CHAPTER-1 REAL NUMBER

SECTION – A
1) Rational form of 0.123 ̅̅̅̅ ……………………
2) Every point on the number line corresponds to a ………….. Number.
3) What is the HCF of 60, 84,108?
4) If HCF of two numbers is 2 and their product is 120. Find their LCM.
5) Find the sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorization of 420.
6) Show that there is no value of 𝑛, for which (2𝑛 × 5𝑛 ) ends in 5.
7) Determine the prime factorization of positive integers: 45470971
8) Write a negative integer and a positive integer whose difference is −3.
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9) The decimal expansion of the rational number 23 ×54 will terminate after how many places of decimal?
10) Write the HCF and LCM of smallest odd composite number and the smallest odd prime number.
11) Without actually performing the long division, Check whether 64/455 will have the terminating
decimal expansion or non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.
12) Express 3825 as a product of its prime factors using factor tree.
13) What is the HCF of smallest composite number and smallest prime number.
14) ̅̅̅̅̅ ?
What can you say about the prime factorization of the denominators of the rational number0. 134
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15) State whether 200 has terminating or non terminating repeating decimal expansion.
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16) What type of decimal expansion does 22 ×5×7 have?
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17) Write the denominator of the rational number 5000 in the form 2𝑚 × 5𝑛 , where 𝑚, 𝑛 are non- negative
integers. Hence, write its decimal expansion, without actual division.
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18) After how many places the decimal expansion of will terminate?
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19) A rational number in its decimal expansion is 1.7112. what can you say about the prime factor of 𝑞,
when this number is expressed in the form 𝑝/𝑞?
20) Find the sum of 0. ̅68̅̅̅ + 0. ̅73
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21) Explain why 3 × 5 × 7 + 7 is a composite number.
22) Explain (3 × 12 × 101 + 4) is a prime number or composite number.
23) Is 7× 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1+ 5 a composite number? Justify your answer.
24) If HCF of 144 and 180 is expressed in the form of 13𝑚 − 16. Find the value of m.
25) If an odd number p divides q2, then will it divide q3 also? Explain.
26) If two positive integers a and b are written as 𝑎 = 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 and 𝑏 = 𝑥 3 𝑦, where 𝑥 , 𝑦 are prime , then find
HCF (𝑎, 𝑏).
27) If two positive integers a and b are written as 𝑎 = 𝑥𝑦 2 and 𝑏 = 𝑥 3 𝑦, where 𝑥 , 𝑦 are prime , then find
LCM (𝑎, 𝑏).
28) Write a rational number between √3 and 2.
29) Find the value of HCF × LCM for the numbers 80 and 120.

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30) Express 3825 as a product of its prime factors using factor tree.
31) Using factorization find the H.C.F. and L.C.M. of 36 & 84.
SECTION - B
32) 𝑎 and 𝑏 are two positive integers such that the least prime factor of a is 3 and least prime factor of b is
5 . Than what will be the least prime factor of (𝑎 + 𝑏).
33) If the H.C.F. of two number is 23 and L.C.M. is 1449. If one of the number is 161. Find the other
number.
34) The number 525 and 3000 are both divisible only 3, 5, 15, 25 and 75. What is HCF(525, 3000)? Justify
your answer.
35) Find the HCF of 306 and 657 by the prime factorization method. Hence find their LCM.
36) If the HCF (210, 55) is expressible in the form 210 × 5 − 55𝑦, find 𝑦.
37) Using prime factorization method, find the LCM of 21, 28, 36, 45.
38) Write fundamental theorem of arithmetic.
39) If HCF (84,112) = 12 , find LCM (84,112).
40) If HCF (𝑎, 𝑏) = 12 and 𝑎 × 𝑏 = 1800, then find LCM (𝑎, 𝑏).
41) Using Euclid division algorithm find HCF (455, 42)
42) Using Euclid’s division algorithm , find the HCF of 240 and 228.
43) Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of 196 and 38220.
44) Find the HCF of 81445 and 687897.
45) Find the HCF of 867 and 255 by Euclid division algorithm.
46) Given that LCM (26,169) = 338, find HCF (26,169).
47) Find the LCM and HCF of 336 and 54 and verify that LCM × HCF= product of the two numbers.
48) Complete the following factor tree and find the composite number 𝑥.

SECTION - C
49) Prove that 7√5 is irrational.
50) Prove that 6 + √2 is an irrational number.
51) Prove that 2 − √2 is an irrational number.
52) Prove that 3 + √2 is irrational number.Given that √2 is an irrational number, prove that
(5 + 3√2) is an irrational number.
53) Prove that 3 − √5 is an irrational number, given that square root of a prime number is an
irrational number.
54) Given that √3 is irrational number, prove that 2 + 5√3 is irrational number.

