REAL NUMBERS

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1) According to the fundamental theorem of arithmetic if prime number ‘a’ divides b 2, b>0, then
a) a divides b
b) b divides a
c) a2 divides b2
d) b2 divides a2
2) The value of x and y from the factor tree below is
x

3 y

5 13

a) 195,65
b) 65,195
c) 1,3
d) 3,1
3) Complete prime factorization of 455 using factor tree and choose the correct statement
455

5 91

7 13

a) 455=91 x 5
b) 455 = 7 x 65
c) 445 = 13 x 35
d) 455 = 5 x 7 x 13

4) The largest number which when divides 60 & 75, leaves remainders 8 and 10 respectively is
a) 13
b) 65
c) 75
d) 260
5) 32760 can be expressed as _________ provided the factors are in ascending order.
a) 23 x 32 x 5 x 7 x 13
b) 22 x 5 x 32 x 7 x 13

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 c) 22 x 7 x 5 x 32 x 13
d) 7 x 13 x 5 x 22 x 32
6) The only prime factorization of
a) 4n is 2
b) 4n is 1
c) 6n is 2
d) 6n is 3
7) Identify the correct statement:
a) There is no natural number n for which 4n ends with the digit zero.
b) There is no integer n for which 4n ends with the digit zero.
c) There exists a natural number n for which 4n ends with the digit zero.
d) There exists an integer n for which 4n ends with the digit zero.
8) For any three positive integer a,b and c
i. LCM (a, b) x HCF (a, b) = a x b
ii. LCM (a, c) x HCF (a, b) = a x b x c
iii. LCM (a, b) x HCF (a, c) = a x c
iv. LCM (a, b, c) x HCF (a, b, c) ≠ a x b x c

Which of the following holds good?

a) i & ii
b) i & iv
c) All of them
d) None of these
9) Prime factors of numbers 6,72,120 are respectively 6 = 2 x 3; 72 = 23 x 32: 120 = 23 x 3 x5
then
i. HCF = smallest power of each common prime factor in the number
ii. LCM = product of the greatest power of each prime factor involved in the number
iii. HCF x LCM = product of the numbers
iv. (HCF, LCM) = (2,60)

Which of the following combination is true?

a) i,iii are true

b) i, ii, iv are true
c) i,ii, are true
d) I,ii,iii are true
10) The exponent of 2 in the LCM (6 ,72, 120) is
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 0
11) The exponent of 2 in the HCF (6 ,72, 120) is
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3

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 d) 0
12) 7 x 11 x 13 + 13 is a composite number because it can be written as
a) 7 x (11 x 13 + 13)
b) 13 x (11 x 7 + 1)
c) (7 x 11) x (13 + 13)
d) None of these
13) The factors of 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 + 5 are
a) 5 and 7
b) 1009 and 5
c) 5040 and 7
d) None of these
p
14) The decimal expansion of a rational number ,(q≠0) where p and q are co-prime numbers is
q
terminating only when
a) q = 2n x 5m Where m, n are positive integers
b) q = 2-n x 5-m Where m, n are positive integers
c) q = 2n x 5-m Where m, n are positive integers
d) q = 2-n x 5m Where m, n are positive integers
p
15) A real number whose decimal expansion terminates into a rational number of the from ,
q
where
i. p and q are co-prime number
ii. prime factorization of the denominator q has only powers of 2
iii. prime factorization of the denominator q has only powers of 5
iv. prime factorization of the denominator q can have powers of 2 and 5 as factors.

Which of the following holds good?

a) i & iv
b) i & iii
c) i & ii
d) All the above i, ii,iii & iv
16) Decimal expansion of every rational number is
a) Always terminating
b) Always non- terminating
c) Either terminating or non-terminating
d) None of these
13 17 64 15 29
17) Observe and screen the given rational numbers , , , ,
3125 8 455 1600 343
Comment about their decimal expansion
a) All the given numbers are terminating numbers
29
b) Only is non-terminating repeating number
343
13 17 15 64
c) Only , , , are terminating numbers
3125 8 1600 455

