CHAPTER
SQUARES AND
6 SQUARE ROOTS
MATHEMATICAL REASONING
1. If 2 + x = 3, then x = ____. (A) 36 (B) 63
(C) 67 (D) 37
(A) 1 (B) 7
(C) 7 (D) 49 7. The product of two numbers is 1296. If
one number is 16 times the other, find the
0.2304 + 0.1764 numbers.
2. If = x , then the value of (A) 9, 144 (B) 8, 128
0.2304 − 0.1764
(C) 12, 192 (D) None of these
x is ___.
(A) 0.8 (B) 15 8. The least positive integer with which 661.25
(C) 12.5 (D) 0.16 should be multiplied so that the product is
a perfect square, is ______.
3. Find the least number which must be (A) 4 (B) 5
subtracted from 7230 to make it a perfect (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
square.
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(A) 15 (B) 12 9. The square root of correct upto two
5
(C) 5 (D) 10 decimal places is ________.
(A) 2.68 (B) 2.69
25 x (C) 2.67 (D) 2.66
4. If 1+ = 1 + , then x is _______.
144 12
(A) 5 (B) 13 10. The value of 248 + 52 + 144 is _____.
(C) 1 (D) 17 (A) 14 (B) 12
(C) 16 (D) 13
5. Square numbers can have ____ at the end.
(A) Odd number of zeroes 11. If the three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5,
(B) Even number of zeroes so that the sum of their squares is 608.
Find the numbers respectively.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(A) 8, 12, 20 (B) 12, 8, 20
(D) None of these
(C) 20, 8, 12 (D) 20, 12, 8
1
6. A number is multiplied by 2 times itself 0.081 0.484 2.5
3 12. Square root of × × is
and then 61 is subtracted from the product 0.0064 6.25 12.1
_____.
obtained. If the final result is 9200, then (A) 0.45 (B) 0.75
the number is _________. (C) 0.95 (D) 0.99
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13. The greatest 6-digit number, which is a 101 69
perfect square is ____. (C) (D)
99 33
(A) 998001 (B) 995001 15. Find the square root of the following correct
(C) 997001 (D) 996001 upto two decimal places.
5 9
(i) 4 (ii) 9
14. Find the value of 7 13
625 (i) (ii)
576 121
9801 + 1089 ×
21025 + 144
(A) 2.52 3.18
(B) 2.28 2.98
97 89 (C) 2.17 3.11
(A) (B)
153 51 (D) 2.17 2.98
EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
244 total number of soldiers be 8160, find the
16. The area of a square field is 80 sq. m.
729 number of soldiers in each row.
The length of each side of the field, is (A) 81 (B) 90
____. (C) 80 (D) 91
(A) 8.96 m (B) 10.26 m
(C) 13.54 m (D) 12.26 m 19. A group of students decided to collect as
many paise from each member of the group
17. A certain number of men went to a hotel. as is the number of members. If the total
Each man spent as many rupees as collection amounts to ` 59.29, the number
one-fourth of the men. If the total bill paid of members in the group is _______.
was ` 20449, then how many men visited (A) 57 (B) 67
the hotel? (C) 77 (D) 87
(A) 286 (B) 284
(C) 281 (D) 283 20. A housing society has been allotted a square
piece of land measuring 2550.25 sq. m.
18. A general arranges his soldiers in rows What is the side of the plot?
to form a perfect square. He finds that in (A) 50.25 m (B) 50.5 m
doing so, 60 soldiers are left out. If the (C) 50.65 m (D) 50.05 m
ACHIEVERS SECTION (HOTS)
21. Find the value of 22. Find the value of P, Q, R and S.
(i) Square root of 1354.24 is P .
10 + 25 + 108 + 154 + 225
(ii) Square root of 151.29 is Q .
225 25 16 (iii) Square root of 7208.01 is R .
+ − ÷
729 144 81 (iv) Square root of 1789.29 is S .
69 54 P Q R S
(A) (B) (A) 38.2 12.9 83.4 41.3
16 7
(B) 36.8 11.3 86.9 41.7
31 108 (C) 35.4 13.3 85.1 42.9
(C) (D)
3 13 (D) 36.8 12.3 84.9 42.3
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23. Which of the following options is TRUE ? (C) Statement-1 is false but Statement-2
(A) Square of any odd number can be is true.
expressed as the sum of two consecutive (D) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
positive integers. are false.
(B) Square of any natural number can be
expressed as the sum of successive 25. State ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false.
odd numbers starting from 1. (i) The square root of 0.9 is 0.3.
(C) For any natural number m > 1, 2m, m2 – 1
(ii) The square root of a perfect square of
and m2 + 1 form pythagorean triplets.
(D) All of these n + 1
n digits will have digits, if n is
2
24. Study the statements and choose the correct odd.
option.
(iii) All numbers of a pythagorean triplet
Statement-1 : The square root of certain
are odd.
decimals are obtained by first changing the
decimals into fractions with perfect squares (iv) There are 200 natural numbers between
as their numerators and denominators. 1002 and 1012.
Statement-2 : (26.1) 2 lies between 400 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
and 900.
(A) T F T F
(A) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
(B) F T F T
are true.
(B) Statement-1 is true but Statement-2 is (C) T T F F
false. (D) F T T F
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CHAPTER
7 CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS
MATHEMATICAL REASONING
1. The value of 453 – 653 – 203 is ____. −a 6 × b3 × c 21
7. The value of 3 is _____.
(A) 175500 (B) – 191500 c 9 × a12
(C) 170000 (D) – 170000 −bc 3 bc 4
(A) (B)
a2 a2
2. If 3 − 2744 ÷ 3 0.008 = x, then the value of
−ab 4 −bc 4
x is ____. (C) (D)
c2 a2
(A) 70 (B) – 70
(C) 14 (D) – 14 8. Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5
to one another. The sum of their cubes is
1 1 54880. The numbers are______.
