RATIONAL NUMBERS

EXERCISE 01
SECTION –A (FIXED RESPONSE TYPE)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is prime

(A) 141 (B) 241 (C) 341 (D) 441

2. Which of the following natural numbers is neither prime nor composite.

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None

3. The reciprocal of a negative rational number

(A) is a positive rational number
(B) is a negative rational number
(C) can be either a positive or a negative rational number
(D) does not exist

219
4. Lowest form of .
365
73 3 3
(A)  (B)  (C) (D) None of these
125 5 5

5. 138  243 = ?
(A) 105 (B) 381 (C) –381 (D) – 105

9
6. Which of the following is (are) greater than x when x = ?
11
1 x 1 x 1
(i) (ii) (iii)
x x x 1
(A) (i) only (B) (i) and (ii) only (C) (i) and (iii) only (D) (ii) and (iii) only

3 4 7 1
7. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order , , , .
7 5 9 2
4 7 3 1 3 1 7 4 4 7 1 3 1 3 7 4
(A) , , , (B) , , , (C) , , , (D) , , ,
5 9 7 2 7 2 9 5 5 9 2 7 2 7 9 5

3
8. Multiplicative inverse of is :
5
3 5
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) (D)
5 3
8
9. What number should be subtracted from – 5 to get .
9
53 37 9 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 37 37

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x2  y 2
10. If x/y = 6/5 then is :
x2  y 2
36 25 11 61
(A) (B) (C) (D)
25 36 61 11

11. The product of a non – zero rational number with an irrational number is :
(A) Irrational number (B) Rational number (C) Whole number (D) Natural number

3 6
12. If of a number is 22, what is of that number ?
11 11
(A) 6 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 44

13. How many rational numbers exist between any two distinct rational numbers ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 11 (D) Infinite

14. Rational number between 1 and 2

5 6 3 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 5 7 3

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. All natural numbers that have one and itself as their only 2 distinct factors are ________.

5
2. is __________ decimal
11
3. Lowest form of 8/12 is ________ .

3 5 3
4.  =  ______.
7 8 7

3  5 4 3 5 3
5.     =    ______
7  8 7 7 8 7

37
6.  ______ = 1.
58

4 4
7.  ______ = .
9 9

5
8.  ______ = 0.
9

9. Additive inverse of 5 is _______.

10. Product of 2/3 and –3/2 is ________.

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TRUE / FALSE
1. 91 is a prime number.

2. Prime number can also be negative integers.

3. 2 is the only even prime number.

4. 0 is a rational number.

5. Rational number cannot be represented on real number line.

3 2
6.  .
5 3

7. The sum of 2 rational number is always a rational number.

8. Reciprocal of a positive rational number can either be negative or positive.

9. There are only 4 integers between –3 and 2.

10. There exist infinite rational number between any 2 integers.

MATCH THE COLUMN

1. Match the value of column–I with the value in column–II

Column–I Column–II
(A) 2/3  1/2 (p) 1/2
(B) 6/7 – 1/2 (q) 4/3
(C) 2/3 + 4/5 (r) 6/5
(D) 4 2 (s) 22/15
(E) 7/2  1/7 (t) 5/14
(F) 4/5  3/2 (u) 2

2. Column–I Column–II
4 3   4 3
(A)    7 =     7 (p) commutativity under addition
7 5   7 5
1 1 1
(B)  1 = 1  = (q) associativity under multiplication
9 9 9
4 7
(C)  = 1 (r) existence of multiplicative identity
7 4
5 5
(D) 6 + = +6 (s) existence of additive identity
9 9
3  3  3
(E) – +0=0+   = (t) existence of multiplicative inverse
8  8 8

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SECTION –B (FREE RESPONSE TYPE)

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE

1. Write the smallest natural number .

2. Write the smallest composite number.

3. Write the smallest prime number.

4. Write the only even prime number.

13 13
5. Represent and on the number line.
5 5

6. Represent –17.5 on the number line.

7. Find the additive inverse of the following :

1 5
(a) (b) 0 (c) 5 (d)
3 7

8. Find the multiplicative inverse of the following :

7 –2
(a) (b) 0 (c) –8 (d)
5 5

SHORT ANSWER TYPE

1 5 23 5
9. Arrange the following rational number in ascending order : , , , .
3 8 24 6
205
10. Standard form of .
82
5 2
11. The product of two rational numbers is , if one of the number is , find the other.
7 9
8
12. Find the number which when divided by gives 1.
21

13. Give three rational numbers between – 2 and – 1.

14. Give three rational numbers between 3 and 4.

5 9
15. Find three different rational numbers between and .
7 11
LONG ANSWER TYPE
–5 –7
16. (i) Verify that | x + y |  | x | + | y | by taking x = ,y=
12 18
–2 –9
(ii) Verify that | x × y | = | x | × | y | by taking x = ,y= .
3 8
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17. (i) Which rational number is its own additive inverse ?