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 64 29
d) anⅆ are non -terminating numbers
455 343
p
18) 43.123456789 is a rational number represented in the form then
q
a) q≠0 and q = 2m x 5 n where m, n are positive integers
b) prime factors of q will be either 2 or 5 or both only.
c) p≠0 and p = 2m x 5 n where m, n are positive integers
d) prime factors of q will also have a factor other than 2 or 5.
19) Identify the incorrect statement:
p
The decimal expansion of the number 43 ⋅123456789 represented as ,then
q
a) q is not of the from 2m x 5n where m, n are positive integers
b) the number is non-terminating recurring
c) the prime factors of q will also have a factor other than 2 or 5
d) the number is not a rational number
129
20) The decimal expansion of 2 7 5 is
2 ×5 × 7
a) Terminating
b) Non-terminating repeating
c) Either terminating or non-terminating
d) None of these
64
21) Listed below are some facts about ,choose the odd man out.
455
a) Denominator is not in the from 2n x 5m
b) Denominator contains 7 and 13 as its factors
c) Its decimal expansion will be non-terminating repeating
d) It is an irrational number.
p
22) f is a rational number (q≠0) the condition of q for the rational number to be a terminating
q
decimal is q = 2n 5m where
a) m, n>0
b) m, n are real numbers
c) m, n ≥0
d) m, n are negative integers
23) The number π is ___________ number
a) Rational
b) Irrational
c) Rational or irrational
d) Integer
24) Rational number between √ 2∧√ 3 is

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 a) 1.63….
b) 1.4….
c) 1.7….
d) 1.3...
25) ( 2+3 √ 3 ) + ( 2−3 √ 3 ) is not ____
a) a rational number
b) an irrational number
c) a natural number
d) an integer
1095
26) The simplest form of is
1168
17
a)
26
25
b)
26
13
c)
16
15
d)
16
27) Which of the following statement is correct?
A. For a given composite number there is one and only one way to write it as a product
of prime numbers
B. For a given composite number there is one and only one way to write it as a product
of numbers
C. Number 1 is a composite number
D. Number 2 is the only even prime number.
a) A and B
b) A and D
c) B and C
d) A and C
28) Number of zeros in the end of a number whose prime factorization is 22 x 52 x 32 x 17 is
a) Two
b) One

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 c) Three
d) None of these
29) Number of zeros in the end of the number whose prime factorization is 24 x 34 x 53 x 7 is
a) 3
b) 4
c) 2
d) 1
2+ √ 5
30) is ________ number
3
a) Rational
b) Irrational
c) Integer
d) Decimal
31) According to Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic, if X is a composite number, which of the
following is false
a) X can be factorized as X= p1p2p3p4………pn
b) p1≤p2≤………≤pn and p1p2p3p4………pn are arranged in descending order
c) p1p2p3p4………pn are prime numbers
d) we will get the powers of primes
32) Which of the following is true?
a) Product of any two numbers is equal to the product of their LCM and HCF.
b) Product of any three numbers is equal to the product of their LCM and HCF
c) Both of them
d) None of these
33) Which of the below statement is true?
a) 6n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n
b) n6 cannot end with the digit 0 for any natural number n
c) 6n cannot end with the digit 0 for any natural number n
d) 4n cannot end with the digit 0 for any natural number n
34) Which of the following is true?
a) The sum of 2 irrational numbers is always irrational
b) The product of two irrational numbers is always an irrational number.
c) The product of a non-zero rational number with an irrational number is always an
rational number.
d) None of these

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 35) Which of the following true?
a) 7 x 6 x5 x4 x 3 x2 x1+5 is composite number
b) 7 x 11 x13 +13 are prime factors of 1009
c) 72 = 23 x 33
d) None of these
36) Which of the following is false?
a
a) Any rational number of the form ,where ‘b is the power of 10, will have a terminating
b
decimal expansion.
b) Let x = p /q, where p and q are coprime, be a rational number, such that the prime
factorization of q is not of the form 2n5 m, where n, m are non-negative integers. Then, x
has a decimal expansion which is non-terminating repeating (recurring).
c) the decimal expansion of every rational number is either terminating or non-terminating
repeating.
d) none

