Number System Revision Test
Number System Revision Test
This test contains 13 questions. Answer each and every question, every question is
compulsory to do. No internal choice is given. Before starting with the paper define the
following terms on first page of your answer sheet-
Ques 1 Express the following in the form of p/q where p and q are integers and q≠0. [6]
(i) 2.135 (𝑖𝑖)0.00352 (𝑖𝑖𝑖) 0.1234
√5−2 √5+2
Ques 3 Simplify − [4]
√5+2 √5−2
4√3 30 3√2
Ques 4 Simplify the following − − [5]
2−√2 4√3−3√2 3+2√2
Ques 5 Show that- [6]
𝑎+𝑏 𝑏+𝑐
(i) (𝑥 𝑎−𝑏 ) . (𝑥 𝑏−𝑐 ) . (𝑥 𝑐−𝑎 )𝑐+𝑎 = 1
1 1 1
𝑥 𝑎 𝑎𝑏 𝑥 𝑏 𝑏𝑐 𝑥 𝑐 𝑐𝑎
(ii) ( )
𝑥𝑏
. (𝑥 𝑐 ) .( )
𝑥𝑎
=1
1 1
(iii) 1+𝑥 𝑎−𝑏
+ 1+𝑥 𝑏−𝑎
=1
2 + 5√7 7 + √5 7 − √5
(𝑖) = 𝑎 + √7𝑏 (𝑖𝑖) − = 𝑎 + 7√5𝑏
2 − 5√7 7 − √5 7 + √5
2−√5 2+√5
Ques 7 𝐼𝑓 𝑥= and 𝑦 = , Find the value of 𝑥2 − 𝑦 2 [5]
2+√5 2−√5
√7−1 √7+1
Ques 8 Simplify the following: − [4]
√7+1 √7−1
√3+1
Ques 9 If x= , find the value of 4𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 7 [5]
2
Ques 10 If 25𝑥−1 = 52𝑥−1 − 100, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥. [3]
Ques 11 Let x and y be rational and irrational numbers, respectively. Is x + y necessarily an irrational
number? Let x be rational and y be irrational. Is xy necessarily irrational? Give examples in support of
your answer. [2]
1 𝑚 1 𝑛
[(𝑎 + ) × (𝑎 − ) ] 𝑎 𝑚+𝑛
𝑏 𝑏
= ( )
1 𝑚 1 𝑛 𝑏
[(𝑏 + ) × (𝑏 − ) ]
𝑎 𝑎