Rational Numbers

VI Mathematics (Track - A)

Sri Chaitanya Techno School - India

VI CLASS MATHEMATICS SOLUTIONS
PART I
RATIONAL NUMBERS
AIM - 1

Challengers
1.

5
5 is numerator, 7 is denomirator
7

i)

iii)

2
2 is N, 3 is D
3

ii)

13
13 is numerator, 7 is denominator
7

iv)

8
8 is N, 7 is D
7

v)

2010
2010 is N 2011 is D
2011

2.

i)

13
2 2
0
= is positive iii) = 0
is negative ii)
5
9 9
5

3.

i)

2 4 6 8 10
=
=
=
=
7 14 21 28 35

4.

i)

8 4
=
6 3

5.

i)

2
5
<
7
3

6.

i) Ascending order :

ii)

25 5
=
45 9

ii)

iii)

4
5
<
5
7

ii)

iv)

19
is positive
25

v)

8
is negative.
15

5 10 15
20
25
4 8 12 16 20
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
iii) =
3 6 9 12 15
9 18 27 36 45

44 11
=
72 18
iii)

iv)

14
7
=
8
16

3 2 1
, ,
5 5 5

iii) Ascending order :

2010 2010 2010

,
,
31
17
13

v) Ascending order :

3 3 3
, ,
7 4 2

8 4
=
10 5
iv)

7
7
<
9
8

ii) Ascending order :

v)

2009
2010

v) 0 >

7
6

2010 2010 2010

,
,
19
23
29

iv) Assending order : 1.33, 0.22, 0.33

AIM - 2
5 1 6
+ = =1
6 6 6
Solutions
1.

i)

ii)

5 6 5 + 6 1
+ =
=
7 7
7
7

iii)

7 5 12
+ =
=4
5 3 3

iv)

10 5 40 15 25
=
=
3 4
12
12
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2.

i)

Rational Numbers

3 13 25 3 13 + 25
9
+
+
=
=
10 10 10
10
10

iii)

ii)

1 3 1
14 6 + 7 13
+
+ =
=
2 14 4
28
28

3 5 8 7
3 5 8
7
9 25 32 + 14 52
+
+ =
+
=
=
20 12 15 30
20 12 15 30
60
60

3.

i)

4 7 11
=
9 9
9

4.

i)

4 6 2
60 126 70
60 196
136
30 20 + 15 12
45 32 13
=
=
=
ii)
=
=
7 5 3
105
105
105
60
60
60

5.

4 6 28 + 18 46 3 2 9 + 10 19
46 19 230 133
97
+ =
=
=

: + =
: Required difference =
=
=
3 7
21
21 5 3
15
15
21 15
105
105

ii)

2
2
0 =
3
3

iii)

5 2 5 2 15 + 4 19

= + =
=
6 9 6 9
18
18

AIM - 3
1.

i)

12 10
= 8
5
3

ii) 6

24
144
=
25
25

iii)

7 3 21

=
8
4 32
11

35 37 99
11
ii) 111 45 56 =
24

3 12 35
i) 4 7 9 = 5

2.

24 144
=
25
25

3.

i) 6

4.

3
11 = 3 11 = 3
i) 5 11 5
5
11

33

ii)

15 3

7 3 21

=
5
4 20

5 71
5 9 15
ii)
=
=
3 9
3 71 71

5 4 5
=
iii) 8 3 6
2

3 8
21 21 12
1 2 3 4 1 3 9
2
0 12
= ii) 12 = 12 = 12 = 8 iii) =

4 9
13 13 19 13 19 = 0
2 3 4 5 5 4 8
3

5.

i)

6.

Cost of 12 cricket bats = 3000

7.

x
2
= 3x = 2x + 2 x = 2
x +1 3

8.

i) ( 2) (3 + 4) = [(2) 3] + [(2 (4) ] 2 7 = 6 8 14 = 14

2

Cost of 1 cricket bat =

1
3000 = 250
12

Solutions

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2 3 4 2 3 2 4
2
1
2 8
2
68
2 2
= +
=
=
=

3 5 5 3 5 3 5
3
5
5 15
15
15
15
15

ii)
AIM - 4
1.

i) 2 and 5 are not factors of 7 non terminating decimal.

ii)

15
15
=
a terminating decimal.
4 2 2

iii)

1947
a terminating decimal.
5

iv)

17 17
=
reapeating decimal.
15 3 5

v)

13
a terminating decimal.
8

vi)

