TEST: RATIONAL NUMBER
( MAX MARKS: 20 )
★ MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE ★ STATE TRUE OR FALSE FOR THE
(1 MARKS EACH) FOLLOWING:
(1 MARK EACH)
1. Multiplicative inverse of 0/1 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 6. Rational numbers are closed with respect to
(c) –1 (d) not defined division.
2. The numerical expression 3
8
+
(−5)
7
=
−19
56
7. Every whole number is a rational number.
shows that.
(a) rational numbers are closed under addition.
8. Every integer is a rational number.
(b) addition of rational numbers is not
commutative.
9. There are infinitely many rational numbers
(c) rational numbers are not closed under between any two rational numbers.
addition.
(d) rational numbers are closed under 10. 1 and –1 are the only rational numbers which
multiplication are equal to their reciprocal.
3. One (1) is
(a) the identity for division of rational numbers. ★ 2 MARKS QUESTIONS :
(b) the identity for addition of rational numbers.
(C) the identity for multiplication of rational 11. Using appropriate properties, and find.
numbers.
(d) the identity for subtraction of rational
numbers.
4. Multiplicative inverse of a negative rational
number is
(a) a negative rational number. (b) 0
(c) a positive rational number. (d) 1 12. Multiply the negative of 29/2 by its inverse.
5. The multiplicative inverse of 8
7
. [Link] should be added to -16/3 to make it
8 8 1/9?
(a) 7
(b) - 7
(c)
7
8
(d)
7
−8
14. What should be subtracted from 5/8 to make
it -1 ?
15. Divide the sum of 7/8 and 15/24 by their
difference. Express your answer in standard
form.