(ii) Is the difference of two rational numbers a rational number ?
(iii) Is addition commutative on rational numbers ?
(iv) Is addition associative on rational numbers ?
(v) Is subtraction commutative on rational numbers ?
(vi) Is subtraction associative on rational numbers ?
(vii) What is the negative of negative rational number ?

7 4 2
18. The cost of 3 m cloth is Rs 212 .. Find the cost of 7 m cloth.
9 5 3
19. Simplify :
3 2 11 5 3  1  1 1 
(i) 2 ×1 +9 –1 . (ii) 5–   2   0.5     .
4 3 12 6  4  2  6 7  

EXERCISE 02
SECTION –A (COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION QUESTION)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. There are four prime numbers written in ascending order. The product of the first three is
385 and that of the last three is 1001. The last number is :
(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 17 (D) 19

2. Let x, y and z be distinct integers where x and y are odd and positive, and z is even and
positive. Which one of the following statements cannot be true ?
(A) (x – z)2y is even (B) (x – z)y2 is odd (C) (x – z)y is odd (D) (x – y)2z is even

3. Choose the rational number which does not lie between rational numbers 3/5 and 2/3
(A) 46/75 (B) 47/ 75 (C) 49/75 (D) 50/75

8  [5  ( 3  2)]  2
4. Evaluate : .
53  58 3
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

3 3
5. A student was asked to multiply a number by . Instead he divided the number by and
2 2
2
obtained a number smaller by , the number is :
3
4 3 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 3 2

6. Which one of the following is Rational number in simplest form ?

–8 –13 14 16
(A) (B) (C) (D)
28 38 –49 56

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7. If a and b are positive integers, then which of the following is correct?

(A) a + b is rational (B) a – b is a positive integer
a
(C) is irrational (D) None of these
b

 9 3 12 7 5 3 
8.  4  5  5  8  4  5  is equal to
69 41 2 7
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 20
80 80 9 9

 1  3  5  97 
9. The product  2 –  2 – 5   2 – 7  ......  2 – 99  is equal to :
 3 
5 101 101 97
(A) (B) (C) (D)
99 99 3 99
10. The product of the following fractions
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
   -
2 3 × 4 5 × 6 7 ×......× 98 99 , is :
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
   -
3 4 5 6 7 8 99 100
(A) 2 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 25

SECTION –B (TECHIE STUFF)

11. 0.018 can be expressed in the rational form as :

18 18 18 18
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1000 990 9900 999
12. On dividing a number by 999, the quotient is 366 and the remainder is 103. The number is :
(A) 364724 (B) 365387 (C) 365737 (D) 366757
13. The number 2.525252........ can be written as a fraction, when reduced to the lowest term,
the sum of the numerator and denominator is:–
(A) 7 (B) 29 (C) 141 (D) 349

EXERCISE 03
SECTION –A (PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS)

1. 0.2  0.3  0.4  0.5 is equiralent to [Aryabhatta 2005]

14 15 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
9 9 3
2. If a number is divided by 45, then the remainder is 32. if the same number is divided by 15,
then the remainder is [Aryabhatta 2008]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 16 (D) 4

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3. A rational number can be expressed as a terminating decimal if the denominator has

factors [NSTSE 2010]
(A) 2 or 5 (B) 3 or 5 (C) 2, 3 or 5 (D) None of these

 x
4. The product of x2y and   is equal to the quotient obtained when x2 is divided by
 y
[NSTSE 2010]
1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) X (D)
x
1 x 1
5. If 1   , which does ‘x’ equal to ? [NSTSE – 2011]
x x
(A) 1 or 2 only (B) 1 and 0 only
(C) + 1 or – 2 only (D) any number except ‘0’
1 4
6. Identify a rational number between and [NSTSE 2012]
3 5
1 9 17
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
4 10 30
7. Which of the statements is true about consecutive natural numbers ? [NSTSE 2012]
(A) There are 2n + 1 numbers between squares of consecutive numbers.
(B) There are 2n non–perfect square numbers between the squares of consecutive
numbers.
(C) The sum of the squares of two consecutive numbers is not a perfect square
(D) n2 – 1 is the standard form of the difference between two consecutive numbers

