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Real Numbers: HCF, LCM, and Irrationality

The document contains a series of mathematical problems related to real numbers, including questions on HCF, LCM, prime factorization, and identifying rational and irrational numbers. It is divided into three sections, with multiple-choice questions in Section A, proofs and calculations in Section B, and more complex problems in Section C. Each question is assigned a specific mark value, indicating its importance or difficulty level.

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Real Numbers: HCF, LCM, and Irrationality

The document contains a series of mathematical problems related to real numbers, including questions on HCF, LCM, prime factorization, and identifying rational and irrational numbers. It is divided into three sections, with multiple-choice questions in Section A, proofs and calculations in Section B, and more complex problems in Section C. Each question is assigned a specific mark value, indicating its importance or difficulty level.

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REAL NUMBERS

1. The HCF and the LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are 1M


(a) 3, 140 (b) 12, 420 (c) 3, 420 (d) 420, 3

2. 225 can be expressed as 1M

(a) 52 × 3 (b) 52 × 32 (c) 53 × 3 (d) 52 × 33


3. HCF of two numbers is 27 and their LCM is 162. If one of the numbers is 54, then the other number is 1 M
(a) 36 (b) 35 (c) 9 (d) 81

𝟒. 2 √3 is 1M
(a) an integer (b) an rational number (c) an irrational number (d) an whole number

5. If two positive integers a and b are written as 𝑎 = 𝑥 3 𝑦 2 and 𝑏 = 𝑥𝑦 3 , where 𝑥 , 𝑦 are prime numbers, then
𝐻𝐶𝐹(𝑎, 𝑏) is 1M

(a) xy (b) 𝑥𝑦 2 (c) 𝑥𝑦 3 (d) 𝑥𝑦 4

6. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = a𝑏 2 and q = 𝑎3 b; where a, b being prime numbers,
then 𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑝, 𝑞) is equal to 1M

(a) ab (b) 𝑎2 𝑏 2 (c) 𝑎3 𝑏 2 (d) 𝑎3 𝑏 3

7. The values of x and y in the given figure are 1M

(a) 7, 13 (b) 13, 7 (c) 9, 12 (d) 12, 9

8. What is the HCF of smallest primer number and the smallest composite number? 1M
(a) 2, 4 (b) 1,2 (c) 4,2 (d) 2,3

9. Which of the followings is an irrational number? 1M

10. The prime factorization of the number 5488 is 1M

(c)
(d)
Section B
1
1. Prove that is irrational. 2M
√2

2. Find the HCF and LCM of 90 and 144 by the method of prime factorization. 2M

3. Given that HCF (306, 1314) = 18. Find LCM (306, 1314) 2M

Section C

1. There is a circular path around a sports field. Sonia takes 18 minutes to drive one round of the field, while
Ravi takes 12 minutes for the same. Suppose they both start at the same point and at the same time and go in the
same direction. After how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point? 3M

2. Prove that (3 + √2) is irrational. 3M

3. Given that √5 is irrational, prove that 2 √5 − 3 is an irrational number. 3M

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