KV IIT Chennai
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100
1. Three bells ring at intervals of 6, 12 and 18 minutes. If all the three bells rang at 6 a.m., when will they ring [2]
together again?
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2. Show that 3√2 is irrational. [2]
3. Find the least number which when divided by 12, 16 and 24 leaves remainder 7 in each case. [2]
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4. Given that √2 is irrational, prove that (5 + 3 √2 ) is an irrational number. [2]
5. Find the largest number which divides 320 and 457 leaving remainder 5 and 7 respectively. [2]
6. Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers. [3]
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7. Show that (2 + √3) is an irrational number. [3]
8. Amita, Suneha and Raghav start preparing cards for greeting each person of an old age home on new year. In [3]
order to complete one card, they take 10, 16 and 20 minutes respectively. If all of them started together, after
what time will they start preparing a new card together ? Why do you think there is a need to show elders that
the young generation cares for them and remembers the contribution made by them in the prime of their life?
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9. Prove that 3 + 7√2 is an irrational number, given that √2 is an irrational number. [3]
10. In a school there are two sections, namely A and B, of class X. There are 30 students in section A and 28 [3]
students in section B. Find 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.
11. Find the HCF of 963 and 657 and express it as a linear combination of them. [5]
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12. Prove that √5 + √7 is irrational. [5]
13. Find the LCM of 2.5, 0.5 and 0.175. [5]
14. State Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic. Find LCM of numbers 2520 and 10530 by prime factorization [5]
method.
15. Find the HCF of 592 and 252 and express it as a linear combination of them. [5]
16. A teacher after teaching the chapter polynomial in class 10th wrote the sum and product of zeros respectively on [2]
the blackboard to test the skill grasped by his students. Find out the Polynomials that the teacher have in his
mind.
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i. 0 and √2
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ii. 2 + √3 and 2 − √3
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iii. 2√5 and − √5
iv. 3
2
and − 1
17. Find the zeros of the polynomial 2x2 + 5x -12 and verify the relationship between its zeros and coefficients. [2]
18. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is 0 and one zero is 5. [2]
19. Find the zeroes of the polynomial 2x 2
+
7
2
x+
3
4
by factorisation method and verify the relation between the [2]
zero and the coefficient of the polynomial.
20. If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ky2 + 2y - 3k is equal to twice their product, find the value [2]
of k.
1/2
To infinity and beyond...
21. If one zero of the polynomial 2x2 + 3x + λ is 1
, find the value of λ and other zero. [3]
2
22. If α and β are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x2 - 5x + k such that α − β = 1, find the value of k. [3]
23. Find the zeroes of the polynomial 7y2 - 11
3
y−
2
3
by factorisation method and verify the relationship between the [3]
zeroes and coefficient of the polynomial.
24. Find the zeroes of the given quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship between the zeroes and their [3]
coefficients x2 - 6.
25. Find the zeroes of the given quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the [3]
coefficients.6x 2
− 3 − 7x
26. Obtain the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x4 + 2x3 - 7x2 - 8x + 12 if two of its zeroes are (-2) and (-3). [5]
27. Find the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial 2x2 + 3x - 14 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and its [5]
coefficients.
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28. Find the zeros of f(s) = 2s2
− (1 + 2√2)s + √2 and verify the relationship between the zeros and its [5]
coefficients.
29. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 6x2 - 5x + k such that α − β = 1
, find the value of k. [5]
6
30. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 6x2 + 5x - k satisfying the relation, α − β = 1
6
, then find the [5]
value of k.
2/2
To infinity and beyond...
