1. The additive identity does not exist in the set of natural numbers, as 0 is not a natural number.
2. Natural numbers, whole numbers, and integers are closed, commutative, and associative under addition.
3. The statement that the sum of two rational numbers is always a rational number demonstrates the closure property of rational numbers.
1. The additive identity does not exist in the set of natural numbers, as 0 is not a natural number.
2. Natural numbers, whole numbers, and integers are closed, commutative, and associative under addition.
3. The statement that the sum of two rational numbers is always a rational number demonstrates the closure property of rational numbers.
1. Additive identity of natural numbers in the set of natural numbers
(a) 0 (b) Is negative of the given natural number (c) Is 1 (d) Does not exist Ans (d) Sol: Additive identity of natural numbers is 0 but it is not a natural number. So, additive identity does not exist in the set of natural numbers.
2. Natural numbers, whole numbers and integers
(a) Are closed under addition (b) Show commutativity in addition (c) Show associativity in addition (d) All of these Ans (d) Sol: Natural numbers, whole numbers and integers are closed, commutative and associative under addition. 3. Statement: The sum of two rational numbers is always a rational number. Above statement tells which of the following property of rational numbers? (a) Associative property (b) Commutative property (c) Existence of additive identity (d) Closure property Ans (d) Sol: The given property is known as closure property. 49 4. Additive inverse of is 14 −2 −7 −7 −1 (a) (b) (c) (d) 7 1 2 7 Ans (c) 49 7 Sol: = 14 2 7 −7 Additive inverse of a number is negative of the number. So, additive inverse of is . 2 2 p 5. For any rational number ( q 0) , multiplicative identity is q q q p (a) (b) − (c) − (d) 1 p p q Ans (d) Sol Multiplicative identity for any rational number is 1. 7 3 6. The value of multiplicative inverse of is 5 8 5 15 21 40 (a) (b) (c) (d) 7 56 40 21 Ans (d) 7 3 21 Sol: = 5 8 40 The multiplicative inverse will be its reciprocal. 1 1 7. Find a rational number between − and − . 11 13 1 1 Sol: The given numbers are − and − 11 13 1 1 Also, − − 13 11 −1 1 +− − 1 − 1 11 13 So, the required rational number = = 11 13 2 2 −13 − 11 24 1 =− 13 11 13 11 2 = 2 12 =− 143 8. If p and q are two rational numbers, then the number of rational numbers between p and q is p+q pq (a) (b) (c) Infinitely many (d) Finite 2 2 Ans (c) Sol: There are infinitely many rational numbers between p and q. 9. A rational number between 1/2 and –1/2 (a) 0 (b) 3/2 (c) 2 (d) –3/2 Ans (a) Sol: 0 lies between 1/2 and – 1/2. 10. All of the following are rational numbers between 1