ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress

Question 1.
Evaluate the following:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q1.1
Solution:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q1.2
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Question 2.
What number should be added to \(\frac { -4 }{ 11 }\) to get \(\frac { -3 }{ 8 }\)?
Solution:
Required number = \(\frac { -3 }{ 8 }\) – (\(\frac { -4 }{ 11 }\))
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Question 3.
What rational number should be subtracted from the sum of \(\frac { 3 }{ 14 }\) and \(\frac { -4 }{ 7 }\) to get \(\frac { 13 }{ 21 }\)?
Solution:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q3.1

Question 4.
If the product of two rational numbers is \(\frac { 25 }{ 42 }\) and one of them -2\(\frac { 6 }{ 7 }\), find the other.
Solution:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q4.1

Question 5.
Divide the sum of \(\frac { 4 }{ 13 }\) and \(\frac { -3 }{ 2 }\) by their product.
Solution:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q5.1

Question 6.
Using the appropriate properties of operations of rational numbers, evaluate the following:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q6.1
Solution:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q6.2

Question 7.
Find the additive inverse of the following:
(i) -13\(\frac { 7 }{ 8 }\)
(ii) 4\(\frac { 3 }{ 6 }\)
Solution:
(i) Additive inverse of -13\(\frac { 7 }{ 8 }\) is 13\(\frac { 7 }{ 8 }\).
(ii) Additive inverse of 4\(\frac { 3 }{ 6 }\) is -4\(\frac { 3 }{ 6 }\).

Question 8.
Find the multiplicative inverse of the following:
(i) \(\frac { -23 }{ 46 }\)
(ii) 0
Solution:
(i) Multiplicative inverse of \(\frac { -23 }{ 46 }\) is \(\frac { -46 }{ 23 }\) = -2.
(ii) Multiplicative inverse of 0 is not defined.

Question 9.
Represent the following rational numbers on the number line:
(i) \(\frac { -3 }{ 11 }\)
(ii) \(\frac { 5 }{ 17 }\)
Solution:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q9.1

Question 10.
Insert five rational numbers between \(\frac { -3 }{ 7 }\) and \(\frac { 2 }{ 5 }\)
Solution:
5 rational numbers between \(\frac { -3 }{ 7 }\) and \(\frac { 2 }{ 5 }\)
LCM of 7, 5 = 35
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q10.1

Question 11.
If p = \(\frac { -4 }{ 9 }\) , q = \(\frac { 2 }{ 3 }\) and r = \(\frac { -8 }{ 11 }\), then verily the foflowing:
(i) p + (q + r) = (p + q) + r
(ii) p × q = q × p
(iii) p × (q + r) = p × q + p × r
(iv) (p + q) ÷ r = p ÷ r + q ÷ r.
Solution:
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q11.1
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Question 12.
A wedding cake weighed 8 kg. If \(\frac { 2 }{ 5 }\) th of its weight was flour, \(\frac { 5 }{ 16 }\) th was sugar, \(\frac { 1 }{ 4 }\) thwas cream and the rest were nuts, find the weight of nuts.
Solution:
Weight of a wedding cake = 8 kg
Weight of Hour in it = \(\frac { 2 }{ 5 }\) th of 8 kg = \(\frac { 16 }{ 5 }\) kg
ML Aggarwal Class 8 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 1 Rational Numbers Check Your Progress Q12.1

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