9
8. Identify the ones that is/are greater than ‘m’ if m = [NSTSE 2014]
11
1 m 1 m 1
(i) (ii) (iii)
m m m 1
(A) (i) only (B) (ii) and (iii) only (C) (i) and (iii) only (D) (i) and (ii) only

1 4 6 2 3
9. Which number is in the middle if , , , and are arranged in descending
6 9 7 5 4
order [NSTSE 2014]
2 4 1 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 9 6 7

10. If the division N  5 leaves a remainder of 3, what might be the ones digit of N ?
[NSTSE 2014]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

11. Which of the following numbers does NOT have a multiplicative inverse? [NSTSE 2014]
1
(A) – (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 3
3

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12. Nalini and three of her friends worked together to make a quilt. The given table lists the
fractional part of the quilt that each of the girls made. Which list shows the girls in order
from the one who sewed the most to the one who sewed the least? [NSTSE 2014]

(A) Reena, Nalini, Shalini, Kamini (B) Shalini, Nalini, Kamini, Reena
(C) Reena, Karnini, Nalini, Shalini (D) Kamini, Shalini, Nalini, Reena

13. The difference between the place value and the face value of 6 in the numeral 856973
is_________. [NSTSE 2014]
(A) 973 (B) 6973 (C) 5994 (D) None of these

14. Which of the following expressions is true? [NSTSE 2014]

7 7
(A) 0.09 > (B) 6% < 0.09 (C)  8.0  10 3 (D) 8.0  103  6%
8 8

15. lf x:y = 5:2, then (8x + 9y) : (8x + 2y) is [NSTSE 2014]
(A) 22 : 29 (B) 26 : 61 (C) 29 : 22 (D) 61: 26

16. Closure property for rational numbers is satisfied in case of _______ [NSTSE 2014]
(A) Addition (B) Subtraction (C) Multiplication (D) All of these

17. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT for rational numbers? [NSTSE 2014]
(A) The rational number 0 is the additive identity for rational numbers.
(B) The rational number 1 is the multiplicative identity for rational numbers
(C) Subtraction is associative for rational numbers.
(D) There are infinite rational numbers between any two given rational numbers.

18. Identify the composite number : [IOM 2019]

(A) 1 (B) 199 (C) 2 (D) 793
1 3
19. The LCM of and is _______ [IOM 2019]
8 5

3 1
(A) 3 (B) (C) (D) 1
40 40
20. Let N = 1011 × 1013 × 1015, what is the remainder when N is divided by 11 ?
[IOM 2019]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 8

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EXERCISE 01
SECTION -A (FIXED RESPONSE TYPE)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ans. B B B B D B B D A D A D D B

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Prime 2. non terminating repeating 3. (2/3)

4. 5/8 5. (4/7) 6. (58/37) 7. 1

8. (5/9) 9. (– 5) 10. (–1)

TRUE / FALSE
1. False 2. False 3. True 4. True

5. False 6. False 7. True 8. False

9. True 10. True

MATCH THE COLUMN

1. (A) q, (B) t, (C) s, (D) u, (E) p, (F) r

2. (A) q, (B) r, (C) t, (D) p, (E) s
SECTION -B (FREE RESPONSE TYPE)
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE
1. 1 2. 4 3. 2 4. 2
1
7. (a) – (b) 0 (c) –5 (d) 5/7
3

8. (a) 5/7 (b) Does not exist (c) – 1/8 (d) – 5/2

SHORT ANSWER TYPE

1 5 5 23 5  45  8
9. ( < < < ) 10. 11.  14  12.
3 8 6 24 2   21

7 3 5 31 33 37  56 57 58 
13. ( , , ) 14. ( , , ) 15.  77 , 77 , 77 
4 2 4 10 10 10  

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LONG ANSWER TYPE

17. (i) 0 (ii) yes (iii) yes (iv) yes

(v) no (vi) no (vii) positive rational number

73 2 23
18. Rs. 431 19. (i) 12 (ii) 2
85 3 84

EXERCISE 02
SECTION -A (COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION QUESTION)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ans. B A D D A B A A C B D C D

EXERCISE 03
SECTION –A (PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS)
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans A A A D D C B D C B B B C B C
Ques. 16 17 18 19 20
Ans D C D A D

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