Class 10 - Real Numbers: Competency-Based Questions
1. State Euclid's division lemma and apply it to find the HCF of 504 and 1188.
2. Prove that any two positive integers can be expressed as a = bq + r. What does each term
represent?
3. Use Euclid's algorithm to find the HCF of 867 and 255.
4. Explain how Euclid's division lemma helps in finding the HCF of two numbers.
5. Show that HCF(65, 117) = 13 using Euclid's algorithm.
6. If a = 1024, b = 768, find HCF(a, b) using Euclid's method.
7. Solve: Prove that for any positive integers a and b, HCF(a, b) x LCM(a, b) = a x b.
8. State the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.
9. Find the HCF and LCM of 144 and 180 using prime factorization.
10. Verify that HCF(16, 72) x LCM(16, 72) = 16 x 72.
11. Express 360 as a product of its prime factors.
12. Find the smallest number divisible by 12, 15, and 20.
13. Check whether 101 is a prime number using the divisibility test.
14. Write the prime factorization of 980 and express it in exponential form.
15. Explain how the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic helps in finding HCF and LCM.
16. Is sqrt2 a rational number? Justify.
17. Prove that sqrt5 is irrational.
18. Is (2sqrt3)/5 irrational? Give reasons.
19. Explain why the sum of a rational and irrational number is irrational.
20. Prove that 1/sqrt7 is irrational.
21. Prove that if a prime p divides a^2, then it divides a.
22. Is the sum of two irrational numbers always irrational? Justify with example.
23. Write any two rational numbers with terminating decimal expansions.
24. Express 7/80 in decimal form. Is it terminating?
25. Determine if 13/30 is terminating or non-terminating.
26. Check if 1/243 is a terminating decimal.
27. Convert 0.125 into a fraction in the lowest form.
28. Determine the nature of the decimal expansion of 77/210.
29. Find whether 3/(2^2 x 5^3) is terminating.
30. Give one example each of: terminating, non-terminating repeating, and non-repeating decimals.
31. Find the smallest number that leaves a remainder 5 when divided by 8, 9, and 12.
32. A circular path is 60 m long. A boy runs 36 m and another 48 m. After how many meters will they
meet at the starting point?
33. Three bells ring at intervals of 24, 32, and 48 seconds. When will they ring together again?
34. Prove that 0.1010010001... is an irrational number.
35. How many numbers between 1 and 100 are divisible by both 4 and 6?
36. If HCF(a, b) = 12 and LCM(a, b) = 240, find a and b if one of the numbers is 60.
37. Is 0.13 (repeating) rational or irrational? Justify.
38. A number is divisible by both 3 and 4. Is it divisible by 12? Give reason.
39. If p is a prime number, prove that sqrtp is irrational.
40. Can two irrational numbers add to a rational number? Justify.
41. If HCF(a, b) = d, prove that HCF(a/d, b/d) = 1.
42. Prove that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
43. Explain why every composite number has at least one prime factor.
44. Show that the decimal expansion of 7/12 is non-terminating repeating.
45. Which of the following is rational: pi + 1, sqrt9, sqrt8, 1.732?
46. How many irrational numbers lie between 1 and 2?
47. Prove that 2 + 3sqrt2 is irrational.
48. Find a rational number between 1/3 and 1/2.
49. Without actual division, check if 121/(2^3 x 5) is terminating.
50. Is the product of a non-zero rational and irrational number always irrational? Prove.
