Mathematics Practice questions

Integers
1.In a quiz, positive marks are given for correct answers and negative
marks are given for incorrect answers. If Jack’s scores in five
successive rounds were 25, – 5, – 10, 15 and 10, what was his total at
the end.

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 this day?

3. A plane is flying at the height of 5000 m above the sea level. At a

particular point, it is exactly above a submarine floating 1200 m below
the sea level. What is the vertical distance between them?

4. Mohan deposits  2,000 in his bank account and withdraws  1,642

from it, the next day. If withdrawal of amount from the account is
represented by a negative integer, then how will you represent the
amount deposited? Find the balance in Mohan’s account after the
withdrawal.

5. Verify a – (– b) = a + b for the following values of a and b.

(i) a = 21, b = 18 (ii) a = 118, b = 125

6. Use the sign of >, < or = in the box to make the statements true.

(a) (– 8) + (– 4) (–8) – (– 4)

(b) (– 3) + 7 – (19) 15 – 8 + (– 9)

(c) 23 – 41 + 11 23 – 41 – 1

7. A water tank has steps inside it. A monkey is sitting on the topmost
step (i.e., the first
step). The water level is at the ninth step.

(i) He jumps 3 steps down and then jumps back 2 steps up. In how many
jumps will he reach the water level?

(ii) After drinking water, he wants to go back. For this, he jumps 4

steps up and then jumps back 2 steps down in every move. In how many
jumps will he reach back the top step?

(iii) If the number of steps moved down is represented by negative

integers and the number of steps moved up by positive integers,
represent his moves in part (i) and (ii) by completing the following;

(a) – 3 + 2 – ... = – 8

(b) 4 – 2 + ... = 8. In (a) the sum (– 8) represents going

down by eight steps. So, what will the sum 8 in (b)

represent?

8. 1. Write a pair of integers whose sum gives

(a) a negative integer (b) zero

(c) an integer smaller than both the integers. (d) an integer smaller
than only one of the integers.

(e) an integer greater than both the integers.

2. Write a pair of integers whose difference gives

(a) a negative integer. (b) zero.

(c) an integer smaller than both the integers. (d) an integer greater
than only one of the integers.

(e) an integer greater than both the integers.

9. Fill in the blanks to make the following statements true:

(i) (–5) + (– 8) = (– 8) + (............)

(ii) –53 + ............ = –53

(iii) 17 + ............ = 0

(iv) [13 + (– 12)] + (............) = 13 + [(–12) + (–7)]

(v) (– 4) + [15 + (–3)] = [– 4 + 15] + ...........

10. Find each of the following products:

(a) 3 × (–1) (b) (–1) × 225

(c) (–21) × (–30) (d) (–316) × (–1)

11. Verify the following:

(a) 18 × [7 + (–3)] = [18 × 7] + [18 × (–3)]

(b) (–21) × [(– 4) + (– 6)] = [(–21) × (– 4)] + [(–21) × (– 6)]

12. (i) For any integer a, what is (–1) × a equal to?

(ii) Determine the integer whose product with (–1) is

(a) –22 (b) 37 (c) 0

13. Starting from (–1) × 5, write various products showing some pattern
to show

(–1) × (–1) = 1.

14. Find the product, using suitable properties:

(a) 26 × (– 48) + (– 48) × (–36) (b) 8 × 53 × (–125)

(c) 15 × (–25) × (– 4) × (–10) (d) (– 41) × 102

15. A certain freezing process requires that room temperature be

lowered from 40°C at
the rate of 5°C every hour. What will be the room temperature 10
hours after the

process begins?

16. In a class test containing 10 questions, 5 marks are awarded for

every correct answer

and (–2) marks are awarded for every incorrect answer and 0 for
questions not

attempted.

(i) Mohan gets four correct and six incorrect answers. What is his
score?

(ii) Reshma gets five correct answers and five incorrect answers, what
is her score?

(iii) Heena gets two correct and five incorrect answers out of seven
questions she

attempts. What is her score?

17. Replace the blank with an integer to make it a true statement.

(a) (–3) × _____ = 27 (b) 5 × _____ = –35

18. Evaluate each of the following:

(a) (–30) ÷ 10 (b) 50 ÷ (–5) (c) (–36) ÷ (–9)

(d) (– 49) ÷ (49)

19. Verify that a ÷ (b + c) ≠ (a ÷ b) + (a ÷ c) for each of the following

values of a, b and c.

(a) a = 12, b = – 4, c = 2 (b) a = (–10), b = 1, c = 1

20. Verify that a ÷ (b + c) ≠ (a ÷ b) + (a ÷ c) for each of the following
values of a, b and c.

(a) a = 12, b = – 4, c = 2 (b) a = (–10), b = 1, c = 1

21. Fill in the blanks:

(a) 369 ÷ _____ = 369 (b) (–75) ÷ _____ = –1

(c) (–206) ÷ _____ = 1 (d) – 87 ÷ _____ = 87

22. Write five pairs of integers (a, b) such that a ÷ b = –3. One such
pair is (6, –2) because 6 ÷ (–2) = (–3).

23.The temperature at 12 noon was 10°C above zero. If it decreases at

the rate of 2°C per hour until midnight, at what time would the
temperature be 8°C below zero? What would be the temperature at
mid-night?

24. An elevator descends into a mine shaft at the rate of 6 m/min. If

the descent starts from 10 m above the ground level, how long will it
take to reach – 350 m.

25. In a quiz, team A scored – 40, 10, 0 and team B scored 10, 0, – 40 in
three successive rounds. Which team scored more? Can we say that we
can add integers in any order?

Points to remember
1. Integers are a bigger collection of numbers which is formed by whole
numbers and their negatives. These were introduced in Class VI.

2. You have studied in the earlier class, about the representation of integers
on the number line and their addition and subtraction.

3. We now study the properties satisfied by addition and subtraction.

(a) Integers are closed for addition and subtraction both. That is, a + b and
a – b are again integers, where a and b are any integers.

(b) Addition is commutative for integers, i.e., a + b = b + a for all integers a

and b.

(c) Addition is associative for integers, i.e., (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) for all

integers a, b and c.

(d) Integer 0 is the identity under addition. That is, a + 0 = 0 + a = a for

every integer a.

4. We studied, how integers could be multiplied, and found that product of a

positive and a negative integer is a negative integer, whereas the product of
two negative integers is a positive integer. For example, – 2 × 7 = – 14 and – 3
× – 8 = 24.

5. Product of even number of negative integers is positive, whereas the

product of odd number of negative integers is negative.

6. Integers show some properties under multiplication.

(a) Integers are closed under multiplication. That is, a × b is an integer for
any two integers a and b.

(b) Multiplication is commutative for integers. That is, a × b = b × a for any

integers a and b.

(c) The integer 1 is the identity under multiplication, i.e., 1 × a = a × 1 = a for

any integer a.

(d) Multiplication is associative for integers, i.e., (a × b) × c = a × (b × c) for

any three integers a, b and c.

7. Under addition and multiplication, integers show a property called

distributive property. That is, a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c for any three
integers a, b and c.
 8. The properties of commutativity, associativity under addition and
multiplication, and the distributive property help us to make our calculations
easier.

9. We also learnt how to divide integers. We found that,

(a) When a positive integer is divided by a negative integer, the quotient

obtained is negative and vice-versa.

(b) Division of a negative integer by another negative integer gives positive

as quotient.

10. For any integer a, we have

(a) a ÷ 0 is not defined

(b) a ÷ 1 = a