What is a number line?
1. What are the instruments that you know with a number line?
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2. Write the rules that you have to follow when you draw a number line.
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3. Draw 2 number lines from 0 to 15 with interval of 1 and 5.
4. Mark the following numbers on a number line.
A= 0, B=5, C=7, D=8, E=10
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5. The ages of some children are given below. Mark them on a number line.
Pavan = 8 years Ahmed= 7 years
Rajah=10 years Amani= 9 years
Nisha = 12 years Tharushi= 5 years
Write the answers to the questions using the number line.
a. Who is the eldest child? ……………………………..
b. How old is Rajah than Tharushi? ……………………………..
c. For how many years Amani is younger than Nisha? ……………………………..
6 . A grade 6 student knows that the lengths of his pencil, sharpener, bookmark, and pen are
16 cm, 9 cm, 18 cm and 12 cm respectively.
Mark the numerical values on a number line given below.
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Mark right or wrong for the following statements.
I. Length of the sharpener is greater than the length of the pencil. ( )
II. The length of the pen is greater than the length of the pencil. ( )
III. The length of the bookmark is less than the length of the pen. ( )
IV. The length of the pencil is 4 units greater than the length of the pen. ( )
V. The length of the sharpener is 9 units less than the length of the bookmark. ( )
Negative numbers on a number line.
Look at the following number line.
7. Write down the numbers that have been marked on the number line given below.
A…………… B……………….. C………….. D……………… E………………
F……………… G…………….. H………………. I……………. J……………… K……………….
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8. Mark the below numbers on the number line.
-18 , -15 , - 6 , -3 , 0 , 1 , 8 , 10
9. Draw a number line from -5 to +20.
10.Use the number line to mark the below numbers.
This number line shows the temperatures of different cities in December around the world.
London 5 ̊C Auckland 10 ̊C
Mumbai 20 ̊C Beijing -6 ̊C
Kathmandu 12 ̊C New York 8 ̊C
Oslo -5 ̊C Toronto -1 ̊C
I. Arrange the temperatures from lowest to highest. ………………………….
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II. What is the temperature difference between New York and Toronto? ………………………….
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III. What is the temperature difference between Mumbai and Kathmandu?
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IV. What is the temperature difference between Oslo and Auckland? ………………………….
V. What is the temperature difference between Oslo and Beijing? ………………………….
Comparison of Integers
Let us consider the numbers five and two. We know that five is greater than two. We can write
this as “eight is greater than two”.
The way this can be expressed concisely using symbols is given as 8 > 2.
Here the symbol “ > ” which expresses the meaning “greater than” has been placed between the
numbers five and two. Similarly, the fact that 9 is greater than 4 can be expressed as 9 > 4.
The fact that two is less than eight can be expressed as 2 < 8.
The symbol “< ” expresses the meaning “less than”. Accordingly, 4 is less than 9 is symbolized
as 4 < 9. When two integers are being compared, these symbols need to be used
in the following manner.
The symbols “>” and “<” are called inequality signs.
The pointed side of these symbols is in the direction of the smaller number.
11. Draw a number line from -6 to +8.
Use the inequality sign correctly.
I. – 6 …… – 5 IV. + 6 …… – 1
II. – 4 …… – 2 V. – 2 …… –1
III. – 6 …… –1 VI. + 6 …… +5
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VII. – 7 …… +8 IX. – 7 ……0
VIII. 0 …… – 3 X. + 8 …… 0
12.Write the way to read these inequalities.
I. +5>–2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
II. +10 > – 20 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
III. –5<–2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
IV. +4 > – 13 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
V. 0 > – 11 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
VI. – 1 < + 12 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
13. Draw a number line from -6 to +8.
Write the integers on the number line in the ascending order.
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14.Write down the following numbers in descending order.
I. –1 , 12 , 0 , – 5 , 7 , 2 , – 10 …………………………………………………………………………………
II. –5 , 1 , 8 , – 5 , 4 , – 14 , – 6 ………………………………………………………………………………
III. 15 , 28 , – 15 , 26 , – 28 , – 26 ………………………………………………………………………………
IV. 0 , 14 , – 16 , 19 , – 29 , – 17, 18 ……………………………………………………………………………
V. –1 , 12 , 0 , – 5 , 7 , 2 , – 10 …………………………………………………………………………………
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VI. – 3 , 13 , – 15 , – 11 , – 14 , – 17 …………………………………………………………………………
15.Write down the following numbers in ascending order.
I. 35 , 0 , – 19 , 39 , – 38 , – 26 ………………………………………………………………..…………..……
II. 0 , 33 , – 16 , 19 , – 22 , – 19, 18 ……………………………………………………………..………………
III. 0 , 15 , – 37 , 9 , – 9 , – 15, 34 …………………………………………………………..………………………
IV. –1 , 12 , – 19 , 11 , 22 , – 10 , 0 …………………………………………………………………………………
V. – 13 , – 15 , – 20 , – 19 – 16 , – 14 , – 17
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16.Write down all the integers that lie between 2 and 8.
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17.Write all the integers that lie between – 5 and 7
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18.Write down all the integers that lie between -4 and 6.
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19.Write down all the integers that lie between -10 and 2.
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20.Write down all the integers that lie between 5 and -5 in ascending order.
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21.Write down all the integers between -6 and 5 in descending order.
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22.Write the integers between -1 and 1. ………………………………..……
23.Write the negative integers between 0 and 5? …………………………………………………………
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24.Are there any positive integers between -8 and 0?
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25.Are there any positive or negative integers between -1 and 1?
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26.Write all the integers from -4 to +5. ……………………………………………………………….
27.Write all the negative integers from -8 to +5. ……………………………………………………………….
28.Write all the positive integers from -2 to +10. ……………………………………………………………….
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