TEST CONDUCTED BY RAO SIR_PATNA

1. State whether the following statements are correct or incorrect. Correct those which are wrong.
a. When two positive integers are added, we get a positive integer.
b. When two negative integers are added, we get a positive integer.
c. When a positive integer and a negative integer are added, we always get a negative integer.
d. Additive inverse of an integer 8 is –8 and additive inverse of –8 is 8.
e. For subtraction, we add the additive inverse of the integer that is being subtracted from the other
integer.
f. (–10)+3 =10–3
g. 8+(–7)–(–4) = 8+7–4
2. At Srinagar, temperature was –5°C on Monday and then it dropped by 2°C on Tuesday. What was the
temperature of Srinagar on Tuesday? On Wednesday it rose by 4°C. What was the temperature on that
day?
3. In a magic square, each row, column and diagonal have the same sum. Check which of the following is
a magic square.

5 -1 -4 1 -10 0

-5 -2 7 -4 -3 -2
a. b.
0 3 -3 -6 4 -7

4. Use the sign of >, < or = in the box to make the statement true.

a. –3+7–19 15–8+(–9) b. 23–41+11 23–41–11

c. –231+79+51 –399+159+81
5. Write a pair of integers whose
a. Sum is –7 b. Difference is –10
c. Sum is 0
6. Find using number line
a. 4×(–8) b. 10×(–1)
7. Find using distributive property
a. (–25)×(–31) b. 70×(–19)+(–1)×70
8. A cement company earns a profit of `8 per bag of white cement sold and a loss of `5 per bag of grey
cement sold.
a. The company sells 3000 bags of white cement and 5000 bags of grey cement in a month. What is
its profit or loss?
b. What number of white cement bags it must sell to have neither profit nor loss, if the number of grey
bags sold is 6400 bags?
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9. State which of the following statements is true or false :

a. 1÷a=1, for any integer ‘a’
b. a÷(–1)=–a, for any integer ‘a’
10. Match the integers of Column I and Column II, such that their product lies between –19 and –6.

Column I Column II
–5 1
6 –1
–7 3
8 –2
11. You have `500 in your saving account at the beginning of the month. The record below shows all of your
transactions during the month. How much money is in your account after these transactions?

Cheque No. Date Transaction description Payment Deposit

384102 4/9 Jal Board `120
275146 12/9 Deposit `200
384103 22/9 LIC India `240
801351 29/9 Deposit `150
12. The table given below shows the elevations relative to sea level of four locations. Taking sea level as zero
(0), answer the following questions.
Location Elevation (in m)
A 180
B 1600
C 55
D 3200
a. Which location is the closest to the sea level?
b. Which location is the farthest from the sea level?
c. Arrange the locations from the least to the greatest elevation.
13. If ‘*’ is an operation such that for integers ‘a’ and ‘b’, we have

a*b = a×b + (a×a + b×b), then find (–6) + 2

14. Taking today as zero on the number line, if the day before yesterday is 17 January, what is the date 3
days after tomorrow?
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15. Write two integers

