(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

Find the sum given below:

–5 + (–8) + (–11) + ... + (–230)

In an AP: Given a = 5, d = 3, a_n = 50, find n and S_n.

In an AP, given a = 7, a₁₃ = 35, find d and S₁₃.

The first and last terms of an AP are 17 and 350, respectively. If the common difference is 9, how many terms are there, and what is their sum?

Find the sum of first 51 terms of an AP whose second and third terms are 14 and 18 respectively.

A certain number of metallic cones, each of radius 2 cm and height 3 cm are melted and recast into a solid sphere of radius 6 cm. Find the number of cones.

A model of a ship is made to a scale 1: 300

1) The length of the model of the ship is 2 m. Calculate the lengths of the ship.

2) The area of the deck ship is 180,000 m2. Calculate the area of the deck of the model.

3) The volume of the model in 6.5 m3. Calculate the volume of the ship.

If (x + 2) and (x + 3) are factors of x³ + ax + b, find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’.

On a map drawn to a scale of 1: 50,000, a rectangular plot of land ABCD has the following dimensions. AB = 6 cm; BC = 8 cm and all angles are right angles. Find:

1) the actual length of the diagonal distance AC of the plot in km.

2) the actual area of the plot in sq. km.

Two solid spheres of radii 2 cm and 4 cm are melted and recast into a cone of height 8 cm. Find the radius of the cone so formed.

The surface area of a solid metallic sphere is 2464 cm². It is melted and recast into solid right circular cones of radius 3.5 cm and height 7 cm. Calculate:

1. the radius of the sphere.
2. the number of cones recast. (Take π = `22/7`)

If (x – 2) is a factor of the expression 2x³ + ax² + bx – 14 and when the expression is divided by (x – 3), it leaves a remainder 52, find the values of a and b.

A solid sphere of radius 15 cm is melted and recast into solid right circular cones of radius 2.5 cm and height 8 cm. Calculate the number of cones recast.

A hollow sphere of internal and external radii 6 cm and 8 cm respectively is melted and recast into small cones of base radius 2 cm and height 8 cm. Find the number of cones.

Find the value of ‘k’ if (x – 2) is a factor of x3 + 2x2 – kx + 10. Hence determine whether (x + 5) is also a factor.

A solid cone of radius 5 cm and height 8 cm is melted and made into small spheres of radius 0.5 cm. Find the number of spheres formed.

Show that x – 2 is a factor of 5x² + 15x – 50.

Show that 3x + 2 is a factor of 3x² – x – 2.

If 2x + 1 is a factor of 2x² + ax – 3, find the value of a.

Find the value of k, if 3x – 4 is a factor of expression 3x² + 2x − k.