Delhi World Public School,Jamshedpur

Class – VIII Mathematics

Assignment-1

1. Which of the following statements is false ?

(a) Natural numbers are closed under addition (b) Whole numbers are closed under addition
(c) Integers are closed under addition (d) Rational numbers are not closed under addition.
2. Which of the following statements is false ?
(a) Natural numbers are closed under subtraction
(b) Whole numbers are not closed under subtraction
(c) Integers are closed under subtraction
(d) Rational numbers are closed under subtraction.
3. Which of the following statements is true ?
(a) Natural numbers are closed under division
(b) Whole numbers are not closed under division
(c) Integers are closed under division
(d) Rational numbers are closed under division.
4. 0 is not
(a) a natural number (b) a whole number
(c) an integer (d) a rational number.
5. a + b = b + a is called
(a) commutative law of addition (b) associative law of addition
(c) distributive law of addition (d) none of these.
6. a(b + c) = ab + ac is called
(a) commutative law (b) associative law
(c) distributive law d) none of these.
7. The multiplicative identity for rational numbers is
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these.
8. The additive inverse of –3/4 is
(a) –3/4 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) ¾
9. The multiplicative inverse of 1 is
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) none of these.
10. How many rational numbers are there between any two given rational numbers?
(a) Only one (b) Only two (c) Countless (d) Nothing can be said.
11. If a and b are two rational numbers, then
(a) (a+b)/2 < a (b) (a+b)/2 < b (c) (a+b)/2 = a (d) (a+b)/2 > b
12. The rational number that does not have a reciprocal is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) ½
13. The rational number which is equal to its negative is
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) ½
14. The reciprocal of a positive rational number is
(a) a positive rational number (b) a negative rational number (c) 0 (d) 1.
15. The reciprocal of a negative rational number is
(a) a positive rational number (b) a negative rational number (c) 0 (d) -1
16. Pick up the rational numbers from the following numbers.
6/7,  −1/2, 0,  1/0,  100/0
17. Find the reciprocal of the following rational numbers:
(a) −34 (b) 0
18. Write two such rational numbers whose multiplicative inverse is same as they are.
19. What properties, the following expressions show:  2/3+4/5=4/5+2/3.
20. What is the multiplicative identity of rational numbers?
21. What is the additive identity of rational numbers?
22. Multiply 5/8 by the reciprocal of −3/8.
23. Write the additive inverse of the following:  −6/7.
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24. If the cost of 4  litres of milk is ₹8912, find the cost of 1 litre of milk.
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25. Represent −2/3 number lines.
26. Write two such rational numbers whose multiplicative inverse is same as they are.
27. What is the multiplicative identity of rational numbers?
28. Multiply 5/8 by the reciprocal of −3/8.
29. Write any 5 rational numbers between −5/6 and 7/8.
30. Calculate the following:

31. Represent the following rational numbers on number lines. (a) −2/3 (b) ¾ (c) 3/2
32. Show that:

33. Rajni had a certain amount of money in her purse. She spent ₹ 1014 in the school canteen, bought a
gift worth ₹ 2534 and gave ₹ 1612 to her friend. How much she have to begin with?
34. One-third of a group of people are men. If the number of women is 200 more than the men, find the
total number of people.
35. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Find the angles of the triangle.
36. The breadth of a rectangular garden is 2/3 of its length. If its perimeter is 40 m, find its dimension

37. Solve for x:

38. The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing its digits is 121. Find the
number if it’s unit place digit is 5.
39. A fruit seller buys some oranges at the rate of ₹ 5 per orange. He also buys an equal number of
bananas at the rate of ₹ 2 per banana. He makes a profit of 20% on oranges and a profit of 15% on
bananas. In the end, he sold all the fruits. If he earned a profit of ₹ 390, find the number of oranges.
40. If the length of the rectangle is increased by 40% and its breadth is decreased by 40%, what will be the
percentage change in its perimeter?