Match the following

37) match the numbers with the product of prime factors

1 HCF & LCM of (6,20) (i) (182,13)

2 HCF & LCM of (96,404) (ii) (60,2)
3 HCF & LCM of (510,92) (iii) (3024,6)
4 HCF & LCM of (26,91) (iv) (9696,4)
5 HCF & LCM of (336,54) (v) (23460,2)
a) 1-(ii); 2-(iv); 3-(v); 4-(i); 5-(iii)
b) 1-(iii); 2-(iv); 3-(v); 4-(i); 5-(ii)
c) 1-(ii); 2-(iii); 3-(v); 4-(i); 5-(iv)
d) 1-(ii); 2-(i); 3-(v); 4-(iv); 5-(iii)
38) match the numbers with their (LCM, HCF)
Numbers (LCM, HCF)
1 (6,72,120) i (420,3)
2 (12,15,21) ii (1800,1)
3 (17,23,29) iii (360,6)
4 (8,9,25) iv (11339,1)

a) 1-i ; 2-iii ; 3-iv ; 4-ii

b) 1-iii ; 2-i ; 3-iv ; 4-ii
c) 1-iv ; 2-iii ; 3-i ; 4-ii

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 d) 1-i ; 2-iv ; 3-ii ; 4-iii
39) match the numbers with their product of prime factors

Numbers Product of prime factors

1 140 i 22 x 3 x13
2 156 ii 5 x 7 x 11 x13
3 3825 iii 22 x 5 x 7
4 5005 iv 17 x 19 x 23
5 7429 v 32 x 52 x 17

a) 1-iii ; 2-i ; 3 – v ; 4 – ii ; 5 – iv
b) 1-ii ; 2-i ; 3 – v ; 4 – iii ; 5 – iv
c) 1-iii ; 2-ii ; 3 – v ; 4 – i ; 5 – iv
d) 1-iii ; 2-i ; 3 –iv ; 4 –v ; 5 – ii
40) match the decimal expansion with their rational numbers
Rational Decimal
numbers expansion
1 13 i 0,009375
3125
2 17 ii 0.00416
8

3 15 iii 2.125
1600

4 23 iv 0.4
3 2
2 ×5

5 6 v 0.115
15

a) 1-ii ; 2-iii ; 3- iv ; 4- v ; 5-i

b) 1-ii ; 2-iii ; 3- i ; 4- v ; 5-iv
c) 1-ii ; 2-iii ; 3- v ; 4- i ; 5-iv
d) 1-iii ; 2-ii ; 3- i ; 4- v ; 5-iv

41) Match
Numbers Type of number
1 43.123456789 i Irrational number

2 ii Rational number with

43.123456789 terminating decimal
expansion
3 0.120120012000120000… ii Rational number with
i non-terminating
repeating decimal
expansion
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 a) 1 – i ; 2 -ii ; 3 – iii
b) 1 – iii ; 2 -ii ; 3 – i
c) 1 – iii ; 2 -i ; 3 – ii
d) 1 – ii ; 2 -iii ; 3 – i
42) The decimal representation of numbers will terminate after how may decimal places. Identify
the correct pairs
Rational Decimal places
numbers
1 14587 I 2
1 4
2 ×5

2 11 Ii 3
2 1
2 ×5

a) 13– iii ; 2 – ii441

; 3- i iii 4
2 3
b) 2 ×7 × 5 1 – ii ; 2 – i ; 3 – iii ;
c) 1 – i ; 2 – iii ; 3- ii
d) 1 – iii ; 2 – i ; 3- ii

Assertion and Reasoning

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a reason (R). Mark the correct
choice as

a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and R is the correct explanation of assertion A.
b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and 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 and reason (R) is true

43) A: Prime factorization of a natural number is unique

B: The order of the factors of natural number is unique

44) A: 4n ends with the digit zero for any integer n

B: 4n is divisible by 5

45) A: Decimal expansion of X is terminating

p
B: X = , q≠0 is a rational number where p, q are coprime numbers and q = 2n x 5m where
q
m, n are non-negative integers

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 46) A:6/15 is a terminating decimal
R: If q =2m 5n, where m n, are non-negative integers, then p/q is a terminating decimal
fraction.

47) A: The HCF of two numbers is 4 and their LCM is 9696, then their product is 38784
R: For any two positive integers ‘a’ and ‘b’ we have LCM (a, b) = [HCF (a, b)] x (ab)

Case Study Questions

CASE STUDY-1
Directions for Questions 48-52
There is a circular path around a hill park. Sonia takes 18 minutes to walk one round of the field, while
Ravi takes 12 minutes for the same. Suppose they both start at the same point and at the same time,
and go in the same direction.

