CLASSS:10 REAL NUMBRERS (MCQ)

1) If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117, then the value of m is
a) 4 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
2) The largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8, respectively is
a) 13 b) 65 c) 875 d) 1750
3) If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3 y2 and b = xy3 ; x, y are prime numbers, then HCF
(a, b) is
a) xy b) x2y2 c) x3 y3 d) xy2
4) If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = ab2 and q = a3b; a, b being prime numbers,
then LCM (p, q) is
a) ab b) a2b2 c) a3b2 d)ab2
5) The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is
a) 10 b) 100 c) 504 d) 2520
6) The prime factorisation of natural number 288 is:
( a) 25 × 32 (b) 24 × 32 (c) 25 × 35 (d) 25 × 33
7) If the HCF of 360 and 64 is 8,then their LCM is:
(a)2880 (b)2530 (c)672 (d)2780
8) If p and q are natural numbers and ‘p’ is the multiple of ‘q’, then what is the HCF of ‘p’ and ‘q’?
a) 𝑝𝑞 b) 𝑝 c) 𝑞 d) 𝑝+𝑞
9) Let a and b be two positive integers such that 𝑎 = 𝑝3𝑞4 and 𝑏 = 𝑝2𝑞3, where p and q are prime
numbers. If 𝐻𝐶𝐹(𝑎,𝑏) = 𝑝𝑚𝑞𝑛 and 𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎,𝑏) = 𝑝𝑟𝑞𝑠, then (𝑚+𝑛)(𝑟 +𝑠) =
a) 15 b) 30 c) 35 d) 72
10) The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorization of 196 is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 2
11) The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorization of 1764 is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6.
12) The total number of factors of prime number is
a) 1 b) 0 c) 2 d) more than 2
13) The HCF and LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are
a) 3, 140 b) 12, 420
14) The HCF and LCM of 378, 180, 420 are
a) 6, 3980 b) 12, 3780 c) 3, 420 c) 6, 3780 d) 12, 3980
15) If the product of two co-prime numbers is 553, then their HCF is
a) 1 b) 553 c) 7 d) 79
16) The LCM of smallest two digit composite number and smallest composite number is
a) 12 b) 4 c) 20 d) 44
17) The ratio of LCM and HCF of the least composite and the least prime numbers is
a) 1: 2 b) 2: 1 c) 1: 1 d) 1: 3
18) If 𝐻𝐶𝐹(336,54)=6,𝐿𝐶𝑀(336,54) is
a) 2024 b) 3024 c) 1012 d) 1512
19) The value of ‘a’, if 𝐻𝐶𝐹(𝑥,18)=2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑥,18)=36, is
a) 2 b) 5 c) 7 d) 4
20) HCF of two numbers is 27 and their LCM is 162. If one of the numbers is 54 then the other number
is
a) 36 b) 35 c) 9 d) 81
21) The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If one number is
280 then the other number is
a) 20 b) 28 c) 60 d) 80
22) HCF of 144 and 198 is
a) 9 b) 18 c) 6 d) 12
23) If a and b are two positive integers such that the least prime factor of a is 3 and the least prime factor
of b is 5. Then the least prime factor of (𝑎+𝑏) is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
24) If ‘n’ is a natural number then which of the following numbers end with zero?
a) (3×2) b) (2×5) c) (6×2)𝑛 d) (5×3)𝑛
25) If the 𝐻𝐶𝐹(2520,6600)=40 and 𝐿𝐶𝑀(2520,6600)=252×𝑘 then the value of k is
a) 1650 b) 1600 c) 165 d) 1625
2 2 2
26) If 𝑎 = 2 ×3 ,𝑏 = 2 ×3×5,𝑐 = 2 ×3×7 and 𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎,𝑏,𝑐) = 3780 then x is
𝑥

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d)0
27) If 3825 = 3 ×5𝑦 ×17𝑧 then the value of 𝑥 +𝑦−2𝑧 is
𝑥

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
28) A pair of irrational numbers whose product is a rational number is
a) (√16 , √4 ) b) (√5 , √2 ) c) (√3 , √27 ) d) (√36, √2 )
29) The smallest irrational number by which) should be multiplied so as to get a rational number, is
a) √20 b) √2 c) 5 d) √5
30) The greatest number which divides 281 and 1249, leaving remainder 5 and 7 respectively, is
a) 23 b) 276 c) 138 d) 69
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
31) Assertion (A): If HCF of 510 and 92 is 2 then their LCM is 32460.
Reason (R): 𝐻(𝑎,𝑏)×𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎,𝑏) = 𝑎 ×𝑏
32) Assertion (A): If the product of two numbers is 5780 and their HCF is 17, then their LCM is 340.
Reason (R): HCF is always factor of LCM.
33) Assertion (A): If 𝐻𝐶𝐹(90,144) = 18,𝐿𝐶𝑀(90,144) = 720
Reason (R): 𝐻(𝑎,𝑏)×𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎,𝑏) = 𝑎 ×𝑏
34) Assertion (A): The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150 then their LCM is 30.
Reason (R): 𝐻(𝑎,𝑏)+𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎,𝑏) = 𝑎 ×𝑏
35) Assertion (A): The HCF of two numbers is 9 and their LCM is 2016. If one number is 54 then the
other number is 336.
Reason (R): 𝐻(𝑎,𝑏)×𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎,𝑏) = 𝑎 ×b
36) Assertion (A): The number 6𝑛 never end with digit 0 for any natural number n.
Reason (R): The number 9𝑛 never end with digit 0 for any natural number n
37) Assertion (A): The number 5𝑛 never ends with digit 0 for any natural number n.
Reason (R): Prime factorisation of 5 has only two factors, 1 and 5.
38) Assertion (A): The largest number that divides 70 and 125 which leaves remainder 5 and 8 is 13.
Reason (R): 𝐻(65,117) = 13