CHAPTER REAL NUMBER
CHAPTER REAL NUMBER
CHAPTER REAL NUMBER
1. What is the H.C.F. of smallest prime number and the smallest composite number?
2. If p,q are two prime numbers then what is the HCF and LCM of p and q?
3. Can two numbers have 24 as their HCF and 7290 as their LCM? Give reasons.
4. Show that (3+√7)/5 that √7 is irrational.
5. Explain why (17 × 11 × 2 + 17 × 11 × 5) is a composite number?
6. The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If one
number is 280, then find the other number.
7. Find the missing numbers in prime factors tree.
8. Find the greatest number of 5 digits exactly divisible by 12, 15 and 36.
9. Find the smallest number which when increased by 20 is exactly divisible by 90
and 144.
10. Find the smallest number which leaves remainder 8 and 12 when divided by 28
and 32 respectively.
11. Floor of a room is to be fitted with square marble tiles of the largest possible size.
The size of the room is 10 m × 7 m. What should be the size of tiles required that
has to be cut and how many such tiles are required?
12. If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032p – 408 × 5 find p.
13. Check whether 14n can end with the digit zero for any natural number n?
14. Find the greatest number that will divide 43,91 and 183 so as to leave the same
remainder in each case.
15. The set of Mathematics, Physics and Physical Education books have to be stacked in
such a way that all the books are stored topic wise. The number of Mathematics,
Physics and Physical Education books are 14, 18 and 22. Determine the number of
stacks of each books provided books are of the same thickness.
16. What is the largest number that divides 170, 220, and 420 leaving remainder 8, 4 and 15
respectively?
17. Tamanna is arranging black marbles in groups of 13 and purple marbles in groups of 25.
If she has the same number of black and purple marbles, what is the smallest number of
marbles of each colour that she could have?
18. The Muscle Gym has bought 63 treadmills and 108 elliptical machines. The gym divides
them into several identical sets of treadmills and elliptical machines for its branches
located throughout the city, with no exercise equipment left over. What is the greatest
number of branches the gym can have in the city?
19. Katya has 49 paintings and 35 medals. She wants to display them in groups throughout
her house, each with the same combination of paintings and medals, with none left over.
What is the greatest number of groups Katya can display?
20. Anish goes fishing every 5th day and Balaji goes fishing every 7th day. If Anish and
Balaji both went fishing today, how many days until they will go fishing on the same day
again?