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WS4 Rational Numbers

This document contains a worksheet with 4 rational number questions. The questions progress from basic to intermediate difficulty and include operations like evaluating expressions, ordering numbers, and performing calculations with fractions and radicals. Sample solutions are provided for each question.

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WS4 Rational Numbers

This document contains a worksheet with 4 rational number questions. The questions progress from basic to intermediate difficulty and include operations like evaluating expressions, ordering numbers, and performing calculations with fractions and radicals. Sample solutions are provided for each question.

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Date: ______/______/ 2009 Marks

Worksheet 4: Rational Numbers

1 Basic Question

Consider the following numbers


2 1 2
−3 , 1, , π , 2, − 4, , 3.33, 3
27 3 5
Write down
a) the integers,
b) the irrational numbers,
c) the prime numbers.
[Xin Min Sec School/2007]
2
Ans: (a) 1, 2, −4,3 (b) π , (c) 2, 3
5
2 Intermediate Question

Write down the following numbers in descending order.


3
−1.6 , − 1.62 , −0.4 , −1.62 , −
10
[Anglican High School/2008]
3
Ans: − , −0.4 , − 1.62 , −1.6 , −1.62
10
3 Intermediate Question

5 1
−
Evaluate 7 3
2 4
×
5 9

Solution:
5 1 15 − 7
−
7 3 = 21
2 4 8
×
5 9 45
8 8
= ÷
21 45
8 45
= ×
21 8
1
=2
7

[Xin Min Sec School/2007]


1
Ans: 2
7

© Victoria School Math Department


4 Intermediate Question
2
2  4   1 1
− × 1 − 2  2 −3 
3  5  (b) 
3 2
Evaluate (a) .
5 2 1  1
− ÷4 3 −  −2 
7 7 2  3

[Cedar Girls’ Sec School /2008]

Solution:

(a) 2  4  2  1 (b)  1 1
2
7 7
2
− × 1 − 2  − ×  −  2 −3   − 
3  5  = 3  5  3 2
=
3 2
5 2 5 30 1  1 7 7
− ÷4 − ÷ 3 −  −2  +
7 7 7 7 2  3 2 3
2 2
 14 − 21 
= 15  
=
5 7 6 
− × 21 + 14
7 30
2 6
2
 7
= 15 − 
1
=
− 6
6 35
2 −6 6
= ×
15 1 49 6
= ×
4 36 35
=−
5 7
=
30

4 7
Ans: (a) − (b)
5 30

© Victoria School Math Department

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