Assignments Class X 1 1
Assignments Class X 1 1
1. Find the H.C.F. of (i) 161 & 345 (ii) 180,252, 324
2. The H.C.F. of 816, 170 can be expressed in the form of 170x+816, find the value of
x.
3. Find L.C.M. & H.C.F. of 6, 72, 120 by prime factorization method and hence verify
that product of three numbers is not equal to product of H.C.F. and L.C.M.
4. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 23 and their L.C.M. is 1449. If one of the number is
5. Show that 12n can not end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number n.
6. Three bells are ringing continuously at intervals of 30, 36, 45 min. respectively. At
what time will they ring together again, if they ring simultaneously at 7 a.m.
10. What is the smallest no. when divided by 35, 56 and 91 leaves remainder of 7 in each
case ?
11. Find the greatest no. that will divide 445, 572 and 699 leaving remainders 4,5and 6
respectively.
12. H.C.F. + L.C.M. = 600, L.C.M. is 14 times . H.C.F., if one number is 280 find other.
Chapter 2 : Polynomials
1. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 - 8 and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and their coefficients.
2. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 4√❑x2 + 5x-2√❑and verify the
relationshipbetween the zeroes and their coefficients.
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3. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 + 6 x−2and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and their coefficients.
4. Find a quadratic polynomial with sum and product of zeroes are √❑ resp.
5. Ifα ∧β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 - x-2, find a polynomial
whose zeroes are 2 α +1∧2 β+1.
6. Ifα ∧β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 - 5x + k such that α −β=1,
findthe value of k.
7. Ifα ∧β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = kx2 + 4x + 4 such that α 2+ β2=24,
find the value of k.
8. If sum of squares of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 - 8x + k is 40, find the
value of k.
9. Ifα ∧β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 3x2 - 4x + 1, find a quadratic
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α 2
∧β
whose zeroes are β .
α
10. Ifα ∧β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 - 5x + 4, find the value of
1 1
+ −2 αβ .
α β
11. Ifα ∧β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(t) = t2 - 4t+3, find the value of
α β +α β .
4 3 3 4
12. If α ∧β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2-1, find a quadratic polynomial
2α 2β
whose zeroes are β , α .
13. If α ∧β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial such that α + β=24∧α −β=¿ 8. Find a
quadratic polynomial having α ∧β as its zeroes.
5−√❑ 5+ √❑
14. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeros are ❑ and ❑ .
15. Find k , (k + 1)x2 + (2k -1)x + 3k , if sum of zeros is half of product of zeros.
( 3 x−1 ) ( 2 x+3 )
15.Solve for x: 3 2 x+3 - 2 3 x−1 = 5.
x−a x −b a b
16.Solve for x: x−b + x −a = b + a
17.Determine if 3 is a root of the equation: √❑ + √❑ = √❑
18.If x = 2 and x = 3 are the roots of the equation 3x2 – 2kx + 2m = 0, find the value of
m and k.
19.Check the following is quadratic or not
(2x + 1) (3x +2) = 6 (x – 1) ( x – 2)
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20.Solve for x: x+1 + x + 4 = x+ 2 + x+ 3 .
21.Find the nature of the roots of the equation 2x2 - 2√❑ x + 3 = 0.
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22.Solve for x : x−3 + x +5 = 6 .
23.Find the value of k , for which the quadratic equation x2 – 2x(1 + 3k) + 7(3 + 2k) = 0
has equal roots.
24. Find two consecutive odd natural numbers, sum of whose square is 394.
25. In a flight of 2800 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average
speed reduced by 100km/hr and time increased by 30 min. Find the original duration
of the flight.
26. A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/hr in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
27. 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.
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28. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 11 9 hours. The tap of smaller diameter
takes 5 hour more than the larger one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in
which each tap can separately fill the tank.
29. The sides of a right angled triangle containing the right angle are 3x + 3 and 2x – 1 .
If the area of the triangle be 30 cm2, find the sides of the triangle.
30.Rs 6500 were divided among a certain number of persons. Had there been 15 more
persons, each would have got Rs 30 less. Find the original number of persons.