3. If 3 3 3 x − 3 = 2, then 3
x + = ___.
x 3
x
(A) 14, 21, 35 (B) 12, 15, 17
10 10 (C) 14, 18, 21 (D) 21, 28, 32
(A) (B) −
3 3
3 9. The cube of a 2-digit number will contain
(C) (D) Both (A) and (B) ________.
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(A) 4 digits (B) 5 digits
4. How many cubes of side 2 cm can be
(C) 6 digits (D) 4, 5 or 6 digits
packed in a cubical box with inner side
equal to 4 cm? 10. The cube of an odd natural number is
(A) 6 (B) 4 always _____.
(C) 8 (D) 2 (A) Even (B) Odd
(C) Even or odd (D) Can’t say
5. Find the smallest natural number by which
1458 must be divided so that the quotient 11. The length of each side of a cubical box
is a perfect cube. is 2.4 m. Its volume is _____.
(A) 4 (B) 2 (A) 1.3824 × 107 cu. cm
(C) 6 (D) 8 (B) 13.824 cu. cm
(C) 1.3824 × 106 cu. cm
6. In the five digit number 1b6a3, a is the
(D) 13.824 × 104 cu. cm
greatest single digit perfect cube and twice
of it exceeds b by 7. Then the sum of the 12. The unit’s digit of the cube of a number is
number and its cube root is ____. 9. The unit’s digit of its cube root is _____.
(A) 18700 (B) 11862 (A) 9 (B) 7
(C) 19710 (D) 25320 (C) 3 (D) 1
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13. The cube of a number x is nine times of (A) 1 : 3 (B) 1 : 6
x, then find x, where x ≠ 0 and x ≠ –3. (C) 1 : 9 (D) 1 : 18
(A) 8 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 3 15. The smallest number by which 392 must be
multiplied so that the product is a perfect
14. Two cubes have volumes in the ratio cube, is ____.
1 : 27. The ratio of the area of the face of (A) 3 (B) 5
one to that of the other is ____. (C) 7 (D) 9
EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
16. Mohit gave a problem to Samrath. (A) 4 (B) 20
Difference of two perfect cubes is 189. (C) 12 (D) 25
If the cube root of the smaller of the two 19. A rectangular cubical piece of metal of
numbers is 3, find the cube root of the dimensions 2 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm is melted.
larger number. Some more of the metal is added and it is
Help Samrath to answer the question. made into a cube. The cube has integral
(A) 4 (B) 6 measures for its sides. What is the minimum
(C) 8 (D) 10 amount of metal that is added and what is
17. A tank is in the form of a cube whose the side of this cube ?
volume is 9261000 m3. Find the length of (A) 10 cm3, 4 cm (B) 3 cm3, 3 cm
side of the tank. (C) 11 cm3, 3 cm (D) 4 cm3, 3 cm
(A) 230 m (B) 250 m
(C) 210 m (D) 180 m 20. To collect rain water, Mini made a cubical
tank which can hold 91125 m3 water. She
18. Atul made a cuboid of plasticine. Length,
uses this water for watering the plants of
breadth and height of the cuboid are
25 cm, 25 cm and 50 cm. How many her garden. What is the height of the tank?
minimum such cuboids he needs to make (A) 50 m (B) 25 m
a perfect cube? (C) 45 m (D) 40 m
ACHIEVERS SECTION (HOTS)
21. W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g o p t i o n s i s 22. Find the cube root of:
INCORRECT? (i) 0.003375 = P .
(A) Three numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3
(ii) 1.331 = Q .
and the sum of their cubes is 4500.
The numbers will be 5, 10, 15. (iii) 4.913 = R .
(B) The digit in the units place for the cube (iv) 15.625 = S .
of a four digit number of the form xyz8
P Q R S
is 2.
(A) 0.215 1.31 2.7 2.55
(C) The smallest number by which 3600
be divided to make it a perfect cube is (B) 0.115 1.11 1.17 3.25
450. (C) 0.15 1.1 1.7 2.5
(D) None of these (D) 0.25 1.21 2.17 4.15
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23. Match the following. (ii) 3
343 + 3 0.064 − 3 0.125
Column-I Column-II
P. The smallest number (i) 4 −216 64 3 343
(iii) 3 +3 ×
that should be 42875 125 1331
subtracted from 130 to
make it perfect cube is (i) (ii) (iii)
Q. The smallest number (ii) 3 2
(A) 1 6.9
that should be 5
subtracted from 9268 to
1
make it perfect cube is (B) 3 7.1
R. The smallest number (iii) 5 5
that should be 2
(C) 4 7.9
added to 2194 to 5
make it perfect cube is 1
S. The smallest number (iv) 7 (D) 1 6.5
5
that should be
added to 6855 to 25. Which of the following statements is
make it perfect cube is CORRECT ?
(A) P → (iii); Q → (i); R → (iv); S → (ii) Statement - 1 : Cube root of 117.649 is a
(B) P → (ii); Q → (iv); R → (i); S → (iii) rational number.
(C) P → (iii); Q → (i); R → (ii); S → (iv) Statement - 2 : Cube of an odd number
(D) P → (iii); Q → (iv); R → (ii); S → (i) may or may not be odd.
(A) Only Statement - 1
24. Evaluate the following.
(B) Only Statement - 2
0.027 3 0.729 1 (C) Both Statement - 1 and Statement - 2
(i) 3 ÷ −
0.008 0.512 3 (D) Neither Statement - 1 nor Statement - 2
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