CLASS: X SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

1. The values of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 – kx + k=0 has equal roots is
(a) 0 only (b) 4 (c)8 only (d) 0 only
2. If two positive numbers m and n are expressible in the form m=pq3 and n=p3q2; p ,q
being prime numbers, then HCF(m, n) is
(a) pq (b) pq2 (c) p3q2 (d)p2q2
3. The ratio of HCF to LCM of the least composite number and the least prime number is:
a) 1:2 b) 2:1 c) 1:1 d) 1:3
4. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is:
a) 10 b) 100 c) 504 d) 2520
5. The greatest number which divides both 30 and 80 ,leaving remainder 2 and 3
respectively , is
6. If one zero of the polynomial f(x) = 3x2+11x+p is reciprocal of the other, then the value
of p is:

7. Prove that is an irrational number, given that √ is irrational

8. The HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form of 65m-117. Find the value of m.
Also, find the LCM of 65 and 117.
9. A fruit vendor has 990 apples and 945 oranges. He packs them into baskets. Each
basket contains only one of the two fruits but in equal number. Find the number of
fruits to be put in each basket in order to have minimum number of baskets
10. Prove that is an irrational number.
11. Prove that 6n can never end with digit 0,where n is natural number
12. Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite
numbers.
13. In a school there are two sections – section A & B of class X. There are 32 students in
section A and 36 students in section B. Determine the minimum number of books
required for their class library so that they can be distributed equally among students
of section A or section B.
14. Find the largest number which exactly divides 280 and 1245 leaving remainders 4
and 3 respectively .
15. Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a
way that all the books are stored topic wise and the height of each stack is
the same . The number of English books is 96, the number of hindi books 240
is and the no of mathematics books is 226, Assuming that the books are of
the same thickness , determine the no. of stacks of English , Hindi and
mathematics books 16. The length breadth and height of a room are 8m 25cm 6m
 75cm and 4m 50cm respectively . determine the largest rod which can measure
the three dimensions of the room exactly .

17.Prove that is irrational number.

18. The HCF of two numbers 65 and 104 is 13. If LCM of 65 and 104 is 40x, then the
value of x is :
19. If x = ab³ and y = a³b, where a and b are prime numbers, then [HCF (x, y) - LCM (x,
y)] is equal to :

POLYNOMIALS
1. If one zero of the polynomial f(x) = 3x2+11x+p is reciprocal of the other, then the value
of p is:
2. If α, β are zeroes of the polynomial x2-1, then value of (α+β) is:
3. If , β are zeroes of quadratic polynomial f(x) = kx2 +4x + 4 such that 2 + β2 =24, find
the values of k.
4. Find the zeros of x2+ 7x+ 12 and verify the relation between the zeros and its
coefficients .
5. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = ax2+ bx +c then find

i) 2+ 2 ii) + iii) + iv) 4+ 4

6.If one zero of the polynomial f(x) = 3x2+11x+p is reciprocal of the other, then the value of
p is:

7. If , β are zeroes of quadratic polynomial 5x2 + 5x + 1, find the value of

(ii) -1 + β-1
8. If a polynomial p(x) is given by p(x) = x2 – 5x + 6, then the value of p(1) +p(4) is :
9. Find the zeroes of the polynomial 4x2 + 4x – 3 and verify the relationship between
zeroes and coefficients of the polynomial.

10. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + x -2, then find the value of +

11. Find the polynomial ,if two of its zeros are

12. If α, β are the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = 2x2 +5x + k satisfying the relation α2 + β2

+ αβ , then find the value of k .

13. If and are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = 2x2- 5x+ 7 find a polynomials
whose zeroes are 2 +3 and 3 +2 .
14. If the zeroes of the polynomial x2 +px +q are double in value to the zeroes of 2x2 -
5x- 3,find the value of p and q.
15. Each root of x2-bx+c =0 is decreased by 2.The resulting equation is x2 -2x+1 =0 then
b=_____ and c=__________
 PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
1.The pair of equations 2x-3y+4=0 and 2x+y-6=0 has _____________ solutions
2. The value of k for which the lines 5x+7y=3 and 15x+21y=k coincide is:
3. If the pair of equations x + y = and x sin θ + y cos θ =1 has infinitely many solutions,
then θ is equal to:
4. Find the value(s) of k for which the system of equations kx- y=2 ; 6x- 2y = 3 has a
unique solution
5. For what value of k, will the following system of equations have infinitely many
solutions? 2x+3y=4 ;(k+2) x+ 6y=3k+2 .
6. For what value of k will the following system of linear equations has no solutions
3x+y=1 ; (2k-1) x+ (k-1) y= 2k +1
7. For which values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ does the following pair of linear equations have an
infinite number of solutions? 2x+3y=7, (a-b) x+(a+b) y=3a+b-2.
8. The value of ' p ' for which the equations px+3y=p−3,12x+py=p has infinitely many
solutions is :

