CHAPTER: 1 (NUMBER SYSTEM)

Q1. Express whether the subsequent statements are true or false. Give explanations for your answers. (9 Marks)
(i) Every required natural number is a whole number.
(ii) Every required integer is a whole number.
(iii) Each and every required rational number is a whole number.
(iv) Every natural number is a whole number.
(v) Every rational number is a whole number.
(vi) Every irrational number is a real number.
(vii) Each and every irrational number is a real number.
(viii) Each and every point on the number line is of the form √m, where m is a natural number.
(ix) Each real number is an irrational number.

Q 2. The number of rational numbers between 15 and 18 is finite. T/F (1 Mark)

Q 3. There are infinitely multiple integers between any two integers. T/F (1 Mark)

Q 4. √12/√3 is not a rational number, as √12 and √3 are not integers. T/F (1 Mark)
Q 5. Let x and y be a rational and irrational numbers respectively. Is x + y irrational number. T/F (1 Mark)

Q6. Classify the following number as rational or irrational. (5 Marks)

(i)2 – √5 (ii) (3 + √23) – √23 (iii) 2√7/7√7 (iv) √12 (v)2π = 2 x π (vi) (3 +√23)- √23 (vii)√225
(viii) 0.3796 (ix) 7.478478 (x) 1.101001000100001…

Q7. Find out three rational and irrational numbers between (6 Marks)
(i) 3/5 and 4/5 (ii) –1 and –2 (iii) 0.1 and 0.11 (Iv) √2 and √3 (vi .0001 and .001 (vi) 6.375289 and 6.375738.

Q8. The decimal representation of a given rational number cannot be (1 Mark)

(A)It is terminating (B)It is non-terminating (C)It is a non-terminating repeating (D)It is non-terminating non-repeating

Q 9. Between two rational numbers (1 Mark)

(A) there are no rational numbers (B) there is exactly one rational number (C) there are infinitely numerous rational
numbers (D) there is only a rational number and no irrational number

Q 10. The decimal expansion of the given number √2 is (1 Mark)

(A)It is a finite decimal (B) 1.41421 (C) It is a non-terminating recurring (D) It is a non-terminating non-recurring

Q 11. The required value of 1.999… in the form p/q, where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0, is (1 Mark)
(A) 19/10 (B) 1999/1000 (C) 2 (D) 1/9

Q 12. Are the square roots of all the positive integers irrational? If not, give an illustration of the square root of a number
that is rational. (1 Mark)

Q 13. Let x be the required rational number, and y be the required irrational number. Is xy necessarily irrational? Justify
your answer with an example. (1 Mark)

Q 14. The product of any of the two irrational numbers is (1 Mark)

(A) It is always an irrational number (B) It is always a rational number (C) It is always an integer (D) It is sometimes
rational and sometimes irrational

Q 15. Let x and y be the given rational and irrational numbers, respectively. Is x + y necessarily an irrational number?
Provide an illustration in aid of your answer. (1 Mark)

Q 16. Let x be the given rational, and y be irrational. Is xy necessarily irrational? Give a reason for your answer with an
example. (1 Mark)

(33 Marks)
Q 17. What is the actual product of a rational and an irrational number? (1 Mark)
a) It is always an integer b) It is always a rational number c) It is always an irrational number d) It is sometimes
rational and sometimes irrational.

Q 18. Remember that π is the ratio of a circle’s circumference (say c) to its diameter (say d). That is, π =c/d. This seems to
contradict the fact that π is irrational. How will you resolve this contradiction? (1 Mark)

Q 19. Observe the example of rational numbers in the form p/q (q ≠ 0), where p and q are integers with no common
factors other than 1 and have terminating decimal representation (expansions). What property q must satisfy? (1 Mark)

Q 20. Every rational number is (1 Mark)

(A) a natural number (B) an integer (C) a real number (D) a whole number

Q 21. A rational number between the following numbers √2 and √3 is (2 Marks)

(A) (√2+√3)/2 (B) (√2. √3)/2 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.8

Q 22. Find out which of the variables x, y, z and u represent rational numbers and which irrational numbers:
(i)x² = 5 (ii) y² = 9 (iii) z² = .04 (iv) u² = 17/4 (1 Mark)

Q 23. Simplify y² = 9. Write the possible values of y? (1 Mark)

Q 24. Value of (256)⁰˙¹⁶ x (256)⁰˙⁰⁹ is ………….. (2 Marks)

Q 25. Which of the following is irrational? (2 Marks)

(A) √4/√9 (B) √12/√3 (C) √7 (D) √81

Q 26. What is the value of (256)⁰˙¹⁶ X (256)⁰˙⁰⁹? (2 Marks)

Q 27. You comprehend that 1/7 = 0.142857142875... Can you expect the decimal expansion of 2/7, 3/7, 4/7, 5/7, and 6/7
without doing the long division? If so, how? (2 Marks)

Q 28. Represent √3, √5 and √ 9.3 on the number line. (3 Marks)

Q 29.Simplify each of the following expressions: (5 Marks)

(i) (3+√3)(2+√2) (ii) (3+√3)(3-√3 ) (iii) 22/3.21/5 (iv) 125-1/3 (v) 71/2.81/2

Q 30. Rationalise the denominators of the following: (5 Marks)

(i) 1/√7 (ii) 1/(√7-√6) (iii) 1/(√5+√2) (iv) 1/(√7-2) (v) 1/[7+3√3]

Q 31. Represent the following in the form p/q, where p and q are integers and q is not equal to 0. (5 Marks)
(i) x = 0.666… (ii) x = 0.001001… (iii) x=0.00323232… (iv) 1.999… (v) 0.2555…

Q 32. If then find the value of (3 Marks)

(37 MARKS)
Q 33. If find the value of x 2 + y2 + xy. (5 Marks)

OR

Q 34. If find the value of x 2 - y2. . (5 Marks)

Q 35. Determine rational numbers p and q if . (5 Marks)

Q 36. Simplify: . (5 Marks)

OR

Q 37. Simplify: . (5 Marks)

Q 38. Show that: . (5 Marks)

Q 39. If: then find the value of qx2 – 2px + q. . (5 Marks)

Q 40. Show that: . (5 Marks)

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