This document contains a 20 question mathematics foundation test for 9th grade students of Thamrai International School in Kumbakonam. The test covers topics like operations on numbers, factors, fractions, HCF, LCM, rational and irrational numbers, algebraic expressions and equations.
This document contains a 20 question mathematics foundation test for 9th grade students of Thamrai International School in Kumbakonam. The test covers topics like operations on numbers, factors, fractions, HCF, LCM, rational and irrational numbers, algebraic expressions and equations.
This document contains a 20 question mathematics foundation test for 9th grade students of Thamrai International School in Kumbakonam. The test covers topics like operations on numbers, factors, fractions, HCF, LCM, rational and irrational numbers, algebraic expressions and equations.
This document contains a 20 question mathematics foundation test for 9th grade students of Thamrai International School in Kumbakonam. The test covers topics like operations on numbers, factors, fractions, HCF, LCM, rational and irrational numbers, algebraic expressions and equations.
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THAMRAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, KUMBAKONAM
IX-FOUNDATION TEST (2023-2024)
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS SEC: NAME: MAX. MARKS:20 TIME: 40 MIN I. Answer the following Questions (20x1=20) 1. 75 × 75 + 2 × 75 × 25 + 25 × 25 is equal to (a) 10000 (b) 6250 (c) 7500 (d) 3750 2. (a+b)2+(a-b)2= (a) 2ab (b) 4ab (c) 2(a2+b2) (d) 2(a2-b2) 2 2 3. If x + (1/x) =5, then x + (1/x ) = (a) 25 (b) 10 (c) 23 (d) 27 4. (a+b)2-(a-b)2= (a) 2ab (b) 4ab (c) 2(a2+b2) (d) 2(a2-b2) 2 2 5. If x + (1/x ) =102, then x - (1/x) = (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 13 6. The HCF of two numbers is 18 and their product is 12960. Their LCM will be (a) 420 (b) 600 (c) 720 (d) 800 7. The total number of factors of a prime numbers is (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3 8. If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then a = (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1 9. If LCM (x, 18) = 36 and HCF (x, 18) = 2, then x is (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 10. The largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8 , respectively, is (a) 13 (b) 65 (c) 875 (d) 1750 11. A number is an irrational if and only if its decimal representation is (a) non-terminating (b) non-terminating and repeating (c) non-terminating and non-repeating (d) terminating 12. If two positive integers a and b are expressible in the form a = pq2 and b = p3q; p, q being prime number, then LCM (a, b) is (a) pq (b) p3q3 (c) p3q2 (d) p2q2 13. The HCF and LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are (a) 3, 140 (b) 12, 420 (c) 3, 420 (d) 420, 3 14. Which of the following statements is true? (a) Product of two irrational numbers is always irrational (b) Product of a non-zero rational and an irrational number is always irrational (c) Sum of two irrational numbers can never be irrational (d) Sum of an integer and a rational number can never be an integer 15. If a + b + c = 9 and ab + bc + ca = 23, then a2 + b2 + c2 = (a) 35 (b) 58 (c) 127 (d) none of these 16. If a + b = 3 and ab = 2, then a + b3 =3
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 12
17. The value of 2492 – 2482 is (a) 1 (b) 477 (c) 487 (d) 497 18. Which of the following is a factor of (x + y)3 – (x3 + y3)? (a) x2 + 2xy + y2 (b) x2 – xy + y2 (c) xy2 (d) 3xy 4 4 19. If x + y = 2 and xy = 1, then x + y = (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 2 20. If x =√5+2, then x-(1/x) equals (a) 2√5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) √5