27
terminating decimal
12

vii)

26 13
18
9
=
=
non terminating & repeating decimal. viii)
non terminating decimal
28 14
210 105

2.

i)

7
= 3.5
2

ii)

156 39
=
= 7.8
20
5

iii)

2
= 0.4
5

3.

i)

17
= 5.6
3

ii)

22
= 3.142857
7

iii)

12
=
18 0.6

4.

i) The rational number between a and b is

a+b
2

1 1
+
1
1
3+ 4
7
The rational number between and
=
4 3 =
4
3
12 2 24
2
1 1
+
1
1
ii) The rational number between
and
3 2 = 2 + 3 = 1
3
2
2
6 2 12
iii) The rational number between 2 and 3

5.

2+3 5
=
2
2

b a 5 4 1
=
= = 0.25 ; rational numbers between 4 and 5
n +1 3+1 4
are (4 + 0.25), (4 + 2 0.25), (4 + 3 0.25), 4.25, 4.50, 4.75
i) a = 4, b = 5, n = 3 d =

3 2

b a 4 3 9 8
1
2
3
=
=
=
ii) a = , b = , n = 3 d =
n + 1 3 + 1 12 4 48
3
4
Solutions

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Rational Numbers

1 2
1
2 1 2
33 17 35
,
,
The required 3 rational numbers are + , + 2 , + 3
3 48
3
48
3
48
48 24 48
AIM - 5
Let the number be x

1.

2
2
9 2
11
+ x = 1 x = 1 + x =
x=

9
9
9
9

11
2
should be added to to get 1.
9
9

1
2
5
5 2
5 + 4 1
x=
+ x =
=
x=
x=
3
6
6 3
6
6
6
1
2
5
should be substracted from
to get
.
6
3
6

2.

Let the number be x =

3.

Let the fraction be x,y x + y = 5

29
36
36 29
7
+y=

y=
y=
y = 1 Other fraction y = 1
7
7
7
7
7

Let the number be x

4.

5
2
5
7 + 5
2
x = 1 x = 1 + x =
x=
x=
7
7
7
7
7

2
5
Should be substracted from
to get 1.
7
7

Let the number be x x

5.

13
3
= 39 x = 13 13 x = 169
13

169 should be multipled

Let total strength = x boys =

6.

1
36
1 29
; one fraction x = 4 =
x+y=
7
7
7 7

3
to get 39.
13
5
5
5
x ; Number of girls = 240 240 + x = x 240 = x x
8
8
8
1

80
8 x 5x
3x
240 =
240 =
x = 640 Number of boys = 640 240 = 400
8
8

1
627
1 33
Total oil = 313 lit =
lit ; oil in each tin = 16 =
lit
2
2
2 2

7.

Solutions

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19
627
57
627
2
=
= 19
Number
of
tins
required
=
33

33
3
2

8.

1
9
Length of rope = 40m 50cm = 40.5m; Length of each piece = 2 m = m
4
4
40.5m
4.5
4
9
40.5
= 18
Number of pieces =
=
9
4

9.

3
11
The cost of 2 m of cloth = 583 m
4
4

583 Let cost of the cloth per meter = x

11
4
x = 1 583 x = 583
x = 212 The cost of cloth per meter = 212
4
11

AIM - 6
1.

i) 144 =

(2 2 3)2

= 2 2 3 = 12

iii) 3025 =

(5 11)2

v) 15876 =

( 2 3 3 7) 2

ii)

= 55

1024 =

iv)

( 2 2 2 2 2 )2
9604 =

( 2 7 7) 2

= 2 2 2 2 2 = 32
= 2 7 7 = 98

= 2 3 3 7 = 126

2.

Area of square of field = 4 hectars = 4 10,000 = 40000 sq mts s2 = 40,000 sq mt s2 =

s = 200m length of its side = 200m.

3.

Let number of rows = x; number of chairs in each row = x; capacity of the auditorium = 2025

x x = 2025 x2 = 2025 x =
4.

40000

2025 x = 45 number of chairs in each row = 45

Let number of students = x; contribution of each student = x; Total contribution = 1156

x x = 1156 x2 = 1156 x = 1156 x = 34 Strength of the class = 34

5.