48) After how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
a) 36
b) 6
c) 12
d) 18

49) To find, after how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point you should
calculate
a) 12x18
b) HCF (12,18)
c) LCM (12,18)
d) Factors of 12 and 18

50) LCM of 18 and 12 can be calculated by finding the product of

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 a) 12 and 18
b) Prime factors of 12 and 18
c) Greatest power of each prime factors of 12 and 18
d) None of these
51) Suppose Sonia and Ravi start at 8:00 am at what time will they meet again at the starting
point?
a) 8:36 a.m.
b) 8:30 a.m.
c) 8:06 a.m.
d) 8:18 a.m.

52) If Sonia and Ravi meet again at 9:06 a.m. what time did they start together?
a) 8:30 a.m.
b) 8:24 a.m.
c) 8:10 a.m.
d) None of the

CASE STUDY -2
Directions to Questions 53-55
Ram, Shekar and Sam planned to go for cycling together. On Sunday morning they met in a
nearby playground and started to cycle at 9:00am. Ram, Shekar and Sam complete one round of
cycling in 10,11 and 12 seconds respectively.

53) At what time will they meet again

a) 9:10 am
b) 9:11 am
c) 9:20 am
d) 9:15 am
54) If they continue to cycle for 44 minutes, how many times will all three meet at the starting
point.
a) 2 times
b) 3 times
c) 4 times

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 d) 5 times
55) Ram gets tired and withdraws from cycling after 4 th meet. How many times did he cycle
around the playground?
a) 264 rounds
b) 260 rounds
c) 240 rounds
d) 200 rounds

CASE STUDY -3
Directions for Questions 56-58
Geetha is a distributer of cakes and cokes. Gautham ordered 576 cakes and 448 cokes for his birthday
party. Geetha packets them in equal numbers of either cakes or cokes alone for delivery. She has to pay
₹ 4 for each pack of cokes and ₹6 for each packet of cakes towards packing.

56) The total number of packets will be

a) 22
b) 16
c) 21
d) 36

57) How many coke packets and cake packets will be packed respectively?
a) 9,7
b) 7,9

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 c) 16,16
d) None of these

58) Geetha’s packing cost will amount to

a) ₹ 78
b) ₹82
c) ₹92
d) ₹108

CASE STUDY-4
Directions for Questions 59-62
Two cats Pintu and Rintu drink milk at regular intervals of 50 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. They
drink milk together at 12 noon near Sara’s study table. After some time, they meet again to play and
drink milk. Sara plays with the cats when they both drink milk together.

59) After 12 noon when will Sara get to play with her cats
a) 3:00pm
b) 4:00 pm
c) 3:20 pm
d) 5:00 pm
60) The cats will meet at an interval of __
a) 300 minutes
b) 280 minutes
c) 300 seconds
d) 280 seconds
61) Before the two cats meet to play how many times will Rintu drink milk?
a) 4 times
b) 5 times
c) 6 times

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 d) None of these
62) Before the two cats meet to play how many times will Pintu drink milk?
a) 4 times
b) 5 times
c) 6 times
d) None of these

CASE STUDY -5
Directions for Question 63-66
In an oil refinery three oil containers with capacity of 490 L ,588L, and 882 L is ready for sale. The
workmen decide to pack them in cans of smaller capacity such that the oils are transferred completely in
smaller cans. Cost of transferring oil in small cans is ₹200 per can and packing cost is ₹ 5 per litre.

63) Find the maximum capacity of a can so that the oil can be packed in exact number of cans be
a) 98L
b) 290L
c) 200L
d) 350L
64) The number of cans ready for sale is
a) 18
b) 19
c) 20
d) 21
65) The cost of transferring the oil completely into cans is
a) ₹1800

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 b) ₹1900
c) ₹2000
d) ₹2100
66) The cost of packing the oil completely into cans is
a) ₹2450
b) ₹2940
c) ₹9800
d) None of these

CASE STUDY -6
Directions for Question 67
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.

67) What is the minimum number of books you will require for the class library, so that they can
be distributed equally among students of Section A and Section B?
a) 144
b) 128
c) 288
d) 272

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