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Grade 8
Understanding Rational Numbers
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Choose correct answer(s) from the given choices

(1) Sadia labeled points A, B, C, and D on this number line.

D B C A

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

Which term describes all four of these labeled numbers?

a. rational numbers b. irrational numbers
c. mixed numbers d. integers

(2) Which of the following is a negative integer and a rational number?

17
a. -32 b.
20

c. 0.49 d. 77

(3) A number that is a rational number, but not a fraction from the following is
−4 5
a. b.
5 6

6 1
c. d.
7 2

(4) Which of the following rational numbers are negative?

150 −79
a. b.
−151 −78

29 −191
c. d.
30 192

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

a. All the integers can be represented as rational numbers.
b. There is no fraction that cannot be represented as a rational number.
c. A negative decimal number cannot be a rational number.
d. There is no whole number that cannot be represented as a rational number.

a
(6) Which of the following statements is true for a rational number .
b
a. The denominator b cannot be 1. b. The numerator a cannot be a prime number.
c. The denominator b cannot be 0. d. The numerator a cannot be 1.

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1
(7) is _____.
0
a. a positive rational number b. either positive or negative rational number
c. not a rational number d. a negative rational number

(8) For any two rational numbers x and y, select the right option satisfying the three statements below:
I) x < y
II) x = y
III) x > y

a. Only II can be true b. Only II and III can be true

c. Any one of I, II, and III is true d. Only I and III can be true

(9) Regarding rational numbers:

A. The quotient of two integers is always a rational number and
3
B. is not a rational number.
0
Which of the following statements is correct ?
a. A is correct and B is correct explanation of A. b. Both A and B are false.
c. A is correct but B is incorrect. d. A is false but B is a correct explanation of A.

(10) Which of the following statements is false?

a. Every rational number is a natural number.
b. Any rational number, when multiplied by 9 is a rational number.
c. Every prime number is a whole number.
d. Every prime number is a rational number.

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