Choose The Correct Answer From The Given Four Options in The Following Questions: 1

Choose the correct answer from the given four options in the following questions:
1. For some integer m, every even integer is of the form

(A) m (B) m + 1
(C) 2m (D) 2m + 1
2. For some integer q, every odd integer is of the form
(A) q (B) q + 1
(C) 2q (D) 2q + 1
3. 𝑛 − 1 is divisible by 8, if n is
(A) an integer (B) a natural number
(C) an odd integer (D) an even integer
4. If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117, then the value
of m is
(A) 4 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 3
5. The largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8,
respectively, is
(A) 13 (B) 65
(C) 875 (D) 1750
6. If two positive integers a and b are written as 𝑎 = 𝑥 𝑦 and 𝑏 = 𝑥𝑦 ; x, y are
prime numbers, then HCF (a, b) is
(A) 𝑥𝑦 (B) 𝑥𝑦 (C) 𝑥 𝑦 (D) 𝑥 𝑦
7. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as 𝑝 = 𝑎𝑏 and 𝑞 = 𝑎 𝑏 ;
a, b being prime numbers, then LCM (p, q) is
(A) ab (B) 𝑎 𝑏 (C) 𝑎 𝑏 (D) 𝑎 𝑏
8. The product of a non-zero rational and an irrational number is
(A) always irrational (B) always rational
(C) rational or irrational (D) one
9. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both
inclusive) is
(A) 10 (B) 100 (C) 504 (D) 2520
10. The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after:
(A) one decimal place (B) two decimal places

(C) three decimal places (D) four decimal places
Short Answer Questions with Reasoning
1. Write whether every positive integer can be of the form 4q + 2, where q is an
integer. Justify your answer.
2. “The product of two consecutive positive integers is divisible by 2”. Is this
statement true or false? Give reasons.
3. “The product of three consecutive positive integers is divisible by 6”. Is this
statement true or false”? Justify your answer.
4. Write whether the square of any positive integer can be of the form 3m + 2,
where m is a natural number. Justify your answer.
5. A positive integer is of the form 3q + 1, q being a natural number. Can you
write its square in any form other than 3m + 1, i.e., 3m or 3m + 2 for some integer
m? Justify your answer.
6. The numbers 525 and 3000 are both divisible only by 3, 5, 15, 25 and 75. What
is HCF (525, 3000)? Justify your answer.
7. Explain why 3 × 5 × 7 + 7 is a composite number.
8. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reasons.
9. Without actually performing the long division, find if will have

terminating or non-terminating (repeating) decimal expansion. Give reasons for
your answer.
10. A rational number in its decimal expansion is 327.7081. What can you say
about the prime factors of q, when this number is expressed in the form ? Give
reasons.
Short Answer Questions
1. Show that the square of any positive integer is either of the form 4q or 4q + 1
for some integer q.
2. Show that cube of any positive integer is of the form 4m, 4m + 1 or 4m + 3,
for some integer m.
3. Show that the square of any positive integer cannot be of the form 5q + 2 or
5q + 3 for any integer q.
4. Show that the square of any positive integer cannot be of the form 6m + 2 or
6m + 5 for any integer m.
5. Show that the square of any odd integer is of the form 4q + 1, for some
integer q.
6. If n is an odd integer, then show that 𝑛 − 1 is divisible by 8.
7. Prove that if x and y are both odd positive integers, then 𝑥 + 𝑦 is even but
not divisible by 4.
8. Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of 441, 567, 693.
9. Using Euclid’s division algorithm, find the largest number that divides 1251,
9377 and 15628 leaving remainders 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
10. Prove that √3 + √5 is irrational.
11. Show that 12 cannot end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number n.
12. On a morning walk, three persons step off together and their steps measure
40 cm, 42 cm and 45 cm, respectively. What is the minimum distance each
should walk so that each can cover the same distance in complete steps?
13. Write the denominator of the rational number in the form 2 × 5 ,
where m, n are non-negative integers. Hence, write its decimal expansion,
without actual division.
14. Prove that 𝑝 + 𝑞 is irrational, where p, q are primes.
Long Answer Questions
1. Show that the cube of a positive integer of the form 6q + r, q is an integer and
r = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is also of the form 6m + r.
2. Prove that one and only one out of n, n + 2 and n + 4 is divisible by 3, where n
is any positive integer.
3. Prove that one of any three consecutive positive integers must be divisible by3.
4. For any positive integer n, prove that 𝑛 − 𝑛 is divisible by 6.
5. Show that one and only one out of n, n + 4, n + 8, n + 12 and n + 16 is divisible
by 5, where n is any positive integer.
[Hint: Any positive integer can be written in the form 5q, 5q+1, 5q+2, 5q+3,
5q+4].

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1. For some integer m, every even integer is of the form

(A) one decimal place (B) two decimal places

9. Without actually performing the long division, find if will have

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