Class X ---Mathematics Work Sheet 1

By Arun S (Bharat Vidyaniketan School, Bangalore)

IMPORTANT NOTE:
1) Focus on Understanding Concepts. You can memorize formulas and rules to complete many math problems,
but this doesn't mean that you understand the underlying concepts.
2) Try to Solve Extra Problems / Similar / Same concept based questions from textbook or Workbook from
RD Sharma.
3) Solve problems in a stepwise method, Review Errors, Create a Distraction Free Study Environment, Create a
Mathematical Dictionary, Ask for help, List the formulae in each unit before solving problems
4) Practice, Practice & More Practice. It is impossible to study mathematics properly by just reading and listening

I. Very Short Type Questions :

1) Define Arithmetic Progression and write the general formula.
2) Convert the following statements in the form of AP
a) The taxi fare after each km when the fare is Rs 15 for first km and Rs 8 for each additional km.
b) “The cost of digging a well after every metre of digging, when it costs Rs. 150 for the first metre and
raises by Rs.50 for each subsequent metre”
3) Write first five terms of AP when i) a = 2 d = 5 ii) a = -2 d = -3
4) Which term of the AP: 21, 18, 15, . . . . . is -81?
5) Find the 10th term of the AP 2, 7, 12, . . . . .
6) The 17th term of an AP exceeds its 10th term by 7. Find the common difference.
7) Find the sum of the first 22 terms of the AP: 8, 3, -2, . . .
8) Find the sum of the first 1000 positive integers.
9) State
a) Thale’s theorem b) Converse of Thale’s Theorem c) AAA similarity Criterion d) SSS similarity Criterion
e) SAS similarity Criterion f) Pythagoras Theorem g) Converse of Pythagoras Theorem i) Euclid’s Division Lemma
j) Fundamental Theorem of arithmetic.
10) Write the difference between similar figures and congruent figures with Examples.
11) State the condition for similarity of triangles.
12) Sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 4 : 9. Areas of these triangles are in the ratio.
13) A ladder is placed against a wall such that its foot is at a distance of 2.5 m from the wall and its top reaches a
window 6 m above the ground. Find the length of the ladder.

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14) Write the general form of linear equation in two variables.
15) Represent the following situations algebraically
a) Romila went to a stationery shop and purchased 2 pencils and 3 erasers for Rs 9. Her friend Sonali saw the new
variety of pencils and erasers with Romila, and she also bought 4 pencils and 6 erasers of the same kind for Rs 18
b) The cost of 2 kg of apples and 1kg of grapes on a day was found to be Rs 160. After a month, the cost of 4 kg of
apples and 2 kg of grapes is Rs 300.
16) For a given pair of lines write the condition when the lines
a) Intersect b) coincident c) parallel.

17) On comparing the ratios and , find out whether the lines representing the following pairs of linear

equations intersect at a point, are parallel or coincident: (also check for consistent, or inconsistent or dependent
pair)
a) 5x – 4y + 8 = 0 ; 9x + 3y + 12 = 0 b) 7x + 6y – 9 = 0 ; 18x + 6y + 24 = 0
c) 6x – 3y + 10 = 0 ; 2x – y + 9 = 0 d) 3x + 2y = 5 ; 2x – 3y = 7
f) 2x – 3y = 8 ; 4x – 6y = 9 g) 5x – 3y = 11 ; – 10x + 6y = –22
18) Define Secant and Tangent of a circle.
19) A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at a point Q so that OQ = 12
cm. find the Length PQ.
20) From a point Q, the length of the tangent to a circle is 24 cm and the distance of Q from the centre is 25 cm. find
the radius of the circle.
21) If TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so that ∠ POQ = 110°, then ∠ PTQ is equal to?
22) If tangents PA and PB from a point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other at angle of 80°,
then ∠ POA is equal to?
23) The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5 cm from the centre of the circle is 4 cm. Find the radius of
the circle.
24) find the area of a sector of angle p (in degrees) of a circle with radius R.
25) Find the distance between the following pairs of points :
a) (2, 3) and (4, 1) b) (-2, 8) and (5, 0) c) (6 , -3) and (-6, 9) d)(-2,-3) and (5, -2) e) (3,3) and (9,9)
26) Find the distance between origin and the given point
a) (9, 9) b) (36, 15) c) (8, 6) d) (4, 1) e) (-6, 9) f) (5, -2)
27) Express each number as a product of its prime factors: (i) 140 (ii) 156 (iii) 3825 (iv) 5005 (v) 7429
28) Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 are composite number.
29) Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657).
30) If k, 2k - 1 and 2k + 1 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., Find the value of k.

