REAL NUMBERS- CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY 1.

To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and
two of your friends to set up a class library. There are two sections- section A and
section B of grade X. There are 32 students in section A and 36 students in section
B.

1. What is the minimum number of books you will acquire for the class library, so
that they can be distributed equally among students of Section A or Section
B?
a) 144
b) 128
c) 288
d) 272
2. If the product of two positive integers is equal to the product of their HCF and
LCM is true then, the HCF (32 , 36) is
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
 3. 36 can be expressed as a product of its primes as
a)
b)
c)
d)
4. 7 is a
a) Prime number
b) Composite number
c) Neither prime nor composite
d) None of the above
5. If p and q are positive integers such that p = a and q= b, where a , b are
prime numbers, then the LCM (p, q) is
a) ab
b)
c)
d)

1. c) 288
2. b) 4
3. a)
4. b) composite number
5. b)

CASE STUDY 2:

A seminar is being conducted by an Educational Organisation, where the

participants will be educators of different subjects. The number of participants in
Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108 respectively.
1. In each room the same number of participants are to be seated and all of
them being in the same subject, hence maximum number participants that
can accommodated in each room are
a) 14
b) 12
c) 16
d) 18
2. What is the minimum number of rooms required during the event?
a) 11
b) 31
c) 41
d) 21
3. The LCM of 60, 84 and 108 is
a) 3780
b) 3680
c) 4780
d) 4680
4. The product of HCF and LCM of 60,84 and 108 is
a) 55360
b) 35360
c) 45500
d) 45360
5. 108 can be expressed as a product of its primes as
a)
b)
c)
d)

1. b) 12
2. d) 21
3. a)
4. d)45360
5. d)
CASE STUDY 3:

A Mathematics Exhibition is being conducted in your School and one of your friends
is making a model of a factor tree. He has some difficulty and asks for your help in
completing a quiz for the audience.

Observe the following factor tree and answer the following:

5 2783

y 253

11 z

1. What will be the value of x?

a) 15005
b) 13915
c) 56920
d) 17429
2. What will be the value of y?
a) 23
b) 22
c) 11
d) 19
3. What will be the value of z?
a) 22
b) 23
c) 17
d) 19
 4. According to Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic 13915 is a
a) Composite number
b) Prime number
c) Neither prime nor composite
d) Even number
5. The prime factorisation of 13915 is
a)
b)
c)
d)

ANSWERS

1. b) 13915
2. c) 11
3. b) 23
4. a) composite number
5. c)

POLYNOMIALS- CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY 1:

The below picture are few natural examples of parabolic shape which is represented
by a quadratic polynomial. A parabolic arch is an arch in the shape of a parabola. In
structures, their curve represents an efficient method of load, and so can be found in
bridges and in architecture in a variety of forms.
1. In the standard form of quadratic polynomial, , a, b and c are
a) All are real numbers.
b) All are rational numbers.
c) ‘a’ is a non zero real number and b and c are any real numbers.
d) All are integers.
2. If the roots of the quadratic polynomial are equal, where the discriminant
D= – 4ac, then
a) D > 0
b) D < 0
c) D
d) D = 0
3. If are the zeroes of the qudratic polynomial 2 then k is

a) 4
b)

c)

d) 2

4. The graph of x2+1=0

a) Intersects x‐axis at two distinct points.

b) Touches x‐axis at a point.

c) Neither touches nor intersects x‐axis.

d) Either touches or intersects x‐ axis.

5. If the sum of the roots is –p and product of the roots is - , then the quadratic

polynomial is
a) k ( )
 b) k ( )

c) k ( )

d) k ( )

ANSWERS

1. c) ‘a’ is a non zero real number and b and c are any real numbers.
2. d) D=0
3. b)

4. c) Neither touches nor intersects x‐axis.

5. c) k ( )

CASE STUDY 2:

An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting
meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise,
to any type of pose or position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and
balancing poses. In the figure, one can observe that poses can be related to
representation of quadratic polynomial.

1. The shape of the poses shown is

a) Spiral
b) Ellipse
c) Linear
d) Parabola
2. The graph of parabola opens downwards, if _______
 a) a 0
b) a = 0
c) a < 0
d) a > 0
3. In the graph, how many zeroes are there for the polynomial?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
4. The two zeroes in the above shown graph are
a) 2, 4
b) -2, 4
c) -8, 4
d) 2,-8
5. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial √ √ are
√
a) ,
√

√
b) ,
√

√
c) ,-
√

√
d) - ,
√

ANSWERS
1. Parabola
2. c) a < 0
3. c) 2
4. b) -2, 4
√
5. b) ,
√
CASE STUDY 3:
Basketball and soccer are played with a spherical ball. Even though an athlete
dribbles the ball in both sports, a basketball player uses his hands and
a soccer player uses his feet. Usually, soccer is played outdoors on a large field
and basketball is played indoor on a court made out of wood. The projectile (path
traced) of soccer ball and basketball are in the form of parabola representing
quadratic polynomial.