31.The sum of two numbers is 17 and sum of their squares is 157. Find the numbers.
32. A farmer wishes to start a 100 sq. m rectangular vegetable garden. Since he has only
30 m barbed wire he fences the sides of rectangular garden letting his house
compound wall act as the forth fence. Find the dimensions of garden.
1. In triangle ABC, DE//BC. If DB=x-3, AD=x, AE= x+3 and EC= x-2 find the value of x.
3. PS is the median of triangle PQR, O is any point on PS. QO and RO when produced meet
PO PN
PR and PQ at M and N. PS is produced to T. such that OS=ST prove PT = PQ and hence
prove that NM // QR .
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6. PA, QB, RC are perpendicular to AC prove x + z = y
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 EL= 2 BL.
Chapter 8: Trigonometry
5 tan tan C sin sin C
1. sec c = 4 verify that =
1+ tan C sec secC
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2. If tan θ + tanθ = 2 prove that: tan2θ + 2 = 2
tan θ
cos cos 30 ° +sin sin 60 °
3. Find : 1+ cos cos 60 ° .sin 30 °
cosθ−sinθ 1−√ 3
4. Find θ when cosθ +sinθ = 1+ √ 3
5. In triangle ABC if tan (A + B - C) =1 ; sec (B + C - A) = 2 find A,B,C
6. If x = r sinA.cosC, y = rsinA. sinC and z = r cosA. Prove that r2 = x2 + y2 + z2
7. If cosθ + sinθ =√ 2 cosθ , show that cosθ - sinθ =√ 2 sinθ
8. If sin (A-B) = sin A cos B – cos A sin B find sin 15° .
9. (1+cot 2 θ)(1- cosθ)(1 + cosθ )=1
tan tanθ+ sin sin θ secθ +1
10. =
tanθ−sinθ secθ−1
11.sin6 θ+cos 6 θ=1−3 sin2 θ . cos 2 θ
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12. cosecA−cotA − sinA = sinA − cosecA +cotA
sinθ+ cosθ sinθ−cosθ θ
13. Prove : sinθ−cosθ + sinθ+ cosθ = 2
tan θ−1
14.If x θ + y θ = sinθ . cosθ and x sinθ = y cosθ, then prove that x2 + y2 = 1
2 2
cosec θ−sec θ 3
15. Cotθ = √ 7, show that 2 2 =4
cosec θ+ sec θ
√3
16.If sin ( A + 2B) = 2 , cos ( A + 4B) = 0, A ¿ B, find A and B.
17. If tanθ + sinθ= m, tanθ - sinθ = n, show that m2 – n2 = 4 √❑.
cotθ +cosecθ−1 1+ cosθ
18.Show that : : cotθ−cosecθ +1 = sinθ
19. Prove : 2( sin6 θ + cos6θ) – 3 ( sin4θ + cos4θ) + 1 = 0
√2
20.If tan A = √ 2- 1, Prove sin A. cos A = 4 .
21.2 sec 2 θ - sec 4 θ -2co sec 2 θ + co sec 4 θ = cot 4 θ - tan4 θ.
2
cosα cosα p −1
22. cosβ m, sinβ = n, show that 2
p +1
23. If sin θ + cos θ = p, secθ + co secθ = q, show that (m2 + n2)cos 2 β = n2.
Chapter 9: Some Applications of Trigonometry
24. A man standing in the deck of a ship which is 10m above the water level, observes the
angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 60° and the angle of depression of the base of
the hill as 30° .Calculate the distance of the hill from the ship and the height of the hill.
25. From a window h meter high above the ground of a house in a street, the angle of
elevation and depression of the top and the foot of another house on the opposite side
of the street are θ and ϕ. Show that the height of the opposite house is h (1+tanθ.cotϕ).
26. The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 60° . After a
flight of 15 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30° .If the jet plane is flying at a
constant height of 1500√ 3 m.Find the speed of jet plane.
27. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60m above a lake is 30° and the angle
of depression of the reflection of cloud in the lake is 60° . Find the height of the cloud.
28. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane, and is surmounted by a vertical flagstaff
of height h. At a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom and the top of
htanα
the flagstaff are α and β . Prove that the height of the tower is tanβ−tanα .
