Number System- Worksheet 1
Solve all the questions:
1. Every rational number is
(A) a natural number (B) an integer
(C) a real number (D) a whole number
2. Between two rational numbers
(A) there is no rational number
(B) there is exactly one rational number
(C) there are infinitely many rational numbers
(D) there are only rational numbers and no irrational numbers
3. Decimal representation of a rational number cannot be
(A) terminating (B) non-terminating
(C) non-terminating repeating (D) non-terminating non-repeating
4. The product of any two irrational numbers is
(A) always an irrational number
(B) always a rational number
(C) always an integer
(D) sometimes rational, sometimes irrational
5. The decimal expansion of the number 2 is
(A) a finite decimal
(B) 1.41421
(C) non-terminating recurring
(D) non-terminating non-recurring
6. Which of the following is irrational?
4 12
(A) 9
(B) (C) 7 (D) 81
3
7. Which of the following is irrational?
(A) 0.14 (B) 0. 1416 (C)0. 1416 (D) 0.4014001400014...
8. A rational number between 2 and 3 is
2+ 3 2. 3
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 1.5 (D) 1.8
9. The value of 1.999... in the form p /q , where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0 , is
19 1999 1
(A) 10
(B) 1000
(C) 2 (D) 9
10.State whether the following statements are true or false? Justify your answer.
2
(i) 3
is a rational number.
(ii) There are infinitely many integers between any two integers.
(iii) Number of rational numbers between 15 and 18 is finite.
(iv) There are numbers which cannot be written in the form p/ q , q ≠ 0 , p, q both
are integers.
(v) The square of an irrational number is always rational.
12
(vi) is not a rational number as 12 and 3 are not integers.
3
15
(vii) is written in the form p /q , q ≠ 0 and so it is a rational number.
3
11.Classify the following numbers as rational or irrational with justification :
9 28
(i) 196 (ii) 3 18 (iii) 27
(iv)
343
12
(v) – 0. 4 (vi) (vii) 0.5918 (viii)
75
(1 + 5) − (4 + 5)
(ix) 10.124124... (x) 1.010010001…
12.Express 0. 123 in the form p/ q , where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0
13.Find which of the variables x, y, z and u represent rational numbers and which
irrational numbers :
2 2 2 2 17
(i) 𝑥 = 5 (ii) 𝑦 = 9 (iii) 𝑧 = .04 (iv) 𝑢 = 4
14.Find three rational numbers between
5 6
(i) –1 and –2 (ii) 0.1 and 0.11 (iii) 7
𝑎𝑛𝑑 7
(iv)
1 1
4
𝑎𝑛𝑑 5
15.Express the following in the form p/ q , where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0 :
(i) 0.2 (ii) 0.888... (iii) 5.2 (iv) 0.001
(v) 0.2555... (vi) 0.134 (vii) .00323232... (viii)
.404040...