Chapter-1 practice
1. What is the result of:
(–5) + [(–3) + (–7)] = ?
A) –15
B) –10
C) –5
D) –12
2. Which of the following pairs satisfies the commutative property of addition for integers?
A) (–2) + 3 = 3 – (–2)
B) (–7) + (–4) = (–4) + (–7)
C) 5 – (–5) = –5 – 5
D) (–6) + 0 = 0 – (–6)
3. What is the multiplicative identity for integers?
A) 0
B) 1
C) –1
D) Integer itself
4. Which of the following demonstrates the distributive property correctly?
A) 3 × (4 – 1) = 3 × 4 – 1
B) (–2) × (3 + 5) = (–2) × 3 + (–2) × 5
C) (–3) + (–2) = –3 + (–2)
D) (–6) ÷ (3 + 1) = (–6) ÷ 3 + (–6) ÷ 1
5. What is the result of:
(–4) × (–7) × (–2) = ?
A) 56
B) –56
C) –28
D) –48
6. Which of the following is not true about division of integers?
A) (–20) ÷ (–4) = 5
B) (–15) ÷ 5 = –3
C) 0 ÷ 7 = 0
D) 10 ÷ 0 = 10
7. What is the result of the expression:
[(–6) + 5] ÷ [(–2) + 1] = ?
A) 1
B) –1
C) 0
D) Undefined
8. Which operation is not commutative for integers?
A) Addition
B) Subtraction
C) Multiplication
D) None of the above
9. Which of the following products is positive?
A) (–4) × (–5)
B) (–6) × 7
C) 3 × (–2)
D) (–1) × 4
10. If a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c holds true for all integers, what is this property called?
A) Associative Property
B) Distributive Property
C) Commutative Property
D) Identity Property
1. In a quiz game, +4 points are awarded for every correct answer and –3 points are deducted for every
incorrect one.
Anita answered 8 questions correctly and some incorrectly, and her final score was 14. How many
questions did she answer incorrectly?
2. A hiker begins his journey at 1200 meters above sea level. He descends at a rate of 75 meters per
hour.
How many hours will it take for him to reach a point that is 450 meters below sea level?
3. A vendor earns ₹2 on every apple he sells and loses ₹5 on every orange he sells.
One day, he sold 60 apples and made no overall profit or loss. How many oranges did he sell that day?
4. A diver descends at the rate of 4 meters per minute below sea level.
If he starts from the surface (0 m), how deep will he be after 18 minutes? Also, how many minutes will
it take for him to reach –68 meters?
5. In a math test, +5 marks are awarded for a correct answer, –2 for an incorrect answer, and 0 for not
attempting.
Ravi attempted all 20 questions and scored 66 marks. If he got 14 questions right, how many did he
get wrong?
6. A submarine is at a depth of 300 meters below sea level. It ascends 120 meters and then descends 50
meters. What is its final position relative to sea level?
7. In a game, a player gains 8 points for each correct answer and loses 5 points for each incorrect
answer. If the player answered 12 questions correctly and ended up with a total score of 71 points, how
many questions did the player answer incorrectly?
8 . A building has 20 floors above ground level and 3 floors below ground level (basement), each floor
being 4 meters in height. If a person is on the 5th floor above ground and wants to go to the 2nd
basement floor, how many meters will they descend?
