REAL NUMBERS

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1. Show that 2 is an irrational number.
2. Find the HCF of 56, 96, and 404.
3. Find the HCF of 36 and 60. Also verify the relation between HCF, LCM
and product of two numbers.
4. Find the HCF and LCM of 72 and 120 using the prime factorization
method.
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5. Prove that 7 − 3 2 is irrational.

6. Find the largest number that divides 245 and 1029 leaving remainders 5
and 7, respectively.
7. The LCM of two numbers is 240 and their HCF is 8. If one number is 40,
find the other.
8. Find the smallest number that is divisible by 12, 16, and 24.

POLYNOMIALS
1. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p(x) = x2 − 7x + 10, and
verify the relationship between the zeroes and coefficients.

2. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3 and -4.

3. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, find k.
4. Find the zeroes of the polynomial 2x2 − 4x − 6 using factorization.

5. Find the zeroes of the polynomial x2 − 5x and verify the relationship

between the zeroes and coefficients.
6. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial 2x2 − 4x + 5, find the value of
α2 + β 2 .
7. If one zero of the polynomial (k − 1)x2 + kx + 1 is -3, find k.

8. Find the polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes are 3 and -10 re-
spectively.
9. Find the zeroes of the cubic polynomial 2x3 − 3x2 − 2x + 3 given that one
zero is 1.

10. Show that (x − 2) is a factor of x3 − 3x2 + x + 5.

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PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
1. Solve the pair of equations using the substitution method:

2x + 3y = 12
4x − y = 5

2. Solve the pair of equations using the elimination method:

3x + 4y = 10
2x − 3y = 5

3. Solve graphically:
x+y =5
2x − 3y = 4

4. Find the value of k if the system has infinitely many solutions:

2x + 3y = 7
(k − 1)x + (k + 2)y = 3k + 1

5. The sum of two numbers is 10. Their difference is 4. Find the numbers.
6. Solve using any method:
4x + 3y = 7
2x − 5y = −3

7. Solve:
x y
+ =1
2 3
x y
+ =1
3 2
8. A train covers 300 km in 3 hours and another train covers the same in 4
hours. Find their speeds if their sum is 150 km/hr.
9. The cost of 2 pens and 3 pencils is 12, and the cost of 4 pens and 6 pencils
is 24. Find the cost of a pen and a pencil.
10. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. If the digits are reversed,
the number is 27 more than the original. Find the number.

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1. Solve: 2x2 − 3x + 1 = 0 using the quadratic formula.
2. Solve: x2 − 5x + 6 = 0 by factorization method.

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3. Solve for x : 3x2 − 2 6x + 2 = 0 using quadratic formula.
4. Find k if one root of the equation 2x2 + kx + 3 = 0 is 2.
5. Find the discriminant and nature of roots of 4x2 − 12x + 9 = 0.
6. Find the roots of the equation x2 + 7x + 12 = 0.
7. Find the roots of 2x2 + x − 3 = 0 using the quadratic formula.
8. If the sum of the reciprocals of two roots of x2 − 7x + 12 = 0 is 10/7,
verify.
9. Find the value of p if x2 − (p + 1)x + p = 0 has equal roots.
10. Find the value of k if x2 − 4x + k = 0 has real & equal roots.

ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
1. Find the 10th term of the AP: 2, 7, 12, 17, ...
2. Which term of the AP: 3, 8, 13, 18, ... is 78?
3. Find the sum of the first 15 terms of the AP: 5, 10, 15, ...
4. Find the sum of all multiples of 7 between 100 and 200.
5. How many terms are there in the AP: 7, 13, 19, ..., 205?
6. The sum of first 20 terms of an AP is 400. Find its first term if the
common difference is 3.
7. Find the sum of first 25 terms of the AP: -5, -2, 1, 4, ...
8. If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 182, find its common difference if
the first term is 4.
9. Find the middle term of the AP: 6, 13, 20, ..., 99.
10. Find three numbers in AP whose sum is 24 and whose product is 440.

COORDINATE GEOMETRY
1. Find the distance between the points A(3, 4) and B(−1, 2).
2. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining
A(2, −3) and B(6, 5) in the ratio 2:3.
3. Find the midpoint of the line segment joining the points P (7, −2) and
Q(−3, 4).
4. Find whether the points A(1, −1), B(3, 5), and C(5, 11) are collinear.

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TRIANGLES
1. Prove that a line drawn parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other
two sides in the same ratio.
2. Find the length of the altitude of an equilateral triangle of side 8 cm.

3. A ladder 25 m long reaches a window 20 m high from the ground. Find

the distance of the foot of the ladder from the base of the wall.

TRIGONOMETRY
1. Evaluate: sin 30◦ + cos 60◦ .
2. Prove that: 1 + tan2 A = sec2 A.
3. Find the value of sin 45◦ × cos 45◦ .
4. Prove that:
sin A 1 − cos A
=
1 + cos A sin A

5. If tan A = 43 , find sin A and cos A.

6. Prove that:
1 − tan2 A
= cos 2A
1 + tan2 A
7. Evaluate:
cos 30◦
+ tan2 45◦
sin 60◦
8. Prove that sin 2A = 2 sin A cos A.
9. Find the value of tan 60◦ tan 30◦ .
10. Prove that sin4 A + cos4 A = 1 − 1
2 sin2 2A.

