Rational Numbers

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Name: ______________________ Class:______Sec:_______

Total number of marks: 20 Duration: 40 minutes

Answer all the questions in the given sequence.

Write the corresponding question numbers for each answer.

Do not mark anything on your question paper except for the asked details. Answer in the booklet
provided.

Calculators are not allowed.

1. State whether the following statements are true or false. [2 x 0.5 =1]

(a) Every rational number has a reciprocal.

(b) Rational numbers are closed under division.

2. Fill in the blanks. [2 x 1 = 2]

(a) One (1) is the identity for ____________ of rational numbers.

a c e a c a e
(b) For the rational numbers , and , we have
b d f
× + × =¿
b d b f ( )( ) ____________.

p
3. The rational number 11.99 in the form of is ________________. [1 x 1 = 1]
q

b a
4. State the condition for to be the multiplicative inverse of . [1 x 1 =
a b
1]

7
5. Find and verify the additive inverse of −3 . [1 x 1 =
8
1]

6. If x + y=0, then ______________ is known as the negative of x, where x and y are rational
numbers. [1 x 1 = 1]

7. Find the sum of: [1 x 2 = 2]

3 5 3 −2
−7+ + + (−6 ) + +
8 14 2 7

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−3 4 1 −1
8. If x= and y= , find ( xy− ) [1 x 3 = 3]
2 5 xy

9. On a winter day, the temperature at a place in Himachal Pradesh was -16 oC. Convert it in degree
C F−32
Fahrenheit (oF) by using the formula − .
5 9

[1 x 4 = 4]

−6
10. Find the sum of additive and multiplicative inverse of . [1 x 2 = 2]
9

2
11. Find 11 rational numbers between 3 and 4. [1 x 2 = 2]
−7

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