SURATGARH PUBLIC SCHOOL
Worksheet
Session : – 2025 – 26
Subject -Mathematics
Class - 10th
Topic - Real numbers Date : 08/05/25
Multiple choice questions
1. Sum of square root of two prime positive integers is always
(a) irrational (b) rational (c) composite (d) prime
2. Which of the following rational numbers will have a terminating decimal expansion?
(a) 22/85. (b) 435/23. (c) 35/50. (d) none of these
3. If the HCF of two integers is always 1, then the integers must be
(a) prime (b) co-prime (c) composite (d) none of these
4. If two positive integers a and b are written as a=x³y² and b=xy³;x,y are prime numbers,then
LCM(a,b) is
(a) xy (b) xy² (c) x³y³ (d) x²y²
5. What is the greatest possible speed at which a girl can walk 95 m and 171 m in an exact
number of minutes?
(a) 17 m/min (b) 19 m/min (c) 23 m/min (d) 13 m/min
6. 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
7. If n is a natural number, then 2(5n + 6n) always ends with
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
8. The LCM of two numbers is 2400. Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
(a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 500 (d) 600
Short answer type questions
9. On a morning walk, three persons step off together, their steps measure 80 cm, 85 cm and 90
cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that they can cover the
same distance in complete steps?
10. Two tankers contain 850 litres and 680 litres of petrol respectively. Ajit wants to measure the
petrol in tankers. Find the maximum capacity of a container which can measure the petrol of
either tanker in exact number of times?
11. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3 and their LCM is 180. What is the HCF of these numbers?
12. Prove that 2+√3 is an irrational number,given that √3 is an irrational number.
Long answer type questions
13. Prove that √5 is an irrational number.
14. The National Art Convention got registrations of students from all parts of the country, of
which 60 are interested in music, 84 are interested in dance and 108 students are interested in
handicrafts. For optimum cultural exchange, organisers wish to keep them in minimum number
of groups such that each group consists of students interested in the same artform and the
number of students in each group is the same.
(a) Find the number of students in each group.
(b) Find the number of groups in each artform.
(c) How many rooms are required if each group will alloted a room?
Case Study Based Question
15. A seminar is being conducted by an Educational Organisation, where the participants will be
educators of different subjects. The number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics
are 60, 84 and 108 respectively.
Based on the given information, answer the following questions.
(i) Write the LCM of 60,84 and 108.
(ii) If in each room the same number of participants are to be seated and all of them
group. Find the number of groups in each art form. How many rooms are required if each group
will be allotted a room?