Let breadth = x Length = 7x ; Area of rectangular field = 1792 sq.m lb = 1792

1792
x2 = 256 x = 16
7
Length = 7x = 112 m; breadth = x = 16 m Perimeter = 2(l + b) = 2(112 + 16) = 2(128) = 256 m
Cost of fencing per 1 m = 1.50 cost of fencing per 256m = 256 1.50 = 384

7x x = 1792 7x2 = 1792 x2 =

Solutions

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Rational Numbers

AIM - 7
i) 2 729 27
4

1.

ii) 3 1024 32

729 = 27

62 124
124
0

47 329
329
0

2.

441
21 21 21
=
=
961
31 31 31

i)

1024 = 32

134689
=
243049

ii)

3.

8 = 2 2 = 2 1.414 = 2.828 = 2.83

4.

75 = 15 5 = 3 5 5 = 5 3 = 5 1.732 = 6.660 = 6.66

5.

45 = 9 5 = 3 5 = 3 2.23607 = 6.70821 = 6.71

367 367 367

=
493 493 493

80 = 16 5 = 4 5 = 4 2.23607 = 8.94428 = 8.94

125 = 25 5 = 5 5 = 5 2.23607 = 11.18035 = 11.18
6.

No.of trees in a garden = x; No.of mangoes per tree = x; Total no.of mangoes in a tree = 961
x x = 961 x2 = 961 x =

961 x = 31 Number of trees = 31

AIM - 8
i) Cube of 8 = 83 = 8 8 8 = 512

1.

ii) Cube of 12 = 123 = 1728

3

3 3
27
= =
iii) Cube of
4 4
64

7 7
343
iv) Cube of = =
5 5
125

v) Cube of 11 = ( 11)3 = 1331

vii) Cube of ( 0.5) = ( 0.5)3 = 0.125

vi) Cube of 0.9 = (0.9)3 = 0.729

viii) Cube of 1.2 = (1.2)3 = 1.728

2.

1, 8, 27, 64, 125

3.

12 perfect cubess are there below 2010 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, 1000, 1331, 1728.

4.

8000 = 20 20 20 = (20)3 8000 is a perfect cube.

5.

3456 = (2 2 2) (2 2 2) (3 3 3) 2 To make it a perfect cube, it must be multipled by

22. i.e 4.
6. Side of the box = 6cm Volume of the box (cube) = s3 = 63 s= 216 cubic m.

AIM - 9
1) 3 1

1.

3)
6

61 3 125 3 5 5 5 5
=
=
=
64
64
444 4

343
=
729

7 7 7 7
=
999
9

2)

512 125 = 3 8 8 8 5 5 5

= 8 5 = 40

4)

27 3 8 3 125 = 3 2 5 = 30
Solutions

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5) 144 3 64 = 12 4 = 48
7)

25 3 625

=
16
256

25 5 125
=
16 4 64

6)
3

5. 625 = 3 5 25 = 3 125 = 5

125 125
55
25
=
=
64 64
4 4 16

8)

8
2 1
=
=
1000 10
5

AIM - 10
1.

Doesnt exist; Eg : 2 2 = 0 N

3.

Exist; Eg : 8

5.

i) a =

1
= 16 Q
2

2. Doesnt exist; Eg : 2 3 =

4. Doesnt exist; Eg:

2
W
3

2
is 0 (not defined)
0

1
3
1 3 4
1 3 2
= 1 (exist)
, b = ; Eg : a + b = + = = 2 exist. ii) a b = =
2
2
2 2 2
2 2 2

iii) a b =

1 3 3
= (exist)
2 2 4

iv)

a 1 2 1
= = (exist)
b 2 3 3

6.

Yes, N,W,Z,Q closed w.r.t addition

7. Yes, N,W,Z,Q are closed w.r.t multiplication

8.

Yes, p = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11} is closed under multiplication.

Challengers for commutative property

1.

Commutative under addition : a + b = b + a; Ex : Take a = 2, b = 3 2 + 3 = 3 + 2 = 5 N (exist)

2.

Commutative under multiplication : a b = b a; Ex : Take a = 1, b = 2 1 2 = 2 1 = 2 W (exist)

3.

Commutative on natural number under subtraction; a b b a; Ex : Take a = 2, b = 3

2 3 3 2 = 1 1 (doesnt exist)

4.

a b b a; Ex : 0

5.

a b = b a ( 4) ( 5) = ( 5) ( 4) 20 = 20 (exist)

1 1
3 1
0
(doesnt exist)
3 3
3 3

Challengers for Associative property :

1.

Associative under addition : (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

Ex : (1 + 2) + 3 = 1 + (2 + 3) 3 + 3 = 1 + 5 6 = 6 (exist)

2.

