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Question 1. 

Express each number as a product of its prime factors:

(i) 140 

(ii) 156

(iii) 3825 

(iv) 5005 

(v) 7429 

Solution 1:

(i)$140=2\times 2\times 5\times 7=2^2\times 5\times 7$

(ii)$156=2\times 2\times 3\times 13=2^2\times 3\times 13$

(iii)$3825=3\times 3\times 5\times 5\times 17=3^2\times 52\times 17$

(iv)$5005=5\times 7\times 11\times 13$

(v)$7429=17\times 19\times 23$
 

Question 2. 

Find the LCM and HCF of the following pairs of integers and verify that LCM × HCF =product of the two numbers.

(i) 26 and 91 

(ii) 510 and 92 

(iii) 336 and 54 

(i)$26$ and $91$

$26=2\times 13$

$91=7\times 13$

$\text{HCF}=13$

$\text{LCM}=2\times 7\times 13=182$

$\text{Product of the two numbers}=26\times 91=2366$

$\text{HCF × LCM}=13\times 182=2366$

$\text{Hence, product of two numbers = HCF × LCM}$

(ii)$510$ and $92$

$510=2\times 3\times 5\times 17$

$92=2\times 2\times 23$

$\text{HCF}=2$

$\text{LCM}=2\times 2\times 3\times 5\times 17\times 23=23460$

$\text{Product of the two numbers }=510\times 92=46920$

$\text{HCF × LCM }=2\times 23460=46920$

$\text{Hence, product of two numbers = HCF × LCM}$

(iii)$336$ and $54$

$336=2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 7$

$336=24\times 3\times 7$

$54=2\times 3\times 3\times 3$

$54=2\times 33$

$\text{HCF}=2\times 3=6$

$\text{LCM}=24\times 33\times 7=3024$

$\text{Product of the two numbers }=336\times 54=18144$

$\text{HCF × LCM}=6\times 3024=18144$

$\text{Hence, product of two numbers = HCF × LCM}$.

Question 3. 

Find the LCM and HCF of the following integers by applying the prime factorisation method.

(i) 12, 15 and 21 

(ii) 17, 23 and 29 

(iii) 8, 9 and 25 

Solution 3:

(i)$12,15$ and $21$

$12=22\times 3$

$15=3\times 5$

$21=3\times 7$

$\text{HCF}=3$

$\text{LCM }=22\times 3\times 5\times 7=420$

(ii)$17,23$ and $29$

$17=1\times 17$

$23=1\times 23$

$29=1\times 29$

$\text{HCF}=1$

$\text{LCM}=17\times 23\times 29=11339$

(iii)$8,9$ and $25$

$8=2\times 2\times 2$

$9=3\times 3$

$25=5\times 5$

$\text{HCF}=1$

$\text{LCM }=2\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 3\times 5\times 5=1800$

 
Question 4. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657). 

$\text{HCF}(306,657)=9$

$\text{Product of two numbers = HCF × LCM}$.

$\therefore \text{HCF × LCM}=306\times 657$

$\text{LCM}=\frac{306\times 657}{\text{HCF}}=\frac{306\times 657}{9}$

$\text{LCM}=22338$

Question 5:

Check whether 6ⁿ can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.

Solution 5:

If any number ends with the digit $0$, it should be divisible by $10$ or in other words, it will also be divisible by $2$ and $5$ as $10=2\times 5$

Prime factorization of $6^n=(2\times 3{)}^n$

It can be observed that $5$ is not in the prime factorization of $6^n$.

Hence, for any value of $n,6^n$ will not be divisible by $5$.

Therefore, $6^n$ cannot end with the digit $0$ for any natural number $n$.

Question 6:

Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers.

Solution 6:

Numbers are of two types - prime and composite. A prime number can be divided by $1$ and only itself, whereas a composite number have factors other than $1$ and itself. It can be observed that

$7\times 11\times 13+13$

$=13\times (7\times 11+1)$

$=13\times (77+1)$

$=13\times 78$

$=13\times 13\times 6$

The given expression has $6$ and $13$ as its factors.

Therefore, it is a composite number.

$7\times 6\times 5\times 4\times 3\times 2\times 1+5$

$=5\times (7\times 6\times 4\times 3\times 2\times 1+1)$

$=5\times (1008+1)$

$=5\times 1009$

$1009$ cannot be factorized further.

Therefore, the given expression has $5$ and $1009$ as its factors.

Hence, it is a composite number.

Question 7:

There is a circular path around a sports field. Sonia takes 18 minutes

to drive one round of the field, while Ravi takes 12 minutes for the

same. Suppose they both start at the same point and at the same

time, and go in the same direction. After how many minutes will they

meet again at the starting point?

Solution 7:

It can be observed that Ravi takes lesser time than Sonia for completing $1$ round of the circular path. As they are going in the same direction, they will meet again at the same time when Ravi will have completed $1$ round of that circular path with respect to Sonia. And the total time taken for completing this $1$ round of circular path will be the LCM of time taken by Sonia and Ravi for completing $1$ round of circular path respectively i.e.,

LCM of $18$ minutes and $12$ minutes.

$18=2\times 3\times 3$

And, $12=2\times 2\times 3$

LCM of $12$ and $18=2\times 2\times 3\times 3=36$

Therefore, Ravi and Sonia will meet together at the starting point after $36$ minutes.