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Maths Assignment Ch-1

The document contains subjective and competency-based questions related to real numbers, including problems on H.C.F, L.C.M, rational and irrational numbers, and assertions with reasoning. It presents various mathematical scenarios and multiple-choice questions to assess understanding of fundamental concepts. The questions are designed for academic evaluation in the context of real number theory.

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Maths Assignment Ch-1

The document contains subjective and competency-based questions related to real numbers, including problems on H.C.F, L.C.M, rational and irrational numbers, and assertions with reasoning. It presents various mathematical scenarios and multiple-choice questions to assess understanding of fundamental concepts. The questions are designed for academic evaluation in the context of real number theory.

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IPWS/2024-25/M/X/01

CHAPTER 1: REAL NUMBERS


Subjective Questions
1. Apply fundamental theorem of arithmetic to find H.C.F and L.C.M of the following:
(i) 26, 91 (ii) 570, 1425
2. Find the largest number which divides 261 and 1029 leaving remainder 5 in each
case.
3. There is a circular path around a sports field. Priya takes 4 minutes to drive one round
of the field, while Rajeev takes 28 minutes for the same. Suppose they start from the
same point and at the same time, and go in the same direction, after how many
minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
4. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 seconds and 48 seconds.
If they first beep together at 12 noon, at what time will they beep again for the first
time?
5. What will be the least possible number of planks, if three pieces of timber 42m, 49m
and 63m long have to be divided into the planks of the same length?
6. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.
7. Check whether there is any value of n for which 21n ends with the digit zero.
8. Prove that the following are irrationals:
(i)√ 5 (ii)15 + 17√ 3 (iii) 2 – √ 3
Competency based questions
MCQs
3 4
1. A rational number between and is
5 5
7 7 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 10 10 10
2
2. If p is a prime number and p divides k then p divides
(a) 2k2 (b) 3k (c) k (d) None of these
3. The HCF of smallest composite number and the smallest prime number is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
4. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = ab 2 and q = a3b; a, b being
prime numbers then LCM (p, q) is
(a) ab (b) a2b2 (c) a3b2 (d) a3b3
5. Which one of the following is not a rational number?
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) 16
6. The number .211 2111 21111….. is a
(a) terminating decimal (b) non-terminating decimal
(c) non termination and non-repeating decimal (d) none of these
7. If a and b are positive integers, then HCF (a, b) x LCM (a, b) =
(a) a x b (b) a + b (c) a – b (d) a/b
8. The HCF of 52 and 130 is
(a) 52 (b) 130 (c) 26 (d) 13
9. Given that HCF (1152, 1664) = 128 the LCM (1152, 1664) is
(a) 14976 (b) 1664 (c) 1152 (d) none of these
10. HCF of two numbers is 23 and their LCM is 1449. If one of the numbers is 161, then
the other number is
(a) 23 (b) 207 (c) 1449 (d) none of these
11. What is the H.C.F. of two consecutive even numbers?
(a) 1 (b)2 (c) 4 (d) 8
12. Assertion: √ 5 is an irrational number.
Reason: A number is called irrational, if it cannot be written in the form p/q, where p
and q are integers and q≠0

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.


b. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true, but R is false.
d. A is false, but R is true.
e. Both A and R are false.

13. Assertion: The HCF of two numbers is 18 and their product is 3072. Then their LCM
is 169.
Reason: If a, b are two positive integers, then HCF x LCM=a x b.

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.


b. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true, but R is false.
d. A is false, but R is true.

14. Assertion: 6n cannot end with the digit zero, where n is a natural number.
e. Both A and R are false.

Reason: Any number ends with the digit zero , if its prime factorization includes 2m
× 5n , where m and n are whole numbers.
a. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
e. Both A and R are false.

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