure 80 cm, 85 cm and 90
cm, respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that each can cover the
same distance in complete steps?

24. A circular field has a circumference of 360 km. Three cyclists start together and can cycle 48, 60
and 72 km a day, round the field. When will they meet again?

25. Find the smallest number which leaves remainders 8 and 12 when divided by 28 and 32
respectively.

26. Find the smallest number which when increased by 17 is exactly divisible by 520 and 468.

27. Find the greatest numbers that will divide 445, 572 and 699 leaving remainders 4, 5 and 6
respectively.

28. Find the greatest number which divides 2011 and 2423 leaving remainders 9 and 5 respectively

29. Find the greatest number which divides 615 and 963 leaving remainder 6 in each case.

30. Find the greatest number which divides 285 and 1249 leaving remainders 9 and 7 respectively.
31. Find the largest possible positive integer that will divide 398, 436, and 542 leaving remainder 7,
11, 15 respectively.

32. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find the LCM(306, 657).

33. Why the number 4n, where n is a natural number, cannot end with 0?

34. Why is 5 x 7 x 11 + 7 is a composite number?

35. Explain why 7 x 11 + 13 + 13 and 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 + 5 are composite numbers.

36. In a school there are two sections – section A and section B of class X. There are 32 students in
section A and 36 students in section B. Determine the minimum number of books required for
their class library so that they can be distributed equally among students of section A or section
B.

37. Determine the number nearest 110000 but greater than 100000 which is exactly divisible by each
of 8, 15 and 21.

38. Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the
books are stored topic wise and the height of each stack is the same. The number of English
books is 96, the number of Hindi books is 240 and the number of Mathematics books is 336.
Assuming that the books are of the same thickness, determine the number of stacks of English,
Hindi and Mathematics books.

39. Find the HCF and LCM of 144, 180 and 192 by using prime factorization method.

40. Find the HCF and LCM of 17, 23 and 37 by using prime factorization method.

41. Prove that 5 – 3 is an irrational number.

42. Prove that 2 is an irrational number.
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CLASS X : CHAPTER - 2
POLYNOMIALS

1. The value of k for which (–4) is a zero of the polynomial x2 – x – (2k +2) is
(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) –1

2. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c, c s 0 are equal,

then
(a) c and a have opposite sign (b) c and b have opposite sign
(c) c and a have the same sign (d) c and b have the same sign

3. The number of zeroes of the polynomial from the graph is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

4. If one of the zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 +3x + k is 2, then the value of k is
(a) 10 (b) –10 (c) 5 (d) –5

5. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are –3 and 4 is

(a) x2 – x +12 (b) x2 +x + 12 (c) 2x2 + 2x – 24. (d) none of the above.

6. The relationship between the zeroes and coefficients of the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c
c – –c b
is (a) α + β = (b) α + β = (c) α + β = (d) α + β =
a b a a
a

7. The zeroes of the polynomial x2 + 7x + 10 are

(a) 2 and 5 (b) –2 and 5 (c) –2 and –5 (d) 2 and –5

8. The relationship between the zeroes and coefficients of the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c
c –b –c b
is (a) α.β = (b) α .β = (c) α .β = (d) α .β =
a a a a

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9. The zeroes of the polynomial x2 – 3 are
(a) 2 and 5 (b) –2 and 5 (c) –2 and –5 (d) none of the above

10. The number of zeroes of the polynomial from the graph is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

11.A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes

are –3 and 2 is
(a) x2 – 3x +2 (b) x2 + 3x + 2 (c) x2 + 2x – 3. (d) x2 + 2x + 3.

12. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + kx + k, k s 0 ,

(a) cannot both be positive (b) cannot both be negative
(c) are always unequal (d) are always equal

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13. If α , β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 + x + 1, then +
α β
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) none of these

14. If one of the zero of the polynomial f(x) = (k2 + 4)x2 + 13x + 4k is reciprocal of the other
then k =
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) – 2
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15. If α , β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = 4x2 + 3x + 7, then +
α β
7 –7 3 –3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 7 7
16. The zeroes of a polynomial p(x) are precisely the x-coordinates of the points, where the graph
of y = p(x) intersects the
(a) x – axis (b) y – axis (c) origin (d) none of the above
17. If α , β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 – p(x + 1) – c, then (α +1)(β +1) =
(a) c – 1 (b) 1 – c (c) c (d) 1 + c
18. If α , β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 + 5x + 8, then α + β
(a) 5 (b) –5 (c) 8 (d) none of these

19. If α , β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 + 5x + 8, then α.β

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) none of these
20. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes are –3 and 4 is
(a) x2 – 3x +12 (b) x2 + 3x + 12 (c) 2x2 + x – 24. (d) none of the above.
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21. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are –1
5 and 2 is
(a) 10x2 – x – 3 (b) 10x2 + x – 3 (c) 10x2 – x + 3 (d) none of the above.

22. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes are 0 and 5 is

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 (a) x2 – 5 (b) x2 + 5 (c) x2 + x – 5. (d) none of the above.
23. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 1 and –3 is
(a) x2 – 2x – 3 (b) x2 + 2x – 3 (c) x2 – 2x + 3 (d) none of the above.
24. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes are –5 and 6 is
(a) x2 – 5x – 6 (b) x2 + 5x – 6 (c) x2 + 5x + 6 (d) none of the above.

25. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 2+ 3 and 2 – 3.

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