JOE TUITION CENTRE
WORKSHEET
REAL NUMBERS
Section A – Standard Problems
1. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds
and 108 seconds respectively. If they change together at 8 a.m., at what time will they change
together again?
2. Find the largest number which exactly divides 96, 144 and 192.
3. Two bells ring together at 10:00 a.m. The first bell rings after every 36 minutes and the
second bell rings after every 54 minutes. At what time will they ring together again?
4. The LCM of two numbers is 2079 and their HCF is 27. If one number is 189, find the other.
5. Find the greatest number which divides 285 and 1249 exactly, leaving remainders 9 and 4
respectively.
6. Two buckets contain 324 litres and 594 litres of water. Find the maximum capacity of a vessel
that can measure both the quantities exactly.
7. Find the least number which, when divided by 6, 15 and 18, leaves remainder 5 in each case.
8. The product of two numbers is 7650 and their HCF is 51. Find their LCM.
9. A rectangular park of length 90 m and breadth 60 m is to be divided into square plots of equal
size. Find the largest possible size of the square plot.
10. Find the greatest number which divides 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder
in each case.
Section B – HOTS Problems
11. The HCF of two numbers is 18 and their product is 1296. Find the numbers.
12. Find the least number which leaves remainder 4 in each case when divided by 5, 6, 7, and 8
but is exactly divisible by 9.
13. Find the greatest number which divides 963 and 1837 leaving remainders 5 and 7
respectively.
14. Two tankers contain 850 litres and 680 litres of petrol. Find the maximum capacity of a
container which can measure both the quantities exactly without any remainder. Also, find the
number of containers required in each case.
15. A farmer wants to fence his rectangular field of 80 m × 60 m with square posts all around the
boundary, placing them at equal distances apart. Find the maximum possible distance between
the posts and the number of posts required.
16. Find the least number which, when divided by 35, 45 and 55, leaves the same remainder 5
in each case.
17. The HCF of two numbers is 23 and their LCM is 1449. If one number is 161, find the other.
18. Find the smallest number which on being divided by 12, 16, 24 and 36 leaves a remainder 7
in each case.
19. The product of two numbers is 25650 and their HCF is 75. Find the LCM of the two
numbers.
20. A large hall is to be paved with square tiles. The length and breadth of the hall are 108 m
and 84 m. Find the largest size of the square tile that can be used and also find the number of
tiles required.
21. Find the least number which, when divided by 12, 15, 20 and 54, leaves the same
remainder in each case.
Section C – Participant-Based Problems
22. Three groups of students are participating in a drill with 60, 84 and 108 students
respectively. They have to be made into teams so that each team has the same number of
students and no student is left out. Find the maximum number of students in each team.
23. There are 120 members in one music society and 150 members in another. A group photo is
to be taken by arranging all the members in rows such that each row has the same number of
members and no one is left out. Find the greatest possible number of members in each row.
24. Three classes of students have 48, 72 and 108 students respectively. They are to be
arranged into equal groups for a cultural program such that each group has the same number of
students and each group is made up of students from the same class only. Find the maximum
possible number of students in each group.
25. A school wants to arrange different groups of students to participate in a sports march-past.
If the school has 252 boys and 198 girls, find the maximum number of participants in each row if
the rows are to have the same number of students and contain only boys or only girls.
26. In a musical chairs game, three players clap at intervals of 12 seconds, 18 seconds and 24
seconds respectively. If they clap together at 10:00 a.m., at what time will they clap together
again?
27. In a science quiz competition, questions are asked to three teams at intervals of 20 minutes,
25 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. If a question was asked to all at 9:00 a.m., when will
the next question be asked to all the teams together?
28. A teacher wants to divide 120 students into equal groups such that each group has the
same number of students. Find the maximum number of groups possible.
29. Two cyclists start together and go in the same direction. They cycle at the rate of 18 km/h
and 24 km/h. After what time will they be 132 km apart?
30. Three tankers contain 403 litres, 434 litres and 465 litres of petrol. Find the maximum
capacity of a container that can measure the petrol of each tanker exactly.