1. The shape of the path traced shown is

a) Spiral
b) Ellipse
c) Linear
d) Parabola
2. The graph of parabola opens upwards, if _______
a) a = 0
b) a < 0
c) a > 0
d) a 0
3. Observe the following graph and answer
In the above graph, how many zeroes are there for the polynomial?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
4. The three zeroes in the above shown graph are
b) 2, 3,-1
c) -2, 3, 1
d) -3, -1, 2
e) -2, -3, -1
5. What will be the expression of the polynomial?
a)
b)
c)
d)

ANSWERS
1. d) parabola
2. c) a > 0
3. d) 3
4. c) -3, -1, 2
5. a)

LINEAR EQUATIONS INTWO VARIABLES

CASE STUDY-1:

A test consists of ‘True’ or ‘False’ questions. One mark is awarded for every correct
answer while ¼ mark is deducted for every wrong answer. A student knew answers
to some of the questions. Rest of the questions he attempted by guessing. He
answered 120 questions and got 90 marks.
 Type of Question Marks given for correct Marks deducted for
answer wrong answer

True/False 1 0.25

1. If answer to all questions he attempted by guessing were wrong, then how

many questions did he answer correctly?
2. How many questions did he guess?
3. If answer to all questions he attempted by guessing were wrong and
answered 80 correctly, then how many marks he got?
4. If answer to all questions he attempted by guessing were wrong, then how
many questions answered correctly to score 95 marks?

Answers:

Let the no of questions whose answer is known to the student x and questions
attempted by cheating be y

x + y =120

x-1/4y =90

solving these two

x=96 and y= 24

1. He answered 96 questions correctly.

2. He attempted 24 questions by guessing.
3. Marks = 80- ¼ 0f 40 =70
4. x – ¼ 0f (120-x) =95

5x=500, x = 100

CASE STUDY-2:

Amit is planning to buy a house and the layout is given below. The design and the
measurement has been made such that areas of two bedrooms and kitchen together
is 95 sq.m.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

1. Form the pair of linear equations in two variables from this situation.
2. Find the length of the outer boundary of the layout.
3. Find the area of each bedroom and kitchen in the layout.
4. Find the area of living room in the layout.
5. Find the cost of laying tiles in kitchen at the rate of Rs. 50 per sq.m

ANSWER:
1. Area of two bedrooms= 10x sq.m
Area of kitchen = 5y sq.m
10x + 5y = 95
2x + y =19
Also, x + 2+ y = 15
x + y = 13
2. Length of outer boundary= 12 + 15 + 12 + 15= 54m
3. On solving two equation part(i)
x= 6m and y =7m
area of bedroom = 5 x 6= 30m
area of kitchen = 5 x 7= 35m
4. Area of living room = (15x7)-30 = 105-30 = 75 sq.m
5. Total cost of laying tiles in the kitchen = Rs 50 x35 = Rs 1750
Case study-3 :

It is common that Governments revise travel fares from time to time based on
various factors such as inflation ( a general increase in prices and fall in the
purchasing value of money) on different types of vehicles like auto, Rickshaws, taxis,
Radio cab etc. The auto charges in a city comprise of a fixed charge together with
the charge for the distance covered. Study the following situations

Name of the city Distance travelled (Km) Amount paid (Rs.)

City A 10 75
15 110
City B 8 91
14 145

Situation 1: In city A, for a journey of 10 km, the charge paid is Rs 75 and for a
journey of 15 km, the charge paid is Rs 110.

Situation 2: In a city B, for a journey of 8km, the charge paid is Rs91 and for a
journey of 14km, the charge paid is Rs 145.

Refer situation 1

1. If the fixed charges of auto rickshaw be Rs x and the running charges be Rs y

km/hr, the pair of linear equations representing the situation is
a) x + 10y =110, x + 15y = 75
b) x + 10y =75, x + 15y = 110
c) 10x + y =110, 15x + y = 75
d) 10x + y = 75, 15 x + y =110
 2. A person travels a distance of 50km. The amount he has to pay is
a) Rs.155
b) Rs.255
c) Rs.355
d) Rs.455

Refer situation 2

3. What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 30km?

a) Rs.185
b) Rs.289
c) Rs.275
d) Rs.305
4. The graph of lines representing the conditions are: (situation 2)

ANSWERS:

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. (iii)