a. which are smaller than –5, but their difference is –5.
b. which are greater than –10, but their sum is smaller than –10.
c. which are greater than –4, but their difference is smaller than –4.
d. which are smaller than –6, but their difference is greater than –6.
e. whose difference is 7.
f. such that one is smaller than –11 and other is greater than –11 but their difference is –11.
g. whose product is smaller than both the integers.
h. whose product is greater than both the integers.
16. Encircle the odd one of the following :
a. (i) (–2, 2) (ii) (–5, 5) (iii) (–6, 1) (iv) (–8, 8)
b. (i) (–1, –2) (ii) (–5, 2) (iii) (–4, 1) (iv) (–9, 7)
c. (i) (–9)×5×6×(–3) (ii) 9×(–5)×6×(–3) (iii) (–9)×(–5)×(–6)×3 (iv) 9×(–5)×(–6)×3
d. (i) (–100)÷5 (ii) (–81)÷9 (iii) –75÷5 (iv) (–32)÷9
17. Choose the correct option
a. On the number line, the value of (–3)×3 lies on the right hand side of
i. –10 ii. –4
iii. 0 iv. 9
b. The value of 5÷(–1) does not lie between
i. 0 and –10 ii. 0 and 10
iii. –4 and –15 iv. –6 and 6
c. Which of the following is not the additive inverse of ‘a’?
i. –(–a) ii. a×(–1)
iii. –a iv. a÷(–1)
d. Which of the following shows the maximum rise in temperature?
i. 23° to 32° ii. –10° to 1°
iii. –18° to –11° iv. –5° to 3°
18. Evaluate the following :
a. |–13| – |9| b. |13–5| – |–9| c. |35–21| – |8–3|
19. Ruchi is the Managing Director of a company. Her salary is `2 lacs per month and she saves `50000 per
month. If she has `4 lacs in her account, then after how many months will she become a millionaire?
20. Simplify:
a. 9–{7–24÷(8+6×2–16)} b. 5×2–[3–{5–(7+2 of 4–19)}]
c. –11–[–6–{3–5(8÷4–1)}] d. 16÷(3 of 2–2+4) – 9(5–3)

e. 11–[7–{5–3(9– 3  6 )}]
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21. Use the given number line to find the sign of the quotient
ab

b o a
22. Fill in the blanks :-
a. Asubmarine’s dive of 65m followed by an ascent of 30m is the same as a dive of m.
b. A climb of 350m followed by a descent of 180m is the same as a of 170m.
c. A gain of `5 followed by a loss of `18 is the same as a of ` .
23. What is the value of 0-1+2-3+4-5 ....... +18-19+20?
24. If 5 integers are multiplied and the product is negative, which of the following statements could not be
true about integers
a. 3 are negative, 2 are positive b. 2 are negative, 3 are positive
c. 4 are positive, 1 is negative d. 5 are negative
25. Use < or > to compare
–2×(–1)×4×2×(–3) and (–2)+(–1)+4+2–(–3)
26. If p and q are integers such that p is the predecessor of q, find the value of p–q.
27. a. The product of two numbers is –60. If one of them is –5, find the other number.
b. A number is divided by 3. The result is –14. What is the number?
c. The sum of two integers is –639. If one of them is 529, find the other.
28. An insect crawls up 5cm every second on a 60cm vertical rod and then fell down 2cm over the next
second. How many seconds will it take to climb the rod?
29. Atanker contains 500 litres of water. Due to a small hole in the tanker, the quantity of water is decreasing
at the rate of 9 litres every hour. What will be the quantity of water after 10 hours?
30. Afreezing system starts cooling the room at the rate of 4°C per hour. If at the beginning the temperature
of the room is 30°C, find the number of hours it takes to lower down the room temperature to –2°C?
31. Find the following products
a. (–1)×(–1)×(–1)× ......... 200 times b. (–1)×(–1)×(–1)× ......... 171 times
c. (–3)×(–3)×(–3)× ......... 6 times d. (–5)×(–5)×(–5)× ......... 5 times
32. Fill in the blanks with a correct integer:

a. 6– =8 b. 1+(–3) – =4

c. 5– (–4) + =8 d. – (–10) = 9
33. If x*y = x–(y×x) – y, find the value of
a. (–3) * (–5) b. (–5) * (–3)
c. From the above results, state if x*y = y*x
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34. Rahul starts from a point A and goes 8km due South and then from there 10km due north in the first
round. If the end point of the first round becomes the starting point of the second round and so on, how
far and where will he be from A after 5 rounds?
35. State whether each of the following statements is true or false.
a. 0 is the successor of –1 in integers
b. 0 has no predecessor in integers
c. –2 is the predecessor of –1
d. 0 is greater than every negative integer
36. Find : 24÷6×2–1+5 without using BODMAS. How many different answers are possible?

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