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Class 8
Rational Numbers
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Answer the questions

(1) How many total number of rational numbers are there between any two non equal rational numbers ?

-7 X
(2) if = , then X is ________ a rational number
X 7

(3) If the sum of both the horizontal and the vertical rows is same, find the missing rational number.
4

19

5 2
19 19

8
19

(4) Write the rational number that are equal to its negative.
(5) Find the multiplicative inverse of the following.

-9
A)
8

-1
B)
20

(6) Write the rational number that are equal to their reciprocals.

24
(7) Reduce the rational number to the lowest form.
20

a c c a
(8) What property is described in the following statement: + = + ?
b d d b

5 3
(9) Find the 6 rational numbers between and .
15 11

(10) Is 0.04 the multiplicative inverse of 25? Why or why not ?

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Choose correct answer(s) from the given choices

(11) Which of the following statements is false?

a. Every prime number is a rational number b. Every rational number is a natural number
c. Any number, when divided by 100 is a rational d. Any rational number, when multiplied by 17 is a
number rational number

(12) Regarding rational numbers:

A. The quotient of two integers is always a rational number and
5
B. is a rational number.
0
Which of the following statements is correct ?
a. A is false but B is a correct explanation of A. b. A is correct but B is incorrect.
c. A is correct and B is correct explanation of A. d. Both A and B are false.

(13) Which of the following statement is true ?

2 -6 2 -6
a. > b. =
-3 9 -3 9

2 2 2 -6
c. > d. <
-2 -3 -3 9

(14) Which of the statements given below is false?

a. There is no fraction that cannot be represented b. There is no integer that cannot be represented
as a rational number. as a rational number.
c. All the negative numbers can be represented as d. There are some fractions that cannot be rational
rational numbers. numbers

Fill in the blanks

(15) What rational number results from the following:

A) 6 + 1 4 - 7 + 84 82 =

B) 11 + 7 5 - 6 + 42 69 =

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Answers
(1) Infinite
(2) not

7
(3)
19

(4) 0

8
(5) A)
-9

20
B)
-1

(6) 1, -1

6
(7)
5

(8) Commutative property

10 20 5 4 10 20
(9) , , , , , (Answers can vary).
33 99 33 33 99 231

(10) Yes - The product or fraction and its multiplicative inverse must be equal to 1.
(11) b. Every rational number is a natural number
(12) d. Both A and B are false.

2 -6
(13) b. =
-3 9

(14) d. There are some fractions that cannot be rational numbers

165
(15) A) 6 + 1 4 - 7 + 84 82 =
41

934
B) 11 + 7 5 - 6 + 42 69 =
23

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