CBSE CLASS 7 Math Chapter 9 Rational Numbers : Practice Questions

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Practice Question's :-

Question 1...

Write each of the following rational numbers with positive denominators: 
 5/–8 , 15/–28 , –17/–13.

Ans:  -5/8 , -15/28 , 17/13

Question 2...

Express 3/4 as a rational number with denominator:
(i) 36 
(ii) – 80

Ans: 
(i) 27/36
(ii) -60/-80

Question 3...

Express each of the following rational numbers in its standard form:
(i) –12/ – 30
(ii) 14/ – 49
(iii) –15/ 35
(iv) 299/ –161

Ans:
(i) 2/5
(ii) -2/7
(iii) -3/7
(iv) -13/7

Question 4...

Are the rational numbers –8/28 and 32/ –112 equivalent? Give reason.

Ans: Yes. Since standard form of -8/28 and 32/-112 is -2/7

Question 5...

Arrange the rational numbers –7/10 , 5/-8 , 2/-3 ,  -1/4 , -3/5 in ascending order.

Ans: -7/10 , 2/-3 , 5/-8 , -3/5 , -1/4

Question 6...

Write four more rational numbers to complete the pattern: –1/3 ,  –2/6 ,  –3/9 , ______, ______, _______, _______.

Ans:  -4/12 , -5/15 , -6/18 , -7/21 

Question 7...

If –5/ 7 = x/ 28 , find the value of x

Ans: (-20)

Question 8...

Find the sum of
(i) 8/13 and 3/11
(ii) 7/3 and –4/3

Ans:
(i) 127/143
(ii) 1

Question 9...

Simplify: (6/5) x (3/7) - (1/5) x (3/7)

Ans: 3/7

Question 10...

If x = 1/10 and y = –3/8 , then evaluate x + y, x – y, x × y and x ÷ y.

Ans:  (-11/40 , 19/40 , -3/80 , -4/15)

Question 11...

Write the following as rational numbers in their standard forms:
(a) 35% 
(b) 1.2 
(c) 240 ÷ (– 840) 
(d) 115 ÷ 207

Ans: 
(i) 7/20
(ii) 6/5
(iii) -2/7
(iv) 5/9

Question 12...

What should be added to –1/2 to obtain the nearest natural number?
Ans:  3/2

Question 13...

What should be subtracted from –2/3 to obtain the nearest integer?
Ans: 1/3

Question 14...

What should be multiplied with –5/8 to obtain the nearest integer?
Ans: 8/5

Question 15...

What should be divided by1/2 to obtain the greatest negative integer?
Ans: (-1/2)

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