RATIONAL NUMBERS
1) Which of the following is the Multiplicative identity for rational
numbers?
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
2) Which of the following is neither a positive nor a negative
rational number?
(a) 1
(b) 0
(c) Such a rational number does not exist
(d) None of these
3) What is the reciprocal of a?
4) What is the reciprocal of the reciprocal of a rational number?
5) ____ is the identity for the addition of rational numbers.
6) What is the multiplicative identity for rational numbers?
7) What is the additive inverse of 3/5?
8) How many reciprocals does zero have?
9) Write.
(i) The rational number that does not have any reciprocal at all.
(ii) The rational numbers those are equal to their reciprocals.
(iii) The rational number that is equal to its negative.
10) Give a rational number which when added to it gives the same
number.
11) The product of a number and its reciprocal is _________.
12) The rational number _________ is neither positive nor negative.
13) _________ is the only rational number which is equals its
additive inverse.
14) Write a rational number whose product with a given rational
number is equal to the given rational number
15) Write additive inverse of the following: (a) -7/19 (b) 21/112
16) A number which can be expressed as p/q where p and q are
integers and q ≠ 0 is_____.
17) The numerical expression 3/5 + −7/5 = −4/5 shows that ___
(a) rational numbers are closed under addition.
(b) rational numbers are not closed under addition.
(c) rational numbers are closed under multiplication.
(d) addition of rational numbers is not commutative.
18) The additive inverse of −7/5 is____
19) The multiplicative inverse of 1/8 is ___
20) Find the multiplicative inverse of a ) 7/9 b) -1/ 3
21) What is the reciprocal of a?
22) What is the product of 7/8 and (-4/21)?
23) Find the multiplicative inverse of a ) -7/9 b) 1/ (-3) c) -3
24) The additive inverse of −5/7 is --------- and multiplicative
inverse of
(−5)/ 8 × 2 /3 is -----
25) Write rational number whose product with a given rational
number is equal to the given rational number.
26) The reciprocal of 1/x, where x≠ 0 is ___
27) The reciprocal of positive rational number is ___
28) The reciprocal of negative rational number is ____