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II. Short Type Questions :
1) Which term of the AP 3, 8, 13, 18, . . . . . is 78?
2) Find the number of terms in the AP : 7, 13, 19, …. 205
3) How many three digit numbers are divisible by 7?
4) Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP: 3 ,8,13, . . . . 253
5) An AP consists of 50 terms of which 3rd term is 12 and the last term is 106. Find the 29th term.
6) Subba Rao started work in 1995 at an annual salary of Rs 5000 and received an increment of Rs 200 each year. In
which year did his income reach Rs 7000?
7) Check whether -150 is a term of the AP: 11, 8, 5, 2 . . . .
8) If the sum of the first 14 terms of an AP is 1050 and its first term is 10, find the 20th term.
9) How many terms of the AP 24, 21, 18. . . . must be taken so that their sum is 78?
10) Find the sum of the following APs a) 2 ,7, 12, . . . . . to 10 terms b) -37, -33, -29, . . . . . to 12 terms
11) In an AP a) given a = 8 an= 62, Sn= -14 find n and a b) given a = 3 , n= 8, S= 192 find d
12) Find the sum of the odd numbers between 0 and 50.
13) If a line intersects sides AB and AC of a ∆ ABC at D and E respectively and is parallel to BC,

Prove that =

14) ABCD is a trapezium with AB || DC. E and F are points on non-parallel sides AD and BC respectively such that EF

is parallel to AB . Show that =

15) In the figures DE || BC find EC in fig1 and AD in fig2

16) In Fig, if LM || CB and LN || CD, prove that =

17) ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and its diagonals intersect each other at the point O. Show that =

18) A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post at a speed of 1.2 m/s. If the lamp is 3.6 m
above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4 seconds

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19) Observe Fig. and then find ∠ P

20) Let ∆ ABC ~ ∆ DEF and their areas be, respectively, 64 cm2 and 121 cm2. If EF = 15.4 cm, find BC
21) In Fig, if AD ⊥ BC, prove that AB2 + CD2 = BD2 + AC2

22) ABC is an isosceles triangle right angled at C. Prove that AB2 = 2AC2.
23) A ladder 10 m long reaches a window 8 m above the ground. Find the distance of the foot of the ladder from
base of the wall.
24) Solve the pair of linear equations by Substitution method, Elimination Method and Cross Multiplication method
i) 7x – 15y = 2 and x + 2y = 3 ii) x + y = 14 and x – y = 4 iii) 2x + 3y = 11 and 2x – 4y = – 24
iv) x + y = 5 and 2x – 3y = 4 v) 3x – 5y – 4 = 0 and 9x = 2y + 7 vi) 2x + 3y = 46 and 3x + 5y = 74
vii) 8x + 5y = 9 and 3x + 2y = 4
25) The difference between two numbers is 26 and one number is three times the other. Find them
26) The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the smaller by 18 degrees. Find them
27) The coach of a cricket team buys 7 bats and 6 balls for Rs 3800. Later, she buys 3 bats and 5 balls for Rs 1750.
Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
28) A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle. Prove that AB + CD = AD + BC

29) Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the larger circle which touches
the smaller circle
30) The radii of two circles are 8 cm and 6 cm respectively. Find the radius of the circle having area equal to the sum
of the areas of the two circles.
31) Find the area of the sector of a circle with radius 4 cm and of angle 30°. Also, find the area of the corresponding
major sector.

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32) Find the area of a sector of a circle with radius 6 cm if angle of the sector is 60°.
33) Find the area of the shaded region in Fig., where ABCD is a square of side 14 cm.

