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Questions Class8 Rational Numbers

This document contains 13 multiple choice and short answer questions about rational numbers. It covers topics like writing additive inverses, finding multiplicative inverses, performing operations like addition and multiplication on rational numbers, and identifying properties of rational numbers. The questions get progressively more complex, starting with identifying basic concepts and building to performing multi-step calculations involving rational numbers.

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Questions Class8 Rational Numbers

This document contains 13 multiple choice and short answer questions about rational numbers. It covers topics like writing additive inverses, finding multiplicative inverses, performing operations like addition and multiplication on rational numbers, and identifying properties of rational numbers. The questions get progressively more complex, starting with identifying basic concepts and building to performing multi-step calculations involving rational numbers.

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Important questions Of Rational


Numbers
Question 1
Write the additive inverse of each of the following:
i) 1
ii) -1/9
iii) -2/3
(iv) 2
(v) -9/1

Answer
(i) 1
Additive inverse = -1
(ii) -1/9
Additive inverse = 1/9
(iii) -2/3
Additive inverse = 2/3
(iv) 2
Additive inverse =-2
(v) -9/=-9
Additive inverse =9

Question 2
What is the additive identity?
1) 1
2) -1
3) 0
4) None of the above

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Answer 0

Question 3
True or False Statement
i) The difference of two rational number is a rational number
ii) Addition of rational numbers is associative
iii) Addition of rational numbers is commutative
iv) Subtraction of rational numbers is not commutative
v) The addition or subtraction of two rational number is a rational number

Anwer
All the statement are true

Question 4
Find the multiplicative inverse of the following.
(i) -11/12
(ii) -10/9
(iii) 1/2
(iv) -5/2 X -2/5
(v) -1/2 X -2/5
(vi) -4

Answer
i) -11/12
Multiplicative inverse =-12/11
ii) -10/9
Multiplicative inverse =-9/10
iii) 1/2
Multiplicative inverse =2
iv) -5/2 X -2/5 =1

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Multiplicative inverse =1
v) -1/2 X -2/5 =1/5
Multiplicative inverse =5
vi) -1
Multiplicative inverse =-1/4

Question 5
Which of these properties hold false for Multiplication of rational numbers?
1) Associative law
2) Closure law
3) Commutative law
4) Existence of Multiplicative identity
5) None of the these

Answer
None of these

Question 6
Find the below multiplication
i) (-1/2) X (9/10)
ii) ( 25/-9) X ( 1/3)
iii) (7/24) X 10

Answer

i) (-1/2) X (9/10)
= -1 X 9/2 X 10 = -9/20
ii) ( 25/-9) X ( 1/3)
= (-25/9) X (1/3)
=- 25 X 1/9 X 3= -25/27

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iii) (7/24)X 10
=7X10/24=70/24

Question 7
Find the following
i) (1/2)-1
ii) (3)-1
iii) (-6)-1
iv) (1/-2)-1
Answer
i) Multiplicative inverse of (1/2) =2
ii) Multiplicative inverse of (3) =1/3
iii) Multiplicative inverse of (-6) =-1/6
iv) Multiplicative inverse of (1/-2) =-2

Question 8
The product of two rational number is 2 , if one of the rational number is 1/7 ,what is the value
of other?

Answer:
Let a be the other number, then
a X (1/7) =2
Or
a = 2 ÷ (1/7)

a=2X7=14

Question 11
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(i) ____ ÷ (-3)= (-4/15)
(ii) The numbers __________ and __________ are their own reciprocals
(iii) The reciprocal of 1 is __________.
(iv) (1/2) ÷ (2/3) =__________.
(v) The product of two rational numbers is always a __________.
(vi) The reciprocal of a negative rational number is __________.

Answer:
i) 4/5
ii) 1 and -1
iii) 1
iv) 3
v) Rational Number
vi) negative rational number

Question 12
Write five rational numbers which are smaller than 5

Answer:
0,1,2,3,4

Question 13
Find five rational numbers between (1) and 2

Answer:
We can write as
1 = 10/10
2= 20/10
So five rational numbers will be
11/10, 12/10, 13/10,14/10,15/10

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