REAL NUMBERS (ASSESSMENT – 1)

Class X Session 2024-25

MATHEMATICS STANDARD (Code No.041)

TIME: 3 hours MAX.MARKS: 80

General Instructions: Read the following instructions carefully and follow them:

1. This question paper contains 38 questions.

2. This Question Paper is divided into 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
3. Draw neat and clean figures wherever required.
4. Use of calculators is not allowed.

Section A

Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.

The exponent of 5 in the prime factorization of 3750 is 1

1.
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

What is the greatest possible speed at which a girl can walk 95m and 171m in an 1
2. exact number of minutes

A) 17 m/min B) 19 m/min C) 23 m/min D) 13 m/min

The LCM of two numbers is 2400, which of the following cannot be the HCF? 1
3.
A) 300 B) 400 C) 500 D) 600

If two positive numbers p and q can be expressed as p = 18a2b4 and q = 20a3b2, 1

4. where a an b are prime numbers, then the LCM(p, q) is

A) 2a2b2 B) 180a2b2 C) 12a2b2 D) 180a3b4

If the HCF (2520, 6600) = 40 and LCM (2520, 6600) = 252 x k, then the value of k is 1
5.
A) 1650 B) 1600 C) 165 D) 1625

If two positive numbers a and b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy3, where x and y 1
6. are prime numbers, then the result obtained by dividing the product of the positive
integers by LCM (a, b) is

A) xy B) xy2 C) x3y3 D) x 2y2

 The ratio of HCF to LCM of the least composite number and the least prime number 1
7. is

A) 1:2 B) 2:1 C) 1:1 D) 1:3

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8. The LCM of smallest two digit number and smallest composite number is

A) 12 B) 4 C) 20 D) 40

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9. The greatest number which when divides 1251, 9377 and 15628 leaves a reminder
1, 2 and 3 respectively is

A) 575 B) 450 C) 750 D) 625

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10. If a and b are two co primes, then a3 and b3are

A) co prime B) Not co prime C) even D) odd

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11. If n is a natural number, then 2(5n + 6n) always ends with

A) 1 B) 4 C) 3 D) 2

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12. The total number of factors of a prime number is

A) 1 B) 0 C)2 (D) 3

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13. The HCF and LCM of 12, 21 and 15 is

A) 3, 140 B) 12, 420 C) 3, 420 D) 420, 3

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14. The sum of exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorisation of 196 is

𝐴) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 2

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15. The product of a rational and irrational number is

(a) rational (b) irrational

(c) both of above (d) none of above
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16. 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

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17. 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

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18. 14587
The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after:
250
(a) one decimal place (b) two decimal places
(c) three decimal places (d) four decimal places

DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is

followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option
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 and reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
C) Assertion (A) is true but the reason (R) is false.
D) Assertion (A) is false but the reason (R) is true.

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19. Assertion (A): HCF of any two consecutive even natural numbers is always 2.
Reason (R): Even natural numbers are divisible by 2.

Assertion: (2-√𝟓) is an irrational number. 1

20. Reason: The sum or difference of a rational and an irrational
number is irrational.

Section B

Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. Prove that √7 is an irrational number.

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22. Given that √2 is irrational, prove that 5 + 3√2 is irrational.
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23. Check whether 12n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number ‘n’.

24. The LCM of two numbers is 182 and their HCF is 13. If one of the numbers is 26, 2
find the other.

25. a) Express 7429 as a product of its prime factors 1

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b) Find the LCM and HCF of 8, 9 and 25

Section C

Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26. Find the LCM and HCF of 404 and 96, verify that LCM x HCF = Product of the two 3
numbers

27. a) State Fundamental theorem of arithmetic. 2

b) Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657). 1

28. a) Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. Their LCM is 180, what is the HCF of these 2
numbers.

b) Find the LCM and HCF of 72 and 120. 1

29. a) Find the smallest number which is divisible by both 306 and 657. 2

b) Find the HCF of 1260 and 7344 using prime factorisation. 1

30. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 72 seconds and 50 3
seconds if they first beep together at 12 noon, at what time will they beep again for
the first time.

31.
1. Without actually performing the long division, state whether the following rational 3
 numbers will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating
decimal expansion:
2.
13 64 15
(i) (iii) (iii)
3125 455 1600

Section D

Section D consists of 3 questions of 4 marks each

32. In a teachers' workshop, the number of teachers teaching French, Hindi and English 4
are 48, 80 and 144 respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in
each room the same numbers of teachers are seated and all of them are of the
same subject.

33. There are 104 students in class X and 96 students in class IX in a school. In a house
examination, the students are to be evenly seated in parallel rows such that no two
adjacent rows are of the same class. 2

(a) Find the maximum number of parallel rows of each class for the seating
arrangement.
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(b) Also, find the number of students of class IX and also of class X in a row.

34. (a) In a school, there are two Sections A and B of class X. There are 48 students in 2
Section A and 60 students in Section B. Determine the least number of books
required for the library of the school so that the books can be distributed equally
among all students of each Section.

