JAYAPRIYA VIDYALAYA SR.SEC.

SCHOOL-VDM
WORKSHEET –CLASS X

REAL NUMBERS

1. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657)

2. Prove that 3 + 2√5 is irrational
3. What is the HCF of the smallest prime number and the smallest composite number?
4. HCF and LCM of two numbers is 9 and 459 respectively. If one of the numbers is 27, find the other number.
5. Prove that 2 + 3√5 is an irrational number
6. Show that 3√7 is an irrational number
7. Explain why (17 × 5 × 11 × 3 × 2 + 2 × 11) is a composite number?
8. Prove that √5 is irrational and hence show that 3 + √5 is also irrational.
9. Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12, 15 minutes respectively. If they start tolling together, after what time
will they next toll together?
10. Two tankers contain 850 liters and 680 liters of petrol. Find the maximum capacity of a container which can
measure the petrol of each tanker in the exact number of times.
11. The length, breadth, and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75 cm respectively. Find the
length of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the room exactly.
12. Three alarm clocks ring at intervals of 4, 12 and 20 minutes respectively. If they start ringing together, after
how much time will they next ring together?
13. In a school, there are two Sections A and B of class X. There are 48 students in Section A and 60 students
in Section B. Determine the least number of books required for the library of the school so that the books can
be distributed equally among all students of each Section.
14. Find the HCF and LCM of 306 and 657 and verify that LCM × HCF = Product of the two numbers.

POLYNOMIALS

1. The graph of a quadratic polynomial x2 – 3x – 4 is a parabola. Determine the opening of parabola.

2. I f α and β are zereos of the polynomial 2x2 – 5x + 7, then find the value of α-1 + β-1.
3. If – 1 is a zero of quadratic polynomial, p(x) = kx2 – 5x – 4, then find the value of k.
4. Find the quadratic polynomial whose sum of zeroes is 8 and their product is 12. Hence find zeroes of
polynomial.
5. If one zero of the polynomial (a2 + 9)x2 + 13x + 6a is reciprocal of the other, find the value of a.
6. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 1 and – 3. Verify the relation between the
coefficients and the zeroes of the polynomial.
7. The graph of p(x) is shown alongside. The number of zeroes of p(x) are
8. Compute the zeroes of the polynomial 4x2 – 4x – 8. Also, establish a relationship between the
zeroes and coefficients.
9. α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 – 6x + y. Find the value of ‘y’ if 3α + 2β =
20.
√3+ 1 √3−1
10. Form a quadratic polynomial whose zeros are and .
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 COORDINATE GEOMETRY
1. If the distance between the points (4, k) and (1,0) is 5, then what can be the possible values of it?
2. Find distance between A(10 cos θ, 0) and B(0, 10 sin θ).
3. Find the fourth vertex of parallelogram ABCD whose three vertices are A(- 2, 3), B(6, 7) and C(8, 3).
4. Find the value of x for which the distance between the point P (2, – 3) and Q (x, 5) is 10 unit.
5. Find the ratio in which y-axis divides the line segment joining the points A(5, -6) and B (-1, -4). Also find the
coordinates of the point of division.
6. Let P and Q be the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points A(2, -2) and B(-7, 4) such that P
is nearer to A. Find the coordinates of P and Q.
7. Point A(- 1, y) and B(5, 7) lie on a circle with centre 0(2, -3y). Find the values of y. Hence find the radius of
the circle.
8. Prove that the points (3, 0), (6, 4) and (-1, 3) are the vertices of a right angled isosceles triangle.
9. Find the point on y-axis which is equidistant from the points (5, -2) and (-3, 2).
10. Find the area of a rhombus if its vertices are (3, 0), (4, 5), ( – 1, 4) and ( – 2, – 1) taken in order.

PROBABILITY

1. An integer is chosen between 0 and 100. What is the probability that it is (i) divisible by 7? (ii) not divisible
by 7?
2. If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of ‘not E”
3. 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look at a pen and tell
whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random from this lot. Determine the probability that
the pen is taken out is a good one.
4. A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that .(i) 5 will not come up either time? (ii) 5 will come up at
least once?
5. A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a number less than 3?
6. If the probability of winning a game is 0.07, what is the probability of losing it?
7. The probability of selecting a blue marble at random from a jar that contains only blue, black and green
marbles is 1/5. The probability of selecting a black marble at random from the same jar is 1/4. If the jar
contains 11 green marbles, find the total number of marbles in the jar.
8. In a family of 3 children calculate the probability of having at least one boy.
9. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random. Determine the probability that the chosen letter is a
consonant.
10. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of getting
neither a red card nor a queen.
11. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. Calculate the probability
that the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square.
12. If two different dice are rolled together, calculate the probability of getting an even number on both dice.
13. A coin is tossed two times. Find the probability of getting both heads and both tails.
14. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly two heads.
 STATISTICS
MISSING FREQUENCY BASED QUESTIONS;

