Maths DPP / GIF
Greatest Integer Function and Fractional Part Functions
Level -1
1. Solve for x :
(i) [x] 3.9 (ii) [x] 3.9 (iii) [x] 3.9 (iv) [x] 5
(v) 2.1 [x] 5 (vi) [x] 5 (vii) 9[x] 5.3 (viii) [x] 5.3
(ix) 5.3 (x) {x} 0
2. Solve for x :
(A) [ x] 3 (B) [x 2 ] 5 (C) [x] [ x] 0 (D) x [x] 1 /2
(E) [x]2 3[x] 2 0 (F) [x]2 5[x] 6 0 (G) [x]2 3[x] 2 0 (H) [3x] 1
(I) [3x] [3x] 0 (J) [x]2 9 (K) [|x|] 3 (L) |[x]| 2
(M) 4[x] x {x} (N) [x] n (n l ) (O) [x] n(n l ) (P) 2.3 [x] 3
(Q) 2 [x] 5.3
Level -2
3. (A) [|x|] [x] 0 (B) |[|x|3]| 3 (C) [x 1] [|x 2|] 1
(D) [|x 1|] [|x 1|] 5 (E) |[x 1]|[|x 2|] 3 (F) |[||x|2|] 1
2
(G) [x [x [x]]] 9 [ x] (H) [4 [x] ] [x] 2 (I) [[x]2 2[x]] 2
(J) 4{x} x {x} (K) 5[x] 3{x} |x| (L) [2 {x}] x [x]
Level -3
4. Let y 2[x] 3 3[x 2] + 5 then [x y] equals
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) None of these
5[x] 4
5. Find the complete set of values of x satisfying (i) 11[x] 7 3 (ii) [x]2 3[x] 2 0
1 1 1 1 3 1 199
6. If [x] denotes the integral part of x for real x, then the value of ........
4 4 200 4 200 4 200
is
(A) 44 (B) 46 (C) [50,9] (D) 50
1
7. Solution set of 5{x} x [x]&[x] {x} will contain
2
(A) no value (B) 1 value (C) 2 values (D) None of these
100
1 n
8. Let f(n) where [x]s denotes the integral part of x. Then the value of f (n) is
2 100 n 1
(A) 50 (B) 51 (C) 1 (D) None of these
9. The solutions of the equation 2x 2[x] 1
1 1 1
(A) x n , n N (B) x n , n N (C) x n , n l (D) n x n 1,n l
2 2 2
x x x 31
10. If 0 x 1000 and x, where [x] is the greatest integer less than or equal to x, the
2 3 5 30
number
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of possible values of x is
(A) 34 (B) 32 (C) 33 (D) None of these
11. Let R = the set of real number, Z= the set of integres, N the set of natural numbers. If S be the solution
set of the equation (x)2 [x]2 (x 1)2 [x 1]2 , where (x) = the least integer greater than or equal to x
and [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then
(A) S=R (B) S=R-Z (C) S=R-N (D) None of these
12. The number of solutions of [x] 2x 4, where |x| is the greatest integer x, is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) infinite
2 2
13. 4 [x] [x] 1 7 has {[ ] int egral part}
(A) no solution (B) two solutions (C) 4 solutions (D) None of these
2 2
14. No. of pairs of (x,y) satisfying [x] {y} = 3 will ( [ ] & { } are integral & fractional parts)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) finitely many (D) infinitely many
15. If [x] the greatest integer less than or equal to x, and (x) = the least integer greater than or equal to x,
and [x]2 (x)2 25 then x belongs to
(A) [3,4] (B) ( , 4] (C) ( , 4] [4, ) (D) None of these
16. The solution set of (x)2 (x 1) 2 25, where (x) is the nearest integer than or equal to x, is
(A) (2,4) (B) (5, 4] (2, 3] (C) (4, 3] (3, 4] (D) None of these
17. Number of solutions of [x] [x] 2x in x [1,1] will be
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) None of these
18. x x x ]] 3 then value of x lie in the interval
(A) ( , 0) (B) ( , 1) (C) ( , 2) (D) None of these
19. Solve for (x, y) (i) [|x|] [|y|] 1 (ii) [x]2 [y]2 1 (iii) [|x|][|y|] 2
20. Solve the equation |2x 1| 3[x] 2{x}
21. Prove that if x, y[0,1) then prove that [2x] [2y] [x] [y] [x y]
22. Prove that [x y] [x] [y] 1
23. Let [a] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to a. Given that the quadratic equation
x 2 [a 2 5a b 4]x b 0 has roots 5and 1, find all the values of a.
24. Prove that [x] [5x] [10x] [20x] 36k 35(k l ) cannot have any real solutions.
25. For every positive integer n, prove that 4n 1 n n 1 4n 2 Hence or otherwise, prove that
[ n n 1] [ 4n 1]. Where [x] denotes the greatest integer not eeceeding x.s
1 2 1
26. Prove that - (i) [x] x x [3x] (ii) [x] x [2x]
3 3 2
[x] 3 [x] 1
27. Solve 1; (where [ ] denotes integral part)
[x] 2 [x] 3
28. Solve the equation x 2 4x [x] 3 0
29.
x x 1
Prove for every real ve x, [x] . Hence or otherwise prove that
2 2
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n 1 n 2 n 4 n 8
2 4 8 16 ........... till . n nN
30. Solve the following equations for x . (A) x 2 3 {x} (B) x 2 [x] 4 0
31. Solve for x : 3x x[x] x 2 3[x] 0
1 1 1
32. Prove that inequality 2 n 2 1 ......... 2 n 1 nN, Hence or otherwise
2 3 n
1 1 1
calculate 1 .........
2 3 3600
33. Consider two integers x, y such that 1 x, y 9,A,B,C are A.M., G . M., H . M., of x & y. A two digit
number N is formed by using digits x & y. A number M is formed by interchanging the position of digits
x, y in N. Let N 16, N 20, N A 2 N B then show that N M 10 ABC
A B A B
1 1 1
34. Find all x satisfying [x] [2x] {x} 3
ANSWERS for GIF
1. (i) x (ii) x 4 (iii) x 4 (iv) x6 (v) 3 x 5
(vi) x 6 (vii) 9 x 5 (viii) x 5 (xi) x 5 (x) x I
1
2. (A) 9 x 16 (B) x ( 6 , 5] [ 5 , 6) (C) x I (D) n
2
1
(E) 1 x 3 (F) ( , 2) [4, ) (G) [1,3) (H) x 0 (I) 0
3
(J) x 3 x , 4 (K) (4, 3] [3, 4) (L) [ 2, 1) [2, 3) (M) 0 (N) x n
(O) x n (P) [ 2, 4) (Q) [1,6)
3. (A) x [0, ),{1, 2, 3,......} (B) |x| 7 (C) x[3, ) (D) x( 3, 3)
(E) x ( , 3) [1, ) (F) x 0,( , 4][4, ) (G) x (2, 3)
(H) x [2, 1) [1, 2) (I) x [2,1] (J) x {0,5 /3} (K) x 0
(L) x 1
4. (b) 5.(i) (ii) [1,3) 6. (c) (d) 7. (b) 8.(b) 9.(a) (b) (c)
10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (c)
5 3 5 5 3 5
16.(b) 17. (d) 18. (c) 20. 1 2 23. (1, ] [ ,6)
2 2
1 21
27. (, 0) [5, ) 28. 30. (a) (b) 2 , 6 32. x 3 1
2
19 29 97
33. 118 34. , ,
6 12 24
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