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55) Prove that √3 is an irrational number. Hence show that 7 + 2√3 is also an irrational number.
56) Prove that square root of a prime number is an irrational number.
57) Prove that 2 + √5 is irrational.
58) Prove that is √5 + √3 irrational.
59) Prove that √5 is irrational and hence show that 3 + √5 is irrational.
60) Show that 12𝑛 can not end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number 𝑛.
61) Can the number 6𝑛 ,𝑛 being a natural number end with the digit 5?Give reason.
62) Show that 8𝑛 can never end with the digit zero for any natural number 𝑛.
63) Show that 12𝑛 cannot end with digit 0 or 5 for any natural number 𝑛.
64) Can we have any 𝑛 ∈ 𝑁 for which 4𝑛 can end with digit zero.
65) Show that 14𝑛 cannot be end with digit zero for any natural number 𝑛.
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66) Find the HCF and LCM of 9 , 27and 81
67) There are 576 boys and 448 girls in a school that are to be divided into equal sections of
either boys or girls alone. Find the total number of sections thus formed.
68) On 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?
69) Find the least number that is divisible by first five even numbers.
70) Rahul takes 24 minutes to complete one round of circular track, while sahil takes 18 minutes for the
same. Suppose they both start at the same time from the same point and go in the same direction.
After how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
71) Three bells tolls at intervals of 9, 12 and 15 minutes respectively. If they start tolling together, after
what time will they next toll together?
72) An electric device make a beep after every 60 seconds and another device make it after 62 seconds.
They beep together at 10 a.m.. At what time will they beep together again.
73) 144 cartoons of coke can and 90 cartoons if Pepsi can are to be stacked in a canteen It each stack is of
the same height and is to contain cartoons of the same. Drink. What would be the greaten number of
cartoons each stack would have.
74) A shop keeper has 120 litres of petrol, 180 litres of diesel and 240 litres of kerosene. He wants to sell
oil by filling the three kinds of oils in tins of equalcapacity. What should be the greatest capacity of
such a tin .
75) The length , breadth and height of a room are 8 m 25 cm, 6 m 75 cm and 4 m 50 cm respectively.
Determine the longest rod which can measure the three dimensions of the room exactly.
76) In a school, the duration of period in a junior section is 40 minutes and for senior section is 1
hour. If the first bell for each section rings at 9.00 a.m., when will the two bells ring together
again?
77) On M.G. road, three consecutive traffic lights changes after 36, 42 and 72 seconds. If the
lights are first switched on at 9: 00 a.m.At what time they will change simultaneously?
78) The greatest number which when divides 1251, 9377 and 15628 leaves remainder 1, 2, and 3
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79) Determine the number nearest to 1,01,000 but greater than 1,00,000 which is exactly
divisible by each of 8,15 and21.
80) Find the greatest four digits number which is exactly divisible by 15, 24 and 36.
81) Find the greatest number of six digits exactly divisible by 18, 24 and 36.
82) Find the largest number which divides 438 and 606, leaving remainder 6 in each case.
83) Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.
84) Find the greatest number of six digits exactly divisible by 18, 24 and 36.
85) Find the greatest number which divides 2011 and 2623 leaving remainders 9 and 5 respectively.
86) Find the greatest number of 6 digits exactly divisible by 24, 15 and 36.
87) Find the greatest number that will divide 445, 572 and 699 leaving remainders 4, 5 and 6 respectively.
88) Prove that if x and y are odd positive integers then 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 is even but not divisible by 4.
89) Find HCF of (𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 + 2) and (𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 3).
90) Find the L.C.M. of 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 and 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 1 .
91) Find LCM of 𝑥 2 − 4 and 𝑥 4 − 16.
92) Show that one and only one out of 𝑛 , 𝑛 + 4 , 𝑛 + 8 , 𝑛 + 12 and 𝑛 + 16 is divisible by 5, where 𝑛 is any
positive integer.(Hint: Any positive integer can be written in the form of (5𝑞 ,5𝑞 + 1 ,5𝑞 + 2 ,5𝑞 +
3 ,5𝑞 + 4).
93) Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the square of any positive integer is either of the form
3𝑚 𝑜𝑟 3𝑚 + 1 for same integer 𝑚.
94) Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that cube of any positive integer is either of the form 9q, 9q+1 or
9q + 8 for some integer ‘q’.
95) Show that the square of an odd positive integer can be of the form 6𝑞 + 1 𝑜𝑟 6𝑞 + 3 for some integer
𝑞.
96) If 𝑛 is an odd integer ,then show that 𝑛2 − 1 is divisible by 8.
97) Show that one and only one out of 𝑛 , 𝑛 + 2 , 𝑛 + 4 is divisible by 3, where 𝑛 is any positive integer.
98) Show that the square of any odd integer is of the form 4𝑞 + 1, for same integer 𝑞.
99) Write whether every positive integer can be one of the form 4𝑞 + 2, where 𝑞 is an integer. Justify your
answer.
100) Show that any positive even integer can be written in the form 6𝑞, 6𝑞 + 2 𝑜𝑟 6𝑞 + 4 where 𝑞 is an
integer.
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