(b) The length, breadth, and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75
cm respectively. Find the length of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions
of the room exactly. 2

Section E

Section E consists of 4 case study based questions of 5 marks each.

35. Real numbers are extremely useful in everyday life. That is probably one of the main
reasons we all learn how to count and add and subtract from a very young age. Real
numbers help us to count and to measure out quantities of different items in various
fields like retail, buying, catering, publishing etc. Every normal person uses real
 numbers in his daily life. After knowing the importance of real numbers, try and
improve your knowledge about them by answering the following questions on real
life-based situations.

(i) Three people go for a morning walk together from the same place. Their
steps measure 80 cm, 85 cm and 90 cm respectively. What is the minimum 1
distance travelled when they meet at first time after starting the walk
assuming that their walking speed is the same?

(ii) In a school Independence Day parade, a group of 594 students need to

march behind a band of 189 members. The two groups have to march in the 1
same number of columns. What is the maximum number of columns

(iii) Two tankers contain 768 litres and 420 litres of fuel respectively. Find the
maximum capacity of the container which can measure the fuel of either 1
tanker exactly.

(iv) The dimensions of a room are 8 m 25 cm, 6 m 75 cm and 4 m 50 cm. Find 1

the length of the largest measuring rod which can measure the dimension f
room exactly.

(v) Pens are sold in pack of 8 and notepads are rod which can measure the
dimensions of room exactly. sold in pack of 12. Find the least number of pack 1
of each type that one should buy so that there are equal number of pens and
notepads

36. Srikanth has made a project on real numbers, where he finely explained the
applicability of exponential laws and divisibility conditions on real numbers. He also
included some assessment questions at the end of his project as listed below.
Answer them.

n
(i) For what value of n, 4 ends in 0?
(a) 10 (b) when n is even 1
(c) when n is odd (d) no value of n

(ii) If ‘a’ is a positive rational number and ‘n’ is a positive integer greater than 1,
n
then for what value of n, a is a rational number?
1
(a) when n is any even integer (b) when n is any odd integer
(c) for all n > 1 (d) only when n = 0

(iii) If x and y are two odd positive integers, then which of the following is true?
2 2 2 2
(a) x + y is even (b) x + y is not divisible by 4 1
2 2
(c) x + y is odd (d) both (a) and (b)

(iv) The statement 'One of every three consecutive positive integers is divisible
by 3' is
(a) always true (b) always false 1
(c) sometimes true (d) None of these
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(v) If n is any odd integer, then n - 1 is divisible by
(a) 22 (b) 55 (c) 88 (d) 8 1

37. In a classroom activity on real numbers, the students have to pick a number card
from a pile and frame a question on it if it is not a rational number for the rest of the
class. The number cards picked up by first 5 students and their questions on the
numbers for the rest of the class are as shown below. Answer them.

(i) Suraj picked up √8 and his question was: Which of the following is true about
√8?
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(a) It is a natural number (b) It is an irrational number

(c) It is a rational number (d) None of these

(ii) Shreya picked up ‘BONUS’ and her question was: Which of the following is
not irrational? 1

(a) 3 - 4√5 (b) √7 -6

(c) 2 +2√9 (d) 4√11 – 6

(iii) Ananya picked up √15−√10 and her question was: √15−√10 is ____
number. 1

(a) a natural (b) an irrational

(c) a whole (d) a rational

(iv) Suman picked up 1/√5 and her question was: 1/√5 is _______ number.
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(a) a whole (b) a rational
(c) an irrational (d) a natural

(v) Preethi picked up √6 and her question was: Which of the following is not
irrational?

(a) 15 +3 √6 (b) √24 -9 1

(c) 5√150 (d) None of these

38. HCF and LCM are widely used in number system especially in real numbers in
finding relationship between different numbers and their general forms. Also, product
of two positive integers is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM
Based on the above information answer the following questions.

(i) If two positive integers x and y are expressible in terms of primes as

2 3 3 1
x =p q and y=p q, then which of the following is true?
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(a) HCF = pq x LCM (b) LCM = pq x HCF
2 2
(c) LCM = p q x HCF (d) HCF = p q x LCM
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(ii) A boy with collection of marbles realizes that if he makes a group of 5 or 6
marbles, there are always two marbles left, then which of the following is
correct if the number of marbles is p?

(a) p is odd (b) p is even

(c) p is not prime (d) both (b) and (c)
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(iii) Find the largest possible positive integer that will divide 398, 436 and 542
leaving remainder 7, 11, 15 respectively.
(a) 3 (b) 1
(c) 34 (d) 17
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(iv) Find the least positive integer which on adding 1 is exactly divisible by 126
and 600.

(a) 12600 (b) 12599

(C) 12601 (d) 12500
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(v) If A, B and C are three rational numbers such that 85C – 340A = 109, 425A +
85B = 146, then the sum of A, B and C is divisible by
(a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 9

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