Chapter-1

Rational numbers
I. Answer the following questions:

1. The rational number that does not have a reciprocal ______

2. How many rational numbers are there between -1 and -2?
(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 0 (d) infinite
3. A Rational number between 3 and 4_______
2 3
4. Which of the following rational number is greater 𝑜𝑟 .
3 4
−7 −8
5. Which of the following rational number is greater 𝑜𝑟 .
12 23
6. Every whole number is a rational number. TRUE/FALSE.
7. Every integer is a rational number. TRUE/FALSE.
−5 2 −7 4
8. Arrange the following in ascending order , , , .
4 3 −10 5
9. ___ is the Multiplicative identity and __ is the additive identity.
5
10. Additive and Multiplicative inverse of .
3

II. Answer the following questions ( 2 marks):

−7 5
1. Represent 6
and
6
on the number line.
−5
2. Represent 4
on the number line.
−2
3. Represent 7
on the number line.
−2 11
4. Find the multiplicative inverse of 3
×
7
.
5. Identify the property used:
3 5 −7 3 5 −7
(a) (5 × 4) × 8 = 5 × (4 × 8 )
11 11
(b) ×1=
3 3
3 1
6. Sum of two number is 4, one of the number is 8. Find the another
number.
−8 −3
7. Simplify : ( 13 ) + ( 26 ).
−1
8. What number to be multiplied with 4
, so as to get the
5
product as .
8
III . Answer the following (3 marks):
−2 −3
1. List 6 rational numbers between 3
and 5
.
−2 −3
2. List 4 rational numbers between 3
and 4
.
3. Using appropriate properties find the value of
1 1 −7 15 −1 1
× + × − ×
2 4 18 7 4 3

4. Using appropriate properties find the value of

7 −3 −3 7 3
× − + ×
5 12 10 5 4
14 −7
5. Multiply with the reciprocal of .
15 8
1 −1 2
6. Divide by [ + ].
2 3 5
6 3 1 4
7. Simplify [ + − ] and find its reciprocal.
7 8 2 3
8. Find 3 rational numbers between 3 and 4 .
9. Find 4 rational numbers between -4 and 4.
3 3
10.Find the three rational numbers between 𝑎𝑛𝑑 .
6 4
11. Explain commutative and associative property with an example.