Doesnt exist, a b b a; Ex : ( 2 3) 4 2 (3 4) 5 4 2 + 1 9 3 (doesnt exist)

3.

1 2 3 1 2 3
7 3 1 17
14 + 9 6 + 17
23 23
=
=
Exists; Ex : + + = + + + = +
(exist)

2 3
4 2
3 4
6 4 2 12
12
12
12 12

4.

Doesnt exist; Ex : (8 4) 2 8 (4 2) 2 2 8 2 1 4 ( Doesnt exist)

5.

Yes, N,W,Z,Q associative w.r.to addition

Solutions

6. Yes, N,W,Z,Q are associative w.r.t multiplication

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Rational Numbers

Challengers for Identity Property :

1.

Multiplicative identity in Q,Z,R is 1; Ex : For any rational number a, a 1 = 1 5 a = 1

2.

Additive identity in N,Z,Q,R is 0; Ex: For any rationaol number a, a + 0 = 0 + a = a

3.

Additive identity exists in whole number; Ex : 2 + 0 = 0 + 2 = 2

4. Exists; Ex: 2 1 = 1 2 = 2

Challengers on Inverse Property :

1.

2.

1
1010

3. 1, 1

4. 0

5.

i)

2
3

ii)

7
9

iii) 8

iv)

11
4

v) 2010

6.

i)

25
13

ii)

12
17

iii)

iv)

3
2

v)

7.

7 243 27

=
9 343 49

8.

Multiplicative inverse of

2
(doesnt exist)
0

1
2010

x +1
x
x
2
=
= 3 x = 2x + 2 x = 2

x
x +1
x +1 3

Miscellaneous
i) Distributive property a (b + c) = a b + a c
ii) Associative property under addition a + (b +c) = (a + b) + c
iii) Commutative property under multiplication a b = b a
iv) Associative property under multiplication a + b = b + a
v) Associative property under multiplication a (b c) = (a b) c
vi) Commulative property under multiplication a b = b a

1.

Pearl package
AIM - 1
1.

Rational number

2. 0

5.

5x = 90 x =

90
x = 18
5

3.

63
81

4.

6. a

36 1
=
108 3

7. c

8. a

AIM - 2
1.

2.

1
2010

3.

a+b
c

4.

13
11

5.

13
24

Solutions

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7
24

6.

239
60

7.

11.

7
6

12.

8.

1
14

23
28

9.

11
9

14.

13.

23
12

10. c

5
2

AIM - 3
1.

2. 0

3. 1, 1

7.

8. 1

9.

2009
2012

4.

1
a

10. c

5. a

6. 0

11. c

12. a

3. 285714

4. 4

8. a

9. a

AIM - 4
1.

terminating

5.

35
> 2.91
12

2.

6. x < 2009

18
15

7. x > 2010

AIM - 5
1.

2
3

1
2.
3

6.

2
15

7.

3. 3

169
3

3
kms
5

2
4.
3

rd

5. 150 ml

65
36

8. 144

9. 361

10.

4. 30

AIM - 6
1.

lies between 0 and 1

2. 105

3. 2

5.

87 63

6. 93 85

7. d

AIM - 7
9
11

1.

all are false

2. 30

3.

6.

1.2

7. 0.065

8. 2.8

9. 5.3

10.

11.

15

12.

13. 12

14. 1

15. d

16.

1.04

17. 0.54

18. 1.4

19. 0.3

Solutions

7
5

4. 17

5. 5.8
0.9 > 0.3

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Rational Numbers

AIM - 8
1.

negative

2. even

3. odd

4. a

5. d

6.

7. a

8. c

9. 1.728

10. 0.001728

11.

2.197

12. 0.002197

13. 2100 3200

14. 250 344

15.

261 316

16. 277 325

5.

AIM - 9
1.

2. 512

3. a

4. a3

6.

7. 0.6

8. 100

9.

11.

225

12. a

13. a

6
5

1
= 3 a
3
a

10. 50

AIM - 10
1.

closure property

2. 0

3. 1

4. N

5.

6. 1

7. W

8. N

9.

10.

b
a

11. 1947 12.

15.

16. c

17. a

18. a

19. a

20.

21. a

22. a

23. b

24. a

25.

26. d

27. a

28. c

29. d

30.

31. c

32. b

33. a

34. d

a
b

13. 2

1
3

3
5

14.

5
21

Emerald package
1.

1
1
22 25 88 75 13
1
7 x =6 x =

=
=
=1
3
4
3
4
12
12
12

3.

