tVELAMMAL VIDHYASHRAM – SURAPET

GRADE : 10

SUBJECT: MATHS

Section A

1. HCF of 8, 9, 25 is------
2. Which of the following is not irrational?

(a) (2 – √3)2

(b) (√2 + √3)2

(c) (√2 -√3)(√2 + √3)

3.The product of a rational and irrational number is

(a) rational

(b) irrational

(c) both of above

(d) none of above

4.The sum of a rational and irrational number is

(a) rational

(b) irrational

(c) both of above

(d) none of above

5.The product of two different irrational numbers is always

a) rational

(b) irrational

(c) both of above

(d) none of above

6.The sum of two irrational numbers is always

(a) irrational

(b) rational
 (c) rational or irrational

(d) one

7.LCM of the given number ‘x’ and ‘y’ where y is a multiple of ‘x’ is given
by

(a) x

(b) y

(c) xy

(d) xy

8.The largest number that will divide 398,436 and 542 leaving remainders
7,11 and 15 respectively is

(a) 17

(b) 11

(c) 34

(d) 45

9.There are 312, 260 and 156 students in class X, XI and XII respectively.
Buses are to be hired to take these students to a picnic. Find the maximum
number of students who can sit in a bus if each bus takes equal number of
students

(a) 52

(b) 56

(c) 48

(d) 63

10.There is a circular path around a sports field. Priya takes 18 minutes to

drive one round of the field. Harish takes 12 minutes. Suppose they both
start at the same point and at the same time and go in the same direction.
After how many minutes will they meet ?

(a) 36 minutes

(b) 18 minutes

(c) 6 minutes
(d) They will not meet

11.Express 98 as a product of its primes

(a) 2² × 7

(b) 2² × 7²

(c) 2 × 7²

(d) 23 × 7

12.Three farmers have 490 kg, 588 kg and 882 kg of wheat respectively. Find
the maximum capacity of a bag so that the wheat can be packed in exact
number of bags.

(a) 98 kg

(b) 290 kg

(c) 200 kg

(d) 350 kg

13.If two positive integers A and B can be ex-pressed as A = xy3 and B =

xiy2z; x, y being prime numbers, the LCM (A, B) is

(a) xy²

(b) x4y²z

(c) x4y3

(d) x4y3z

14.The largest number which divides 60 and 75, leaving remainders 8 and 10
respectively, is

(a) 260

(b) 75

(c) 65

(d) 13

15.The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 5 (both
inclusive) is

(a) 5
(b) 60

(c) 20

(d) 100

16.If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032 x 2 + 408 × p,
then the value of p is

(a) 5

(b) -5

(c) 4

(d) -4

17.If HCF (16, y) = 8 and LCM (16, y) = 48, then the value of y is

(a) 24

(b) 16

(c) 8

(d) 48

18.For some integer p, every odd integer is of the form

(a) 2p + 1

(b) 2p

(c) p + 1

(d) p

19.According to the fundamental theorem of arith-metic, if T (a prime

number) divides b2, b > 0, then

(a) T divides b

(b) b divides T

(c) T2 divides b2

(d) b2 divides T2

20.. If LCM (77, 99) = 693, then HCF (77, 99) is

(a) 11
(b) 7

(c) 9

(d) 22

Section B

1.Find the largest number that will divide 398, 436 and 542 leaving
remainders 7, 11, and 15 respectively.

2.HCF and LCM of two numbers is 9 and 459 respectively. If one of the
numbers is 27, find the other number.

3.Find LCM of numbers whose prime factorisation are expressible as 3 × 52

and 32 × 72.

4.Find the LCM of 96 and 360 by using fundamental theorem of arithmetic.

5.Prove that 2 + 3√5 is an irrational number.

6.Show that 3√7 is an irrational number.

7.Explain why (17 × 5 × 11 × 3 × 2 + 2 × 11) is a composite number?

7.Check whether 4n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.

8.Can two numbers have 15 as their HCF and 175 as their LCM? Give
reasons.

9.Three alarm clocks ring at intervals of 4, 12 and 20 minutes respectively. If

they start ringing together, after how much time will they next ring together?

10.Prove that 3 + 2√5 is irrational.

Section C.

1.Dudhnath has two vessels containing 720 ml and 405 ml of milk

respectively. Milk from these containers is poured into glasses of equal
capacity to their brim. Find the minimum number of glasses that can be
filled.

2.Amita, Sneha, and Raghav start preparing cards for all persons of an old
age home. In order to complete one card, they take 10, 16 and 20 minutes
respectively. If all of them started together, after what time will they start
preparing a new card together?

3.Find the HCF and LCM of 306 and 657 and verify that LCM × HCF = Product
of the two numbers.
4.The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is
750. If one number is 250, then find the other number.

5.Find the L.C.M. of 23 × 32 and 22 × 33

6.State fundamental theorem of arithmetic

7.Find the LCM of smallest prime and the smallest odd composite natural
number

8.If HCF (26, 169) = 13, then find theLCM (26, 169).

9.If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then a =?

10.144 Cartons of coke can and 90 cartons of Pepsi can are to be stacked in
a canteen. If eachstack is of the same height and is to contain cartons of the
same drink. What would be the greater number of cartons each stack would
have?

11.Explain why 17 x 5 x 11 x 3 x 2 + 2 x11 is a composite number.

12.If the sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 1260 and their LCM is 900
more than their HCF then, find the product of two numbers.

13.Two brands of chocolates are available in packs of 24 and 15 respectively.

If I buy an equal number of chocolates of both kinds, what is the least
number of boxes of each kind I would need to buy?

14.There are 44 boys and 32 girls in a class. These students arranged in rows
for a prayer in such a way that each row consists of only either boys or girls,
and every row contains an equal number of students. Find the minimum
number of rows in which all students can be arranged.

15.Find the LCM and HCF of the following pairs of positive integers by
applying the prime factorization method.

a) 225, 240

b) 52 ,63 ,162

SECTION D

1. A hall has a certain number of chairs. Guests want to sit in different

groups like in pairs, triplets, quadruplets, fives and sixes etc. When
organiser arranges chairs in such pattern like 2’s, 3’s ,4’s.5’s and 6’s
then 1,2,3,4 and 5 chairs are left respectively. But when he arranges in
11’s no chair will be left
1.In the hall how many chairs are available?
a) 407

b) 143

c) 539

d) 209
2.If one chair is added to the total number of chairs, how many chairs
will be left when arranged in 11’s.
2.Kerosene, paraffin, or lamp oil is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid
which is derivative from petroleum. Kerosen’s uses vary from fuel for
oil lamps to cleaning agents , jet fuel , heating oil or fuel for cooking
Two oil tankers contain 825 litres and 675 litres of kerosene oil
respectively.

1.Find the maximum capacity of a container which can measure the

Kerosene oil of both the tankers when used an exact number of times.
2.How many times we have to use container for both the tanker to fill?
3.A woman wants to organise her birthday party. She was happy on her
birthday but there was a problem that she does not want to serve fast
food to her guests because she is very health conscious. She as 15
apples and 40 bananas at home and decided to serve them. She want
to distribute fruits among guests. She does not want to discriminate
among guests so she decided to distribute equally among all. So

How many guests she can invite?

How many apples and banana will each guest get?
4.A charitable trust donates 28 different books of Maths,16 different
books of science and 12 different books of Social Science to the poor
students. Each student is given maximum number of books of only one
subject of his interest and each student got equal number of books

Find the number of books each student got.

Find the total number of students who got books.
.