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REAL NUMBERS
Class : X Board: CBSE
Subjects : Mathematics

1 MARK :
Multiple Choice Questions :
1. If the HCF (2520, 6600) = 40 and LCM (2520, 6600) = 252 × k, then the value of k is
a) 1650 b) 1600 c) 165 d) 1625 [ ]
(March - 2024)
2. The HCF of two numbers 65 and 104 is 13. If LCM of 65 and 104 is 40x, then the value of x is:
a) 5 b) 13 c) 40 d) 8 [ ]
(March - 2024)
3. If 3825 = 3x × 5y × 17z, then the value of x + y – 2z is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
4. If 1080 = 2x × 3y × 5, then (x – y) is equal to : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 6 b) –1 c) 1 d) 0
5. If 2800 = 2x × 5y × 7, then the value of (x + y) is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 5 b) 4 c) 8 d) 6
6. A pair of irrational numbers whose product is a rational number is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) ( 16, 4) b) ( 5, 2 ) c) ( 3, 27) d) ( 36, 2)
7. Given HCF (2520, 6600) = 40, LCM (2520, 6600) = 252 × k, then the value of k is : [ ]
a) 1650 b) 1600 c) 165 d) 1625 (March - 2024)

8. The smallest irrational number by which 20 should be multiplied so as to get a rational number is :
a) 20 b) 2 c) 5 d) 5 [ ]
(March - 2024)
9. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = 18 a2b4 and q = 20 a3b2, where a and b are
prime numbers, then LCM (p, q) is (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 2a b
2 2
b) 180 a b
2 2
c) 12 a b
2 2
d) 180 a b
3 4

10. If HCF (96, 404) = 4, then LCM (96, 404) is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 9600 b) 96 × 404 c) 404 d) 9696
11. If a = 22 × 3x, b = 22 × 3 × 5, c = 22 × 3 × 7 and LCM (a, b, c) = 3780, then x is equal to [ ]
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0 (March - 2024)
12. If the prime factorisation of 2520 is 23 × 3a × b × 7, then the value of a + 2b is : [ ]
a) 12 b) 10 c) 9 d) 7 (March 2024)
13. The LCM of 24, 36 and 60 in terms of their prime factors is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 22 × 3 × 5 b) 23 × 32 c) 23 × 32 × 5 d) 23 × 33 × 5
14. The LCM of the smallest prime number and the smallest odd composite number is :[ ]
a) 10 b) 6 c) 9 d) 18 (March - 2024)
15. The HCF of smallest 2 – digit number and the smallest composite number is : [ ]
a) 2 b) 20 c) 40 d) 4 (March - 2024)
16. The total numbers of factors of a prime number is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a)1 b) 0 c) 2 d) 3
17. The greatest number which divides 281 and 1249, leaving remainder 5 and 7 respectively, is :
a) 23 b) 276 c) 138 d) 69 [ ]
(March - 2024)
18. The LCM of three numbers 28, 44, 132 is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 258 b) 231 c) 462 d) 924
19. If the product of two co-prime numbers is 553, then their HCF is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 1 b) 553 c) 7 d) 79
20. LCM (850, 500) is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 850 × 50 b) 17 × 500 c) 17 × 52 × 22 d) 17 × 53 × 2
21. HCF (132, 77) is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 11 b) 77 c) 22 d) 44
22. If n is any natural number, then which of the following numbers ends with digit 0 ?(March - 2024)
a) (3 × 2)n b) (5 × 2)n c) (6 × 2)n d) (4 × 2)n [ ]
23. Prime factorisation of 424 is : (March - 2024)[ ]
a) 2 × 53 × 4 b) 2 × 53 × 2 c) 2 × 53
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d) 24 × 53

24. Assertion (A) : 2 (5 − 2) is an irrational number. (March - 2024)[ ]

Reason (R) : Product of two irrational numbers is always irrational.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

2 MARKS :
1. Can the number (15)n, n being a natural number, end with the digit 0 ? Give reasons.
(March - 2024)
2. Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers.
(March - 2024)
3. Can the number 8n, n being a natural number, end with the digit 0 ? Give reasons.
(March - 2024)
4. Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12 and 15 minutes respectively. If they start tolling together, after
what time will they next toll together ? (March - 2024)
5. In a school, there are two sections of class X. There are 40 students in the first section and 48 students
in the second section. Determine the minimum number of books required for their class library so that
they can be distributed equally among students of both sections. (March - 2024)
6. Given that HCF (306, 1314) = 18, find LCM of (306, 1314). (March - 2024)
7. Find the HCF of 45, 54, 270 using prime factorization method. (March - 2024)

8. Prove that 5 − 2 3 is an irrational number. It is given that 3 is an irrational number.

(March - 2024)
9. Show that the number 5 × 11 × 17 + 3 × 11 is a composite number. (March - 2024)

10. Prove that 6 − 4 5 is an irrational number, given that 5 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)
11. Show that 11 × 19 × 23 + 3 × 11 is not a prime number. (March - 2024)
12. Find the smallest number that is divisible by each of 8, 9 and 10. (March - 2024)
13. Find the HCF of 84 and 144 by prime factorisation method. (March - 2024)

14. Prove that −7 − 2 3 is an irrational number, given that 3 is an irrational number.(March - 2024)
15. Explain why (7 × 11 × 13 + 2 × 11) is not a prime number. (March - 2024)
16. Using prime factorization, find the HCF and LCM of 6, 72 and 120. (March - 2024)
17. There is a circular path around a sports field. Three cyclists start from the same point and at the same
time and go in the same direction. If they take 30 minutes, 40 minutes and 48 minutes respectively to
complete one round of the field, after how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
(March - 2024)
18. Find the LCM of 231 and 396 by prime factorisation method. (March - 2024)

3 MARKS :

1. Prove that 5 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)

2− 3
2. Prove that is an irrational number, given that 3 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)
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3. Prove that 2 + 5 3 is an irrational number, if it is given that 3 is an irrational number.

(March - 2024)
4. Check whether the number 4n can end with digit 0 for any natural number n. Give reasons for your
answer. (March - 2024)
5. In a teacher’s workshop, the number of teachers teaching French, Hindi and English are 48, 80 and
144 respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room the same number of
teachers are seated and all of them are of the same subject. (March - 2024)
6. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 20 minutes and 25 minutes respectively. If
they first beep together at 12 noon, at what time will they beep again together next time?
(March - 2024)

7. Prove that 3 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)

8. Prove that 7 − 3 5 is an irrational number, given that 5 is an irrational number.

(March - 2024)
9. Find LCM and HCF of two numbers 336 and 54, using prime - factorisation method.
(March - 2024)

10. Prove that 3 + 2 5 is an irrational number, given that 5 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)

11. Prove that 3 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)

12. Prove that ( 2 + 3) 2 is an irational number, given that 6 is an irrational number.

(March - 2024)

13. Prove that 5 2 − 3 is an irrational number, given that 2 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)
14. Find the HCF and LCM of 260 and 910 by prime-factorisation method. (March - 2024)
15. Find the HCF and LCM of 96 and 404, using prime-factorisation method. (March - 2024)

16. Prove that 6 + 3 2 is an irrational number, given that 2 is an irrational number. (March - 2024)

Case Study Based Questions :

1. Teaching Mathematics through activities is a powerful approach that enhances students’ understanding
and engagement. Keeping this in mind, Ms. Mukta planned a prime number game for class 5 students.
She announces the number 2 in her class and asked the first student to multiply it by a prime number
and then pass it to second student. Second student also multiplied it by a prime number and passed it
to third student. In this way by multiplying to a prime number, the last student got 173250.
Now, Mukta asked some questions as given below to the students :
i) What is the least prime number used by students ?
ii) a) How many students are in the class ?
(OR)
b) What is the highest prime number used by students ?
iii) Which prime number has been used maximum times ?