492 = 2401; 502 = 2500 ; 512 = 2601 9 should be substracted from 2509 to make it a perfect square.

4.

i) Ascending order : 4.25, 3.05, 1, 0, 0.13, 2.05, 2.45, 3.92

2.

25 7 5
=
14 5 2

Descending order : 3.92, 2.45, 2.05, 0.13, 0, 1, 3.05, 4.25

ii) Ascending order : 6.46, 2. 75, 2.48, 0.25, 0.14, 1.14, 5.78
Descending order : 5.78, 1.14, 0.14, 0.25, 2.48, 2.75, 6.46
5.

10

i) 4

ii) 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3

iii) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Solutions

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3
3 14
42
=
=
13 13 14 182

6.

i)

3
3 25 75
=
=
13 13 25 325

7.

i)

68
8

ii)

27
10

iii) 1

8.

i)

27
16

ii)

25
6

9. 169

10.

11 Cost

ii)

583 1m 583

12.

i) 1.728

ii) 9261

13.

7 (3 1323 = 33 5 72)

4
= 212
11

35 7 42
3 + 9
42 3
= 9 =
=
11. 35 7 28 28 2
9 9
9

1000
1331

iii) 0.000125

iv)

14. 5

15. i) 21

7
iii)
6

v)

1331
27

ii) 6

16.

i) 4

ii) 8

17.

18) b

19. c

20. a

21.

(i)yes

22. b,d

23. a,c

24. a, c

, (ii) yes

iv) 2

25. b,d

26.
0 0. 80 00 00 0.894
0
80
08
64
169
1600
1521
168
7900
7136
764

0.8 = 0.89
27.

1 1 1 1 30 20 15 12 30 47 17
=
=
=
2 3 4 5
60
60
60

28.

a = 3; b = 2 or 5 or 2any or 5any or 2 any.5any

29.

If a > 1 or a < 1, then a2 > a; If 1 < a < 1, then a2 a

Solutions

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30.

i) 0
v) no

Rational Numbers
ii) yes
vi) no

iii) yes
vii) +ve

iv) yes
31. d

Diamond package
1.

2 4 1 1 14 + 20 2 1 34 1 136 35 101
=
=
5 + 7 2 4 = 35 4 =
35 4
140
140

2.

15 5.40 = 9.6 cm

3.

30 60
30 60 15
15 ml =
l = 27 l
1
1000

5.

1
15
15 1
105 + 6
121
9
+x=
+ x=
x=
x=
x= 1
7
16
16 7
112
112
112

6.

1
17
17 1
51 3 48 16
+x=

=
=
x=
x=
23
69
69 23
69
69
23

7.

i) Ascending order : 13, 0.9, 0, 0.87, 2.1, 11 13 ,

Descending order : 11,

4.

73.5
= 10.5 gm
7

7 15
9 4
,
, 0, , ,11
10 5
8 7

15 7
4 9
, , 0,
,
, 13
7 8
5 10

ii) Ascending order : 3, 2, 0.9, 0.7, 0, 0.2, 0.28 3, 2,

Descending order :

8.

10.
11.

12

2 1
7 9
, , 0,
,
, 2, 3
7 5
10 10

65 8
12 + 3 65 + 32 97
=
=
65 8 65 32 33
12 3
i)

y=

z2 x2

9 7
1 2
, , 0. ,
10 10
5 7

9.

1728
1
= 1 x x2 = 3 482 x = 36
x
3

ii) y = 132 52 y = 169 25 = 144 y = 12

13500
x = 30 l = 150, b = 90
15
Perimeter = 2 (l + b) = 2 ( 150 + 90) = 2 (240) = 480 m.
5x + 3x = 10, 000 + 3500 15x2 = 13500 x2 =

Solutions

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12.

VI Mathematics (Track - A)

2744 = 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 = 2 7 = 14

0.002744 = 0.14

2 2744
2 1372
2 686
7 343
49
7
7

13.

1
1
3+
68
5
1
= 3+
= 3 + 21 =
4 + x = 3, y = 4, z = 5
21
21
5
5

14.

a + b = 12 ; ab= 35

15.

a * b = a a * b = a + b + ab = a a + b (1 + a) = a b(1 + a) = 0 b = 0

16.

a * b = a a * b = a + b 10 = a b = 10 Let a1 = b a * b =

Solutions

1 1 a + b 12
+ =
=
a b
ab
35

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