9.Solve the following system of equations algebraically: 30x+44y = 10; 40x+55y = 13

10. A two-digit number is obtained by either multiplying sum of the digits by 8 and
adding 1 or by multiplying the difference of the digits by 13 and adding 2. Find the
number.
11. The monthly incomes of two persons are in the ratio 9:7 and their monthly
expenditures are in the ratio 4:3. If each saved ₹5,000, express the given situation
algebraically as a system of linear equations in two variables. Hence, find their respective
monthly incomes.

12. A fraction becomes 9/11 if 2 is added to both numerator and the denominator. If 3
is added to both the numerator and the denominator it becomes 5/6. Find the fraction.
13. The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the smaller by 18 degrees. Find
them.
14. The taxi charges in a city consist of a fixed charge together with the charge for the
distance covered. For a distance of 10 km, the charge paid is Rs 75 and for a journey of
15 km, the charge paid is Rs 110. What are the fixed charges and the charge per km?
How much does a person have to pay for travelling a
distance of 38 km?
15. In a figure , ABCD is a rectangle .Find the values
of x and y.

16. Draw the graphs of the equations 2x + y = 6 and 2x - y + 2 = 0. Shade the region
bounded by these lines and x-axis. Find the area of the triangle formed.
17. Ved travels 600km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8
hours if he travels 120km by train and the rest by car . He takes 20 minutes
longer if he travels 200km by train and the rest by car . Find the speed of the train
and the car

18.Draw the graph of the following pair of linear equations: x –2y + 1 = 0, 2x + 3y – 12 =

0. Find the solution of the equations from the graph and shade the triangular region
formed by the lines and the x –axis.
19. Points A and B are 90km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts from A
and another from B at the same time. If they go in the same direction they meet in 9
hours and if they go in opposite directions they meet in 9/7 hours. Find their speeds

20. Two years ago, a father was five times as old his son. Two years later, his age will be
8 more than three times the age of the son. Find the present ages of faster and son.

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1.The roots of the quadratic equation x2 + x – p (p + 1) = 0 are :
2. The sum of two numbers is 18 and the sum of their reciprocals is 1/4 . Find the
numbers.
3. Solve for x :
4. If the roots of the equation (b-c) x2 + (c-a) x +(a-b) =0 are equal , then prove that
2b=a+c.
5. A train travels a distance of 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5
km/h more, then it would have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the
speed of the train.
6. Find the roots of the following:

7. If -4 is a root of the equation and the equation has

equal roots, find the values of p and q.
8. A plane left 30 minutes later than the schedule time and in order to reach its
destination 1500 km away in time it has to increase its speed by 250 km/hr from its
usual speed. Find its usual speed.
9. Solve the following quadratic equation
10. The sum of the squares of two consecutive natural numbers is 421. Find the
numbers.

11. The difference of squares of two numbers is 180. The square of the smaller number is
8 times the larger number. Find the two numbers.

12. 7 years ago Varun’s age was five times the square of Swati’s age. 3 years hence,
Swati’s age will be two fifth of Varun’s age. Find their present ages.

13. A train travels 288km at a uniform speed If the speed had been 4km/h more, it
would have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.

14. An aeroplane left 30 minutes later than its scheduled time and in order to reach its
destination 1500km away in time , it had to increase its speed by 250km/hr from its
usual speed.
15. In a flight of 6000km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. The average
speed for the trip was reduced by 400kmph and the time of flight increased by 30
minutes. Find the original duration of the flight.

16. If the equation (1+m2) x2 +2mcx+(c2 –a2) =0 has equal roots, Prove that c2 =a2 (1+m2)
17. The area of a right angled triangle is 600 . If the base of the triangle exceeds the
altitude by 10cm, find the dimensions of the triangle

18. .If the roots of the equation (c2-ab) x2 -2(a2-bc) x +b2-ac =0 are equal, then prove that
either a=0 or a³+b³+c³ = 3abc.
19. A shopkeeper buys some books for Rs.80. If he had bought 4 more books for the
same amount, each book would have cost Rs. 1 less. Find the number of books he
bought.

20. A person on tour has Rs.4200 for his expenses. If he extends his tour for 3 days, he
has to cut down his daily expenses by Rs.70. Find the original duration of the tour.

COORDINATE GEOMETRY

1. . The distance of the point (7,-8) from y-axis is:

2. (x,y) is 5 units from the origin. How many such points lie in the third quadrant

3. If the distance between A(k,3) and B(2,3) is 5, then the value of k is

4. . Determine if the points (1, 5), (2, 3) and (– 2, – 11) are collinear.
5. If Q(0, 1) is equidistant from P(5, –3) and R(x, 6), find the values of x. Also find the
distances QR.

6. If A and B are (– 2, – 2) and (2, – 4), respectively, find the coordinates of P such that 7
AP = 3 AB and P lies on the line segment AB.

7. The distance between the points ( cos , sin ) and (sin , - cos ) is

8. If the coordinates of points A and B are (-2, -2) and (2, -4) respectively, find the
coordinates of P such that 7AP = 3AB, where P lies on the line segment AB

9. Prove that the points (a, b + c),(b,c + a) and (c, a+b) are collinear.

10. Find the points on the y-axis, each of which is at a distance of 13 units from the
point (-5,7).

11. Prove that the points A(-3,0), B(1,-3) and C(4,1) are the vertices of an isosceles right
angled triangle. Find the area of this triangle

12. Show that the points (1,1), (-1,5), (7,9) and (9,5) taken in that order are the vertices
of a rectangle

13. If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order,
Find x and y.
 14. Find the ratio in which the point (8/5,y) divides the line segment joining the points
(1,2) and (2,3). Also find the value of y.

15. In what ratio is the line segment joining the points A(6,3) and B(-2,-5) divided by the
x-axis? Also, find the point of intersection of AB and the x-axis.
16.If the point P(K-1,2). Is equidistant from the points A(3,K) and B(K,5), find the value of
K.
17.Find the coordinates of the points of trisection (i.e., points dividing in three equal
parts) of the line segment joining the points A(2, – 2) and B(– 7, 4).

TRIANGLES

1. State and prove Basic Proportionality theorem. prove that a line drawn through the
mid-point of one side of a triangle parallel to another side bisects the third side.
2. Sides AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to
sides PQ and PR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that ABC ~ PQR.
3. In the given figure, altitudes AD and CE of ABC
intersect each other at the point P. Show that:
(i) AEP ~ CDP (ii) ABD ~ CBE

4. State and Prove Converse of Thales Theorem.

5. In the given figure, ABCD is a trapezium with AB||CD, E

and
F are the pairs on non-parallel sides AD and BC respectively
such that
EF||AB, Prove that .

6. Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to

intersect the other two sides at distinct points, then the other two
sides are divided in the same ratio. And
In the given figure A, B and C are points on OP, OQ and OR
respectively such that AB || PQ and AC || PR. Show that BC || QR

7. Through the mid-point M of the side CD of a parallelogram ABCD, the line BM is

drawn intersecting AC in L and AD (produced) in E. Prove that EL = 2BL.
8. In figure, ACB ~ APQ. If BC = 8cm, PQ = 4cm, BA = 6.5cm,
AP = 2.8cm, find CA and AQ.

9. A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-

post at a speed of 1.2 m/s. If the lamp is 3.6 m above the ground, find the length of
her shadow after 4 seconds.
 10. Two triangles ABC and DBC lie on the same side of the base BC. From a point P on
BC, PQ||AB and PR||BD are drawn. They meet AC in Q and DC in R respectively.
Prove that QR||AD.
11. A vertical pole of length 6 m casts a shadow 4 m long on the ground and at the same
time a tower casts a shadow 28 m long. Find the height of the tower.

12. If AD and PM are medians of triangles ABC and PQR, respectively where ABC ~

PQR, prove that .

13. In the given fig. PA, QB and RC each is perpendicular to AC such that PA = x, RC = y,
QB = z, AB = a and BC = b.
Prove that 1/x+1/y=1/z