29. A man on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed
coming directly towards it. If it takes 12 min. for the angle of depression to change
from 30° to 45° . How soon after this will the car reach the tower?
30. An aero plane when flying at a height of 4000m from the ground passes vertically
above another aero plane at an instant when the angles of the elevation of the two
planes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° . Find the vertical distance
between the aero plane at that instant.
31. From the top of a tower the angles of depression of two objects on the same side of
the tower are found to be α and β (α > β ¿ .If the distance between the objects is p meters,
ptanαtanβ
show that the height h of the tower is given by tanα−tanβ .
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32. At a point, the angle of elevation of a tower is such that its tangent is 12 . On walking
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240m nearer to the tower the tangent of the angle of elevation becomes 4 .
33.Find the height of the tower.
34. The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a light house are 45° and 30°
towards east. If the ships are 200m apart, find the height of light house.
35. A boy standing on a horizontal plane finds a bird flying at a distance of 100m from
him at an elevation of 30° . A girl standing on the roof of 20m high building finds the
angle of elevation of the same bird to be 45° . Both the boy and girl are on opposite
sides of the bird. Find the distance of bird from the girl.
36. From an aero plane vertically above a straight horizontal plane the angle of
depression of two consecutive km stones on the opposite sides of the aero plane are
tanα . tanβ
found to be α and β .Show that the height of the aero plane is tanα+ tanβ .
37. A carpenter makes stools for electricians with a square top of side 0.5m and at a
height of 1.5m above the ground. Also, each leg is inclined at an angle of 60° to the
ground. Find the length of each leg and also the lengths of two steps to be put at equal
distances.
38. A fire at the building B is reported by a telephone to two Fire Stations F1 and F2 ,10
km apart from each other on a straight road. F1 and F2 observe that the fire is at an
angle of 60° and 45° to the road, which Station should send his team.
39. A spherical balloon of radius r subtends an angle θ at the eye of an observer. If the
angle of elevation of its center is ϕ. Prove that height of the center of the balloon is r
θ
sin ϕ cosec 2 .
40. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from a point A due south of the tower is
d
α and from B due east of the tower is β . Show that the height of the tower is .
√❑
2. Two circles touch each other at the point C. prove that the common tangent to the
circle at C, bisect the common tangent at P and Q.
3. A circle is touching the side BC of ∆ ABC at P and touching AB and AC produced at Q
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and R respectively. Prove that AQ = 2 ( Perimeter of ∆ ABC ).
4. If a,b,c are the sides of right triangle where c is the hypotenuse, prove that radius r of
a+b−c
the circle which touches the sides of the tringle is given by r = 2
5. AB and CD are common tangents to two circles of unequal radii. Prove that AB = CD.
6. ABCD is a quadrilateral such that ∠ D=90 °. A circle touches the side AB, BC, CD and
DA at P,Q,R and S respectively. If BC = 38 cm, CD = 25 cm and BP = 27 cm, find r.
7. PQ is chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangent at P and Q intersect
at a point T. Find the length TP.
8. A circle touches the sides of a quadrilateral ABCD at P,Q,R,S respectively. Show that
the angles subtended at the center by a pair of opposite sides are supplementary.
9. O is the center of the circle of radius 5 cm. T is a point such that OT = 13 cm and OT
intersect the circle at E. If Ab is the tangent to the circle at E, find the length of AB.
10.The radius of incircle of triangle is 4 cm and the segments into which one side is
divided by the point of contact are 6 cm and 8 cm. Determine the other two sides of
triangle.
11.PA and PB are two tangents drawn at the end points of chord AB with center O. If OP
is equal to diameter of a circle. Prove that ∆ APB is an equilateral triangle.
12.If a line from the center makes an angle 30° with the tangent drawn from an external
13.O is the center of the circle and BCD is a tangent to it at C. Prove that ∠BAC + ∠
point and radius of the circle is 4 cm. Find the length of the tangent.
ACD = 90°
14.Prove that the length of tangent drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
15.Prove that the radius is perpendicular to the tangent through the point of contact.