34) Determine if the points (1, 5), (2, 3) and (– 2, – 11) are collinear.
35) Determine if the points A(3, 1), B(6, 4) and C(8, 6) are collinear.
36) Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x , y) is equidistant from the points (7, 1) and (3, 5)
37) Check whether (5, – 2), (6, 4) and (7, – 2) are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
38) Find the values of y for which the distance between the points P(2, – 3) and Q(10, y) is 10 units.
39) Find the point on the x-axis which is equidistant from (2, –5) and (–2, 9).
40) Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points (4, – 3) and (8, 5) in the ratio
3 : 1 internally.
41) In what ratio does the point (– 4, 6) divide the line segment joining the points A(– 6, 10) and B(3, – 8)?
42) Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line segment joining the points (5, – 6) and (–1, – 4). Also find the
point of intersection.
43) Find the coordinates of the point which divides the join of (–1, 7) and (4, –3) in the ratio 2 : 3.
44) Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining (4, –1) and (–2, –3).
45) If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find x and y
46) Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (– 3, 10) and (6, – 8) is divided by (– 1, 6).
47) Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (1, –1), (– 4, 6) and (–3, –5)
48) Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are :
(i) (2, 3), (–1, 0), (2, – 4) (ii) (–5, –1), (3, –5), (5, 2)
49) In each of the following find the value of ‘k’, for which the points are collinear.
(i) (7, –2), (5, 1), (3, k) (ii) (8, 1), (k, – 4), (2, –5)
50) Find the coordinates of a point A, where AB is the diameter of a circle whose centre is (2, – 3) and B is (1, 4).
51) Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of : (i) 135 and 225 (ii) 455 and 42 (iii) 867 and 255
52) Show that every positive even integer is of the form 2q, and that every positive odd integer is of the form 2q + 1,
where q is some integer.
53) 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) 510 and 92

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54) 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
55) Prove that √ is irrational.
56) Prove that √ is irrational.
57) Without actually performing the long division, state whether the following rational numbers will have a
terminating decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion and write down the decimal
expansion.

a) b) c) d)

58) Does the following list of numbers form an A.P ? If so find next two terms.
a) √ √ √ √ . . . . b) 0.2, 0.22, 0.222, 0.2222. . . .
59) In the following AP find the missing term a) 2, ___ , 26 b) ____, 13, _____, 3

60) Solve

III. Long Type I Questions :

1) The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of an AP is 24 and sum of the 6th and 10th terms is 44. Find the AP
2) Determine AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds term by 12.
3) Find the sum of first 24 terms of the list of numbers whose nth term is given by an = 3 + 2n
4) Find the sum of 34 + 32 + 30 + . . . . . 10
5) Find the sum of first 22 terms of an AP in which d = 7 and 22nd term is 149.
6) A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay of completion beyond a certain date as follows: Rs
200 for the first day, Rs 250 for the second day, Rs 300 for the third day, etc., the penalty for each succeeding day
being Rs 50 more than for the preceding day. How much money the contractor has to pay as penalty, if he has
delayed the work by 30 days?
7) If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n terms.
8) Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6.
9) D, E and F are respectively the mid-points of sides AB, BC and CA of ∆ ABC. Find the ratio of the areas of
∆ DEF and ∆ ABC.
10) BL and CM are medians of a triangle ABC right angled at A. Prove that 4 (BL2 + CM2 ) = 5 BC2
11) ABC is an equilateral triangle of side 2a. Find each of its altitudes.
12) In an equilateral triangle, prove that three times the square of one side is equal to four times the square of one
of its altitudes.

13) A fraction becomes , if 2 is added to both the numerator and the denominator. If, 3 is added to both the

numerator and the denominator it becomes . Find the fraction.

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14) Five years hence, the age of Jacob will be three times that of his son. Five years ago, Jacob’s age was seven times
that of his son. What are their present ages?
15) A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day thereafter.
Saritha paid Rs 27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid Rs 21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the
fixed charge and the charge for each extra day.
16) The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the number obtained by
reversing the order of the digits. Find the number
17) For what values of k will the following pair of linear equations have infinitely many solutions?
kx + 3y – (k – 3) = 0 and 12x + ky – k = 0
18) For which value of k will the following pair of linear equations have no solution?
3x + y = 1 and (2k – 1) x + (k – 1) y = 2k + 1
19) Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each wrong answer.
Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each incorrect answer, then
Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the test?
20) Solve the pair of equations by Equations Reducible to a Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables

a) b)

21) A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km upstream and 55
km down-stream. Determine the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.
22) Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre
of the circle.
23) Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
24) In Fig. XY and X′Y′ are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another tangent AB with point of
contact C intersecting XY at A and X′Y′ at B. Prove that ∠ AOB = 90°.

25) Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T.
Prove that ∠ PTQ = 2 ∠ OPQ.
26) The cost of fencing a circular field at the rate of Rs 24 per metre is Rs 5280. The field is to be ploughed at the rate

of Rs 0.50 per m2 . Find the cost of ploughing the field (Take π = ).

27) In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find: (i) the length of the arc (ii) area of
the sector formed by the arc (iii) area of the segment formed by the corresponding chord
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28) If Q(0, 1) is equidistant from P(5, –3) and R(x, 6), find the values of x. Also find the distances QR and PR.
29) Show that the points (1, 7), (4, 2), (–1, –1) and (– 4, 4) are the vertices of a square.
30) If the points A(6, 1), B(8, 2), C(9, 4) and D(p, 3) are the vertices of a parallelogram, taken in order, find the value
of p
31) Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of the triangle whose vertices are
(0, –1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the area of the given triangle.
32) Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the cube of any positive integer is of the form 9m, 9m + 1 or 9m + 8.
33) Prove that √ is irrational.
34) Prove that √ √ is irrational.
35) Prove that √ is an irrational number.
IV Long Type II Questions :
TYPE 1
1) In a school, students thought of planting 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 the same as the class, in which they are
studying, e.g., a section of Class I will plant 1 tree, a section of Class II will plant 2 trees and so on till Class XII. There
are three sections of each class. How many trees will be planted by the students?
2) In an A.P if the 12th term is -13 and the sum of the first four terms is 24. Find the sum of the first 10 terms.
3). Four numbers are in A.P , whose sum is 20 and sum of their squares is 180. Find numbers
4) In an A.P the sum of the first 10 terms is 175 and the sum of next 10 terms is 475. Find A.P
5) The sum of three terms of an A.P is 21 and the product of first and third term exceeds the second term by 6. Find
three terms.
6) Five positive integers are in A.P. The sum of 3 middle terms is 24 and the product first and fifth term is 48. Find
the terms of A.P.
7) In an A.P whose first term is 2, the sum of first five terms is one fourth the sum of the next five terms.
Show that a20=-112 and Find S20.
TYPE 2: IMPORTANT THEOREMS
1) State and Prove Thale’s Theorem (Basic proportionality Theorem)
2) Prove that if two triangles are equiangular then their corresponding sides are in same proportion (AA Criteria).
3) State and Prove Pythagoras Theorem
4) State and Prove Converse of Pythagoras Theorem
5) Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their corresponding
Sides.
6) Prove that the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
7) Prove that the tangent at any point of a circle os perpendicular to the radius through the point of contact.
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TYPE 3: Solve the equations graphically
1) 2x + y – 6 = 0 and 4x – 2y – 4 = 0
2) x – y + 1 = 0 and 3 x + 2y – 12 = 0
3) x + 3y = 6 and 2x -3y = 12
4) 2x- y = 2 and 4x – y = 4
5) x + y = 6 and x – y = 2
6) 2x – y = 6 and x + y = 3
TYPE 4 : CONSTRUCTIONS (Includes Both Long type and Short type Questions )
1) Draw a line segment of length 7.6 cm and divide it in the ratio 5 : 8. Measure the two parts
2) Draw a line segment of length 8 cm and divide it in the ratio 4 : 7. Measure the two parts

3) Construct a triangle of sides 4 cm, 5 cm and 6 cm and then a triangle similar to it whose sides are of the

corresponding sides of the first triangle.

4) Construct a triangle with sides 5 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm and then another triangle whose sides are of the

corresponding sides of the first triangle.

5) Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and ∠ABC = 60°. Then construct a triangle whose sides are of

the corresponding sides of the triangle ABC.

6) Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, construct the pair of tangents to the circle
and measure their lengths.
7) Draw a circle of radius 4 cm. From a point 7 cm away from its centre, construct the pair of tangents to the circle
and measure their lengths.
8) Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5 cm which are inclined to each other at an angle of 60°.
9) Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 4 cm which are inclined to each other at an angle of 70°.
10) Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 6 cm which are inclined to each other at an angle of 80°

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thinking and reasoning skills”
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 “Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its beauty”
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