APPLICATION OF TRIGONOMETRY
1. A tower is 50 m high. The angle of elevation of its top from a point on the
ground is 60◦ . Find the distance of the point from the base of the tower.

2. A kite is flying at a height of 60 m attached to a string. The angle of

elevation of the kite with the ground is 30◦ . Find the length of the string.
3. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from a point on the ground
is 45◦ . The point is 20 m away from the base of the building. Find the
height of the building.

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4. From the top of a 100 m tall building, the angle of depression of a car
on the ground is 30◦ . Find the distance of the car from the base of the
building.
5. Two buildings stand on either side of a street 20 m wide. The angles of
elevation of the top of the buildings from the middle of the street are 60◦
and 30◦ . Find the heights of the buildings.

CIRCLES
1. Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle
are equal.
2. If two tangents are drawn from an external point to a circle, prove that
the line joining the external point and the center of the circle bisects the
angle between the tangents.
3. A circle is inscribed inside a square of side 14 cm. Find the length of each
tangent from a corner of the square to the circle.
4. Find the radius of a circle if two tangents from an external point 10 cm
away from the center are each 8 cm long.
5. A chord of a circle of radius 15 cm is at a distance of 9 cm from the center.
Find the length of the chord.
6. Find the angle between two tangents drawn from an external point when
the center of the circle is 5 cm away from the external point and the radius
is 3 cm.
7. Find the length of the tangent to a circle with radius 4 cm from a point 5
cm away from the center.
8. Find the radius of a circle whose tangent length from an external point is
12 cm and the external point is 13 cm from the center.
9. Find the equation of a circle whose center is at (2, 3) and the radius is 5
units.
10. The line 3x + 4y = 25 is a tangent to a circle at (5, 2). Find the radius if
the center is at (1, 1).

AREA RELATED TO CIRCLE

1. A circle has a radius of 14 cm. Find the area of the circle.
2. Find the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 35 cm.
3. A sector of a circle has a radius of 7 cm and an angle of 60. Find its area.

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4. Find the length of an arc of a circle with radius 14 cm and central angle
90.
5. A circle of radius 21 cm is divided into two equal semicircles. Find the
total perimeter of one semicircle.

6. Find the area of a ring-shaped region between two concentric circles with
radii 10 cm and 7 cm.
7. A quarter-circle of radius 28 cm is cut out from a square of side 28 cm.
Find the area of the remaining portion.

8. Find the shaded area of a sector of angle 120◦ in a circle of radius 14 cm.
9. Find the area of the largest circle that can be cut out from a square of
side 28 cm.
10. The diameter of a wheel is 70 cm. How far does the wheel travel in 100
complete revolutions?

SURFACE AREA & VOLUMES

1. Find the total surface area of a sphere of radius 7 cm.

2. A cylinder has a radius of 5 cm and height of 14 cm. Find its curved

surface area.
3. The height and radius of a cone are 12 cm and 9 cm, respectively. Find
its slant height.

4. A metallic sphere of radius 10.5 cm is melted and recast into small spheres
of radius 3.5 cm. Find the number of small spheres.
5. A hemisphere has a radius of 7 cm. Find its total surface area.
6. A conical vessel has a diameter of 14 cm and height of 24 cm. Find its
volume.

7. A cube has a side of 6 cm. Find its total surface area.

8. A solid metal cylinder with a radius of 4 cm and height of 10 cm is melted
and recast into spheres of radius 2 cm. Find the number of spheres.
9. The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio 3:5 and its volume is
675 π cm3 . Find the radius and height.
10. A toy is in the shape of a hemisphere mounted on a cone. The radius of
the hemisphere is 3.5 cm, and height of the cone is 4 cm. Find the total
surface area of the toy.

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STATISTICS
1. Find the mean of the given frequency distribution:

Class interval Frequency (f)

0 - 10 5
10 - 20 10
20 - 30 15
30 - 40 20
40 - 50 10

2. Find the median for the given frequency distribution:

Class interval Frequency (f)

0 - 10 3
10 - 20 7
20 - 30 15
30 - 40 10
40 - 50 5

3. Find the mode of the given frequency distribution:

Class interval Frequency (f)

0 - 10 5
10 - 20 10
20 - 30 15
30 - 40 20
40 - 50 12

4. Find the missing frequency f if the mean is 27.5:

Class interval Frequency (f)

0 - 10 6
10 - 20 8
20 - 30 f
30 - 40 10
40 - 50 6

5. Find the probability of rolling a number ¿3 on a die rolled 100 times.

6. A number is removed from a set of 5 numbers, changing the mean from
28 to 26. Find the removed number.

7. Find the range of the data: {12, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40}.

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Probability
1. Find the probability of drawing a red or black ball from a bag containing
3 red and 5 black balls.
2. Find the probability of drawing a king or a red card from a deck.

3. Find the probability of rolling a prime number or a number greater than

4 on a die.
4. Find the probability of drawing a white or non-black ball from a bag with
6 white and 4 black balls.
5. Find the probability of getting a sum of 7 when two dice are thrown.

6. Find the probability of getting a sum less than 5 when two dice are thrown.
7. Determine the number of blue balls in a bag if the probability of drawing
a blue ball is 37 .
8. Find the probability of a spinner landing on a number divisible by 3 or a
prime number.
9. Find the probability of getting exactly two heads or at least one tail in
three coin tosses.
10. Find the probability of choosing a student who likes Blue or not Green in
a color survey.
11. Find the probability of drawing a green or non-yellow marble from a jar.