The following real numbers have decimal expansions as given below. In each case, decide whether they are rational or not. If they are rational, and of the form, p/q what can you say about the prime factors of q?

 

(i) 43.123456789

 

(ii) 0.120120012000120000. . .

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

What is the HCF of the smallest prime number and the smallest composite number?

Using Euclid’s Algorithm, find the HCF of 2048 and 960.

Find HCF and LCM of 404 and 96 and verify that HCF × LCM = Product of the two given numbers.

Find three rational numbers lying between 0 and 0.1. Find twenty rational numbers between 0 and 0.1. Give a method to determine any number of rational numbers between 0 and 0.1.

Which of the following rational numbers have the terminating decimal representation?

(i) 3/5

(ii) 7/20

(iii) 2/13

(iv) 27/40

(v) 133/125

(vi) 23/7

Write the following rational numbers in decimal form:

(i) 42/100

(ii) 27/8

(iii) 1/5

(iv) 2/13

(v) 327/500

(vi) 5/6

(vii) 1/7

(viii) 11/17

If a is a positive rational number and n is a positive integer greater than 1, prove that an is a rational number.

Show that 3√6 and 3√3 are not rational numbers.

Show that 2 + √2 is not a rational number.