1. The mean of the following distribution is 18. The frequency f in the class interval 19-21 is missing. Determine f.
C.I 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25
Frequency 3 6 9 13 f 5 4

2. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f2 in table given below; it is being given that the mean of the given frequency
distribution is 50.
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total
Frequency 17 f1 32 f2 19 120

3. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y.
C.I 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
F 5 x 20 15 y 5

4. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if the total frequency is 100.
C.I 0-100 100-200 200-300 300-400 400-500 500-600 600-700 700-800 800-900 900-1000
F 2 5 x 12 17 20 y 9 7 4

5. Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution table, if the total frequency is 70 and median
is 35.
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
No. of. Students 6 9 x y 19 10

6. The mode of the following data is 36. Find the values of x.

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Frequency 8 10 x 16 12 6 7

7. Find the unknown entries a,b,c,d,e and f in the following distribution and hence find their mode.
Height(in cm) 150-155 155-160 160-165 165-170 170-175 175-180 Total
Frequency 12 b 10 d e 2 50
Cumulative
a 25 c 43 48 f
frequency

8 . The median of the following data is 28. Find the values of x and y, if the total frequency is 50.
Marks 0-7 7-14 14-21 21-28 28-35 35-42 42-49
No. of. Students 3 x 7 11 y 16 9

9 . Find the mean, mode and median age in years for the following frequency distribution.
Age in year 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
No. of. persons 8 8 10 14 28 32
 5-ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
1. Find 𝑎 and 𝑏 so that the numbers 𝑎, 7, 𝑏, 23 are in A.P
2. Show that (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 , (𝑎2 + 𝑏2) and (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 are in A.P
3. For what value of 𝑘 will the consecutive terms 2𝑘 + 1, 3𝑘 + 3 and 5𝑘 − 1 form an A.P.?
4. Which term of the A.P. 10,7,4, … is -41 ?
5. If in an A.P., 𝑎 = 15, 𝑑 = −3 and 𝑎n = 0, then find the value of n
6. How many two digit numbers are divisible by 3?
7. Find the 9th term from the end (towards the first term) of the A.P. 5, 9, 13, ..., 185
8. For the A.P.; 𝑎1, 𝑎2, 𝑎3, … if 𝑎4: 𝑎7 = 2 : 3 , then find 𝑎6: 𝑎8 .
9. Find the number of terms of the A.P.: 293, 285, 277, ..., 53
10. For what value of ' 𝑛 ', are the 𝑛th terms of the A.P.'s: 9,7,5, … and 15,12,9,…. the same?
11. Determine the A.P. whose third term is 5 and seventh term is 9.
12. If the 9th term of an A.P. is zero, then show that its 29th term is double of its 19th term
13. Which term of the A.P. 3, 15, 27, 39, .... will be 120 more than its 21st term?
14. If the 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7, find the common difference.
15. Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible by 8.
16. . The 4th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that the 25th term of the A.P. is three times its 11th term
17. Find the middle term of the A.P. 6, 13, 20, ...., 216.
18. Find the middle term of the A.P. 213, 205, 197, ....., 37
19. Find the number of natural numbers between 101 and 999 which are divisible by both 2 and 5.
20. . How many terms are there in A.P. whose first and fifth term are -14 and 2, respectively and the last term is 62
21. . Divide 56 in four parts in A.P. such that the ratio of the product of their extremes (1 st and 4 th ) to the product
of means (2 nd and 3 rd ) is 5: 6.
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22. If the seventh term of an A.P. is 9 and its ninth term is 7, find its 63rd term.
23. The sum of the 5th and the 9th terms of an A.P. is 30 If its 25th term is three times its 8th term, find the A.P.
24. The sum of the 2nd and the 7th term of an A.P. is 30. If its 15th term is 1 less than twice its 8th term, find the A.P.
25. The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 12 and sum of their cubes is 288. Find the numbers.
26. The sum of four consecutive numbers in A.P. is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first and last terms to the
product of two middle terms is 7: 15 find the numbers.