CLASS: IX Subject: Mathematics (Number System) Date: 06th May

Time allowed: 1 hr. 30 Minutes Maximum Marks: 50

General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper consists of 24 questions divided into four sections – A, B, C and D
(iii) Section A contains 10 questions of 1 mark each, Section B contains 5 questions of 2 marks each, Section C
contains 6 question of 3 marks each and Section D contains 3 questions of 4 marks each.

(Section–A One Mark)

3
1.  64  2 
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 64 (d)
512 512 64
2. Every rational number is:
(a) Whole number (b) Natural number (c) Integer (d) Real number
3. In between any two numbers there are:
(a) Only one rational number (b) Many rational numbers
(c) Infinite rational numbers (d) No rational number
4. 6  27 is equal to:
(a) 9 2 (b) 3 3 (c) 2 2 (d) 9 3
a
5. Expression of 2.2323... in the form of is
b
221 75 7 223
(a) (b) (c) (d)
99 31 99 99
6. Which of the following lies between 0 and –1 ?
2 4
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) (d)
3 3
7. The rational number between 1 and 2 is
3 7 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
8. How many zeros after the decimal point will be there in the decimal form of the number 10-n ?
n
(a) n (b) n  1 (c) n  1 (d)
2
9. Every real number is
(a) neither rational nor irrational (b) irrational
(c) rational (d) either rational or irrational
1
10. If x  2  3, then x  
x
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) –4 (d) –5
,
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 (Section–B Two Marks)
5 9
11. Find three different irrational numbers between the rational numbers and .
11 11
1 4
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12. The value of 33  2 3 is
1
(a) 2 (b) (c) 3 (d) None of these
2
13. 16 13  9 52 is equal to
3 9 8
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
9 8 9
14. Find six rational numbers between 3 and 4.
p
15. Express 0.99999... in the form . Are you surprised by your answer?
q

(Section–C Three Marks)

16. Show how 5 can be represented on the number line.
3
17. Simplify: 24 3
1
18. Rationalize the denominator and subtract it from 5 2
5 2
5
112
19. Evaluate 3
112
a
20. Express x  2.4178 in the form
b
p
21. Express the following in the form , where p and q are integers and q  0.
q

(i) 0.6 (ii) 0.47 (iii) 0.001

(Section–D Four Marks)

22. Simplify each of the following expressions:
2

(i) 3  3 2  2  
(ii) 3  3 3  3   (iii)  5 2   
(iv) 5  2 5  2 
73 5
23. Simply by rationalizing denominator
73 5

3 6
24. Find a and b if a 6 b
32 6

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