HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

Subject: MATHEMATICS Class: X(CBSE)

Questions for practice

REAL NUMBERS

1. Find the HCF and LCM of 6, 72 and 120, using the prime factorisation method.
2. Find the HCF of 96 and 404 by the prime factorisation method. Hence, find their LCM.
3. Find the LCM and HCF of the following pairs of integers and verify that LCM × HCF =
product of the two numbers: (i) 26 and 91 (ii) 336 and 54
4. Find the LCM and HCF of the following integers by applying the prime factorisation
method: (i) 12, 15 and 21 (ii) 17, 23 and 29 (iii) 8, 9 and 25
5. Explain why 3 × 5 × 7 + 7 is a composite number.
6. Can the number 6n , n being a natural number, end with the digit 5? Give reasons.
7. Can the number 4n , n being a natural number, end with the digit 0? Give reasons.
8. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657).
9. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3 y2 and b = xy3 ; x, y are prime
numbers, then find the HCF (a, b).
10. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = ab2 and q = a3b; a, b being prime
numbers, then find the LCM (p, q).
11. Find the largest number which divides 245 and 1029 leaving remainder 5 in each case.
12. Find the largest number which divides 2053 and 967 and leaves a remainder of 5 and 7
respectively.
13. 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.
14. 14. 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?
15. Find the least number which when divided by 12, 16, 24 and 36 leaves a remainder 7 in
each case.
16. 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.
17. Prove √2 is irrational number
18. Prove √5 is irrational number
19. Prove 7 + 4√3 is irrational number
20. Prove 3 − 2√5 is irrational number.
21. Prove √2 + √3 is irrational number.
22. Prove √3 + √5 is irrational number.

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Linear Equations In Two Variables

1. Solve for x and y: 2x + 3y = 7; 4x + 3y = 11

2. Find the values of a and b for which the following pair of linear equations has infinitely
many solutions: 2x + 3y = 7; (a + b)x + (2a – b)y = 21
3. Find the value(s) of k so that the pair of equations x + 2y = 5 and 3x + ky + 15 = 0 has a
unique solution
4. In the below Figure, ABCD is a rectangle. Find the values of x and y.
5. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. The number obtained by reversing the
order of digits of the given number exceeds the given number by 27. Find the given
number.
6. Find whether the following pair of linear equations is consistent or inconsistent: 3x + 2y
= 8 6x – 4y = 9
7. Solve for x and y: 27x + 31y = 85; 31x + 2 7y = 89
8. Solve for x and y: x/a = y/b; ax + by = a2+ b2
9. Solve: x/a + y/b = a + b; x/a2 + y/b2 =2, a, b ≠ 0
10. Solve the following pair of equations: 49x + 51y = 499; 51x + 49 y = 501
11. A man earns ₹600 per month more than his wife. One-tenth of the man’s salary and
l/6th of the wife’s salary amount to ₹1,500, which is saved every month. Find their
incomes.
12. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8 and the difference between the number
and that formed by reversing the digits is 18. Find the number.
13. The age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his 2 children. After 20 years, his
age will be equal to the sum of the ages of his children. Find the age of the father.
14. A two digit number is seven times the sum of its digits. The number formed by reversing
the digits is 18 less than the given number. Find the given number.
15. Sita Devi wants to make a rectangular pond on the road side for the purpose of
providing drinking water for street animals. The area of the pond will be decreased by 3
square feet if its length is decreased by 2 ft. and breadth is increased by 1 ft. Its area will
be increased by 4 square feet if the length is increased by 1 ft. and breadth remains
same. Find the dimensions of the pond.
16. On reversing the digits of a two digit number, number obtained is 9 less than three times
the original number. If difference of these two numbers is 45, find the original number.
17. Speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/h. It goes 30 km upstream and returns back at the
same point in 4 hours 30 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
18. The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxis on CNG fuel instead of
petrol/diesel. The taxi charges in city comprises of fixed charges together with the
charge for the distance covered. For a journey of 12 km, the charge paid is 789 and for
journey of 20 km, the charge paid is ₹145.
What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 30 km?
19. A boat takes 4 hours to go 44 km downstream and it can go 20 km upstream in the same
time. Find the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.
20. The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxis on CNG fuel instead of
petrol/diesel. The taxi charges in city comprises of fixed charges together with the
charge for the distance covered. For a journey of 13 km, the charge paid is ₹129 and for
a journey of 22 km, the charge paid is ₹210.
What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 32 km?
21. Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically:
x + 3y = 6 ; 2x – 3y = 12
Also find the area of the triangle formed by the lines representing the given equations
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22. Draw the graphs of following equations:
2x – y = 1; x + 2y = 13
Find the solution of the equations from the graph and shade the triangular region formed
by the lines and the y-axis.
23. Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the
coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and x-axis.
24. Amit bought two pencils and three chocolates for ₹11 and Sumeet bought one pencil and
two chocolates for ₹7. Represent this situation in the form of a pair of linear equations.
Find the price of one pencil and that of one chocolate graphically.
25. 7x – 5y – 4 = 0 is given. Write another linear equation, so that the lines represented by
the pair are:
(i) intersecting
(ii) coincident
(iii) parallel

Arithmetic Progressions

1. Find whether -150 is a term of the A.P. 17, 12, 7, 2, … ?

2. Which term of the progression 4, 9, 14, 19, … is 109?
3. Which term of the progression 20, 192, 183, 17 … is the first negative term?
4. The 4th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that the 25th term of the A.P. is three times its
11thterm.
5. The 7th term of an A.P. is 20 and its 13th term is 32. Find the A.P.
6. Find 10th term from end of the A.P. 4,9, 14, …, 254.
7. How many natural numbers are there between 200 and 500, which are divisible by 7?
8. Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both 2
and 5.
9. Find the middle term of the A.P. 6, 13, 20, …, 216.
10. How many terms of the A.P. 27, 24, 21, … should be taken so that their sum is zero?
11. The first and the last terms of an AP are 5 and 45 respectively. If the sum of all its terms
is 400, find its common difference
12. The first and the last terms of an AP are 8 and 65 respectively. If the sum of all its terms
is 730, find its common difference.
13. Which term of the A.P. 3, 14, 25, 36, … will be 99 more than its 25th term?
14. Determine the A.P. whose fourth term is 18 and the difference of the ninth term from the
fifteenth term is 30.
15. The 9th term of an A.P. is equal to 6 times its second term. If its 5th term is 22, find the
A.P.
16. The sum of the 5th and the 9th terms of an AP is 30. If its 25 th term is three times its
8th term, find the AP.
17. The 14th term of an AP is twice its 8th term. If its 6th term is -8, then find the sum of its
first 20 terms.
18. The sum of first n terms of an AP is 3n2 + 4n. Find the 25th term of this AP.
19. The sum of the first seven terms of an AP is 182. If its 4 th and the 17th terms are in the
ratio 1 : 5, find the AP.
20. If Sn, denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P., prove that S12 = 3(S8 – S4).
21. If the ratio of the sum of first n terms of two A.Ps is (7n + 1): (4n + 27), find the ratio of
their mth terms.
22. The sums of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are S 1 S2 and S3 respectively.
The first term of each A.P. is 1 and their common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Prove that S1 + S3 = 2S2.

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23. The sums of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are S 1 S2 and S3 respectively.
The first term of each A.P. is 1 and their common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Prove that S1 + S3 = 2S2.
24. The 16th term of an AP is 1 more than twice its 8th term. If the 12th term of the AP is 47,
then find its nth term.
25. The first and the last terms of an A.P. are 8 and 350 respectively. If its common
difference is 9, how many terms are there and what is their sum?
26. Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 5 and the sum of its first four
terms is half the sum of the next four terms.
27. Find the number of terms of the A.P. -12, -9, – 6, …, 21. If 1 is added to each term of
this A.P., then find the sum of all terms of the A.P. thus obtained.
28. In a school, students decided to plant trees in and around the school to reduce air
pollution. It was decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will
plant, will be double of the class in which they are studying. If there are 1 to 12 classes
in the school and each class has two Sections, find how many trees were planted by the
students.
29. Ramkali required ₹500 after 12 weeks to send her daughter to school. She saved ₹100 in
the first week and increased her weekly saving by ₹20 every week. Find whether she
will be able to send her daughter to school after 12 weeks.
30. Ramkali required ₹500 after 12 weeks to send her daughter to school. She saved ₹100 in
the first week and increased her weekly saving by ₹20 every week. Find whether she
will be able to send her daughter to school after 12 weeks.

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