Advanced Rational Numbers Test – Class 7
Max Marks: 80 Time: 2 Hours
Chapters Covered: Rational Numbers, Operations, Decimal Representation
Section A: Very Short Answer Questions (1 mark × 5 = 5 marks)
1. 1. True or False: The product of two negative rational numbers is negative.
2. 2. Find a rational number that lies between 3/4 and 7/8.
3. 3. Write a rational number whose decimal expansion is non-terminating but repeating.
4. 4. Express the reciprocal of -5/9 and comment on its sign.
5. 5. How many rational numbers exist between 0 and 1?
Section B: Short Answer – Conceptual (2 marks × 5 = 10 marks)
6. 1. Write three rational numbers equivalent to -4/7 and justify how they are equivalent.
7. 2. Using number line logic, prove that addition of a negative rational number is same as
subtraction.
8. 3. Compare -3/4 ÷ 5/6 and -3/4 × 6/5. Are they equal? Why?
9. 4. If x = 2/3 and y = -4/9, find the value of (3x/2 + 5y/3).
10. 5. Write a rational number whose decimal expansion terminates after 4 digits. Prove
your answer.
Section C: Application & Word Problems (3 marks × 5 = 15 marks)
11. 1. A tank is filled in 5/8 hour by Pipe A and emptied in 3/4 hour by Pipe B. How much
tank is filled in 1 hour if both are opened together?
12. 2. A class collected ₹12345/100 for a trip. Each student contributed ₹123/20. How
many students contributed?
13. 3. Express the following as rational numbers in lowest form and arrange in descending
order:
a) 0.142857...
b) 1/7
c) 1.2857142857...
14. 4. The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 52/3 m. If the length is 10/3 m, find its
breadth.
15. 5. Fill in the blank to make the equation true:
(a/b) ÷ (7/5) = 15/14
Find values of a and b, such that they are coprime integers.
Section D: Advanced Computation & Properties (4 marks × 5 = 20 marks)
16. 1. Evaluate and express the answer in lowest form:
((7/9 - 2/3)^2 + 3/5 × (-10/9))
17. 2. Verify distributive property of multiplication over addition using:
4/7 × (-3/5 + 2/9)
18. 3. Rational number A is p/q, and B is q/p. Prove that A × B = 1 if p, q ≠ 0.
19. 4. Represent the following on the same number line:
-5/4, -1/2, 0, 1/3, 3/2
Discuss spacing and symmetry in rational numbers.
20. 5. Convert each of the following decimal numbers to rational form. Also mention if they
are terminating or non-terminating:
a) 0.32̅
b) 1.42̅
c) 2.875
Section E: HOTS – Reasoning & Proof-Based (6 marks × 5 = 30 marks)
21. 1. Let a = 5/6, b = -3/4, and c = 2/3.
Prove that:
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
and
a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c
Identify the properties used.
22. 2. A container holds 65/4 liters of milk. It is repackaged into packets of 5/8 liters each.
a) How many full packets can be made?
b) How much milk is left unused?
c) What is the ratio of used to unused milk?
23. 3. A rational number when multiplied by -9/4 gives 45/16.
a) Find the rational number.
b) Verify the result using inverse operation.
c) Is the product of two rational numbers always rational? Explain with this example.
24. 4. You are given that:
a = 2/7, b = -1/3, c = 4/5, d = -3/2
Compute:
(a ÷ b) + (c × d)
And simplify to lowest terms with proper steps.
25. 5. Create a challenging word problem involving all four operations on rational numbers,
then solve it.