CBSE Class 10 Mathematics
Chapter 1 – Real Numbers
Comprehensive Test Paper
Q1. Find the HCF of 18 and 30.
Q2. Write the prime factorisation of 72.
Q3. Find the LCM of 12 and 15.
Q4. State whether the following statement is true or false: “Every even number is divisible by 2.”
Q5. Write the decimal expansion of 3/5.
Q6. Check whether 2■ can end with digit 0 for any natural number n.
Q7. Find one irrational number between 2 and 3.
Q8. Write whether the decimal expansion of 7/40 is terminating or non-terminating.
Q9. Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of 144 and 252.
Q10. Find the HCF and LCM of 26 and 91 using prime factorisation.
Q11. Express 0.16 in the form p/q.
Q12. Without actual division, determine whether the decimal expansion of 15/160 is terminating or non-terminating
recurring.
Q13. Show that 11² − 1 is divisible by 10.
Q14. Find the greatest number that divides 245 and 1029 leaving remainder 5 in each case.
Q15. Check whether 6 × 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 is a composite number.
Q16. Find the decimal expansion of 17/20.
Q17. Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the square of any positive integer is either of the form 3m or 3m + 1
for some integer m.
Q18. Find the HCF and LCM of 306 and 657 using prime factorisation and verify that HCF × LCM = Product of the
numbers.
Q19. Prove that √3 is irrational.
Q20. A school has 105 boys and 140 girls. The principal wants to arrange them in rows such that each row has
the same number of boys or girls. Find the maximum number of students in each row.
Q21. Determine whether the decimal expansion of 343/1250 is terminating or non-terminating recurring.
Q22. Find the largest number which divides 70 and 125 leaving remainders 5 and 8 respectively.
Q23. A shopkeeper has 96 chocolates and 144 candies. He wants to pack them into packets such that each
packet contains equal number of chocolates and equal number of candies. (i) Find the HCF of 96 and 144. (ii)
What is the maximum number of packets possible? (iii) How many chocolates will each packet contain? (iv) How
many candies will each packet contain?
Q24. Riya observed the following fractions: 3/8, 7/15, 13/40. (i) Which fractions have terminating decimals? (ii)
Which fraction has non-terminating recurring decimal expansion? (iii) Write the decimal expansion of 3/8. (iv)
State the condition for a rational number to have terminating decimal expansion.
Q25. State the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.
Q26. Show that every composite number can be expressed as a product of primes.