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WORKSHEET-1
CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC:RATIONAL NUMBERS

1. Put a tick mark in each set of numbers to which the number belongs:

NATURAL WHOLE INTEGER RATIONAL

NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER
4

-2

1.35

11

𝟕𝟕
𝟗𝟗

2. REPRESENT THE GIVEN RATIONAL NUMBERS IN NUMBER LINE.

𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑 −𝟑𝟑
a. b. c.
𝟓𝟓 𝟒𝟒 𝟓𝟓

3. WRITE 3 EQUIVALENT RATIONAL NUMBERS FOR THE GIVEN RATIONAL

NUMBERS.

𝟑𝟑 −𝟐𝟐 𝟓𝟓 −𝟒𝟒
a. b. c. d.
𝟓𝟓 𝟕𝟕 𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
4. FIND THE RATIONAL NUMBERS FOR THE QUESTION MARKS MARKED ON
THE NUMBER LINE.
a.

b.

c.

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WORKSHEET 1– ANSWER KEY

CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC: RATIONAL NUMBERS

SEMANTIC FEATURE ANALYSIS FOR RATIONAL NUMBERS.

1. Put a tick mark in each set of numbers to which the number belongs:
NATURAL WHOLE INTEGER RATIONAL
NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER
4

-2

1.35

11

𝟕𝟕
𝟗𝟗

2. REPRESENT THE GIVEN RATIONAL NUMBERS IN NUMBER LINE.

𝟐𝟐
a.
𝟓𝟓
 𝟑𝟑
b.
𝟒𝟒

−𝟑𝟑
c.
𝟓𝟓

3. WRITE 3 EQUIVALENT RATIONAL NUMBERS FOR THE GIVEN RATIONAL

NUMBERS.
𝟑𝟑
a.
𝟓𝟓
𝟔𝟔 𝟗𝟗 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
(any relevent answer)
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐

−𝟐𝟐
b.
𝟕𝟕
−𝟒𝟒 −𝟔𝟔 −𝟖𝟖
(any relevent answer)
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐

𝟓𝟓
c.
𝟒𝟒
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
(any relevent answer)
𝟖𝟖 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏

−𝟒𝟒
d.
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
−𝟖𝟖 −𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 −𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
(any relevent answer)
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
4. FIND THE RATIONAL NUMBERS FOR THE QUESTION MARKS MARKED ON
THE NUMBER LINE.
a.

𝟑𝟑 𝟔𝟔
ANS. ,
𝟒𝟒 𝟒𝟒

b.

−𝟐𝟐 𝟏𝟏
ANS. ,
𝟓𝟓 𝟓𝟓

c.

−𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑
ANS. , =1
𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑

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WORKSHEET -2
CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC: RATIONAL NUMBERS

1. LIST 4 RATIONAL NUMBERS BETWEEN: ( USING CROSS MULTIPLICATION

METHOD)
−1 3
a. -2 AND 0 b. AND
2 5

3 5
2. ADD: +
7 6

−8 −17
3. SUBTRACT: FROM
44 11

9 −11
4. MULTIPLY: ×
2 3

5. DIVIDE:
−21 7 −3
a. BY b. BY -3
5 10 13

6. WRITE 5 RATIONAL NUMBERS WHICH ARE LESS THAN -2 ?

7. COMPARE THE FOLLOWING:

2 4 −3 −1
a. , b. ,
3 5 4 2

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WORKSHEET ANSWER KEY-2

CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC: RATIONAL NUMBERS

1. LIST 4 RATIONAL NUMBERS BETWEEN: ( USING CROSS MULTIPLICATION

METHOD)
a. -2 AND 0
−2 0
1 1
−2 10 0 10
× , ×
1 10 1 10
−20 0
,
10 10
−10 −11 −12 −13
, , , are the 4 in between rational number. (any relevant answer)
10 10 10 10

−1 3
b. AND
2 5

−1 3
2 5
L.c.m of 2,5 is 10
−5 6
10 10
−𝟐𝟐 𝟎𝟎 𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑
, , , are the 4 in between rational numbers. (any relevant answer)
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
3 5
2. ADD: +
7 6
lcm of 7,6 is 42
3 5
7 6
18 35 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
+ = or 1
42 42 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒

−8 −17
3. SUBTRACT: FROM
44 11
−17 −8
-( )
11 44

l.c.m of 11,44 is 44
 −17 4 −68
× =
11 4 44
−68 8 −𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
+ = or -1
44 44 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒

9 −11
4. MULTIPLY: ×
2 3

9 −11
×
2 3
3 −11 −𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏
× = or -16
2 1 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐

5. DIVIDE:
−21 7
a. BY
5 10

−21 7
÷
5 10

−21 10
×
5 7
−21 2
×
1 7
−3 2
× = -6
1 1
−3
b. BY -3
13
−3 −3
÷
13 1
−3 −1 𝟏𝟏
× =
13 3 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏

6. WRITE 5 RATIONAL NUMBERS WHICH ARE LESS THAN -2 ?

-3,-4,-5,-6,-7 are the rational numbers in between rational numbers

( any relevant answer)

7. COMPARE THE FOLLOWING:

2 4
a. ,
3 5
l.c.m of 3, 5 is 15
 2 4
3 5
10 12
<
15 15
4
is greater
5

−3 −1
b. . ,
4 2
l.c.m of 4,2 is 4
−1 2 −2
× =
2 2 4
−3 −2
Let us compare ,
4 4
−3 −2
<
4 4
−1
is greater.
2
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WORKSHEET -3
CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC: RATIONAL NUMBERS- BASIC OPERATION ON RATIONAL NUMBERS.
1 1
1. ADD THE GIVEN RATIONAL NUMBER : 3 + 5

2. SUBTRACT:
−2 5
A. -
9 9
6 −3
B. +
7 7

−5 5
[Link] THE NUMBER WHICH IS OBTAIN BY SUBTRACTING FROM
8 9

−5
[Link] PRODUCT OF AND 9.
7

5 −3
5. DIVIDE: ÷
−6 2

−2 3
[Link] PRODUCT OF TWO RATIONAL NUMBERS IS .IF ONE NUMBER IS ,
3 7
FIND THE OTHER NUMBER.

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WORKSHEET ANSWERKEY-3
CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC: RATIONAL NUMBERS- BASIC OPERATION ON RATIONAL NUMBERS.

1 1
1. ADD THE GIVEN RATIONAL NUMBER : +
3 5

2. SUBTRACT:
 −𝟓𝟓 𝟓𝟓
[Link] THE NUMBER WHICH IS OBTAIN BY SUBTRACTING FROM
𝟖𝟖 𝟗𝟗

4.

5. DIVIDE:
 −2 3
[Link] product of two rational numbers is . If one number is , find the other.
3 7

Solution:
Let the other number be x
3 −2
×x=
7 3
3 7
Multiplying by the reciprocal of is
7 3
7 3 7 −2
× ×x= ×
3 7 3 3
−14
X= .
9

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WORKSHEET- 4
CLASS: Vlll SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC: RATIONAL NUMBERS

1. Fill the blanks .

14
a) The Additive inverse of is ________
9
7
b) The multiplication inverse of is ________
9
2. Choose the best answer.
a. Multiplicative inverse of zero is _______
A) 0. B) 1. C) - 1. D) does not exist
5
b. Additive inverse of - is ________
9
5 9 9
A) B) C) . - D) 0
9 5 5
3. Match the following properties:
6 4 6 6 4 6
a) ( + )+ = +( + ) --- commutative property
5 9 9 5 9 9
1 1 2 1 1 1 2
b) ( + )=( × )+( × ) --- Rational number
3 4 3 3 4 3 3
4 7 7 4
c) + = + . --- does not exist
9 4 4 9
10
d) --- Associative property
0
22
e) --- Distributive property
7
4. Say True or false:
a. The product of two negative rational numbers is always a positive rational numbers.
b. The multiplicative inverse exist for all rational numbers.
1 1
5. Verify the closure property for addition and multiplication of and .
2 4
3 4
6. Verify the commutative property for addition and multiplication of and
5 5

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ANSWER KEY- 4
CLASS: VIll SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC: RATIONAL NUMBERS

1. Fill in the blanks.

14
a.-
9
9
b.
7
2. Choose the best answer.
a. D. does not exist
5
b. A.
9
3. Match the following properties
a) Associative property
b) Distributive property
c) commutative property
d) Does not exist
e) Rational number.
4. Say True or false.
a. True
b. false
1 1
5. verify the closure property for addition and multiplication for and .
2 4
Solution:
For addition: For multiplication:
1 1 1 1
+ . ×
2 4 2 4
2 1 1
= + . = is a rational number
4 4 8
3
= is a rational number
4
Hence closure property is verified under addition and multiplication.
 3 4
6. Verify the commutative property for addition and multiplication for and .
5 5
Solution:
Commutative property.:
For addition.
3 4 4 3
+ = +
5 5 5 5
LHS. RHS.
3 4 4 3
+ . +
5 5 5 5
7 7
= =
5 5
LHS = RHS
For multiplication.
3 4 4 3
× = ×
5 5 5 5
LHS. RHS
3 4 4 3
× . ×
5 5 5 5
12 12
= . =
25 25
LHS= RHS.
Commutative property is true under addition and multiplication.

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