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Rational Numbers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the additive identity for rational numbers?

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2.

What is known as the multiplicative identity for rational numbers?

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3.

What is the negative or additive inverse of a rational number?

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4.

What is the reciprocal or multiplicative inverse of a rational number?

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5.

What property states that rational numbers follow distributive property of multiplication over addition?

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6.

Fill in the blanks. a. 2 3 7 8 1 3 2 3 7 8 2 3 ́- = ́- ....................... . b. 9 8 ́ ....................... = -9 8 . c. Reciprocal of -3 7 is ....................... . d. 6 7 3 4 9 += ....................... ++ 3 4 9 . e. The product of two rational numbers is always a ....................... . f. The numbers ....................... and ....................... are their own reciprocals. g. The product of a positive rational number and a negative rational number is always ....................... .

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7.

Is 1 0 the multiplicative inverse of 0? Why or why not?

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8.

Multiply 3 13 by the reciprocal of 9 26 .

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9.

Find (x + y) ÷ (x - y), if x = 1 4 and y = 3 2 .

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10.

All integers are rational numbers. Are all rational numbers integers? Justify your answer with an example.

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11.

Rational numbers are not closed under ..................................... .

a)

addition

b)

multiplication

c)

subtraction

d)

division

12.

We can find ..................................... numbers between two rational numbers.

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

infinite

13.

Multiplicative inverse of -7 is ...................................... .

a)

-1/7

b)

1/7

c)

1

d)

0

14.

Verify that -- () =xx for the given value of x.

a)

17

b)

-22

c)

2

d)

-7

e)

1

15.

Which of the following is equivalent to 2/5?

a)

5/2

b)

6/15

c)

4/5

d)

None of these