1. If the radius of the base of a right circular cyl is halved, keeping the height same, what
is the of the volume of the reduced cylinder to that of s original?
2. A heap of wheat is in the form of a cone of de 9 m and height 3.5 m. Find its volume
How much canvas cloth is required to just cover the cap.
3. A sphere and a cube have equal surface areas. The ratio of the volume of the sphere to
that of cube is:
4. A cube of side 6 cm is cut into a number of cubes, each of side 2 cm. Then the number
of cubes is:
5. The radil of the bases of a cylinder and a cone are in the ratio 3:5 and their heights are
in the ratio 3 :4 What is the ratio of their volumes?
6. A cone and a sphere have equal radii and equal volume What is the ratio of the
diameter of the sphere to the height of cone?
7. A toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone of the same
base radius as that of the hemisphere. If the radius of base of the cone is 21 cm and its
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volume is 3 of the volume of the hemisphere, calculate the height of the cone and the
surface area of the toy.
8. From a solid cylinder whose height is 8 cm and radius 6 cm, a conical cavity of height
8 cm and of he radius 6 cm, is hollowed out. Find the volume of the remaining solid.
9. The difference between the outer and inner curved surface areas of a hollow right
circular cymder 14 cm long, is 88 cm. If the volume of metal used in making the
cylinder is 176 cm, find the outer and inner diameters of the cylinder.
10. A cylindrical road roller made of iron is Im long Its mner diameter is 54 cm and the
thickness of the iron sheet rolled into the road roller is 9 cm. Find the weight of the
roller if I c.c. of iron weight 8gm.
11.Three cubes each of volume 216 m² are joined end to end. The surface area of the
resulting solid is:
12.A sphere of diameter 6 cm is dropped in a cylinderical vessel partly filled with water.
The dimeter of the cylinderical vessel is 12 cm. If thje sphere is completely submerged
in water, by how much will the level of water rise in the cylinderical vessel?
13.How many spherical lead shots each 4.2 cm in diameter can be obtain from a
rectangular solid of lead with dimensions 66cm, 42cm and 21cm.
14.A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The base
dimeter of the dome is equal to 2/3 of the total heightof the building. Find the height
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of the building , if it contains 67 21 m3 of air.
15.A cone ,cylinder and a hemisphere has same base and same height . Find the ratio of
their volumes and ratio of their curved surface area.
16.The difference between outside and inside surface areas of cyliderical pipe 14 cm long
is 44cm2. If the pipe is made of 99cm3 of metal. Find the outer and inner surface radius
of pipe.
Frequency 5 10 12 8 5
Frequency 2 8 12 20 8
Frequency 12 14 8 6 10
Frequency 3 2 4 5 14 4 3
5. Given that median of the following is 46. Find the missing values.
Frequenc 12 30 ? 65 ? 25 18 228
y
Frequency 15 x 21 y 17 100
Frequency 2 8 12 X 8
8. Change the following into less than type and more than type distribution and draw its
ogive.
Frequency 5 7 8 10 5 8 7
1. Two dice are thrown find the probability of getting: (i) Sum as 8 (ii) Product as 12 (iii)
Doublet.
2. Three coins are tossed find the probability of getting (i) No tail (ii) at least one tail (iii)
at most one tail.
3. From a pack of 52 card find the probability of getting: (i) red face card (ii) neither king
nor queen (iii) queen of heart.
4. If ace, king ,queen and jack of diamond are removed from the pack find the
probability of getting(i) red card (ii) face card (iii) diamond card.
5. A jar contains 54 marbles each of which is blue, green or white. The probability of
getting blue marble is 1/3 and green 4/9. How many white marbles does the jar
contain?
6. A bag contain 12 balls out of which x are white:
(i) If one ball is drawn at random, find the probability of getting a white ball.
(ii) If 6 more white balls are put in the bag, the probability of drawing a white ball
will be double than that in (i) . find x.
7. Cards numbered 6 to 25. Find the probability of getting( i) a perfect square (ii) a
number divisible by 3 (iii) a prime number
If a number x is chosen from the numbers 1,2,3 and a number y from the numbers
1,4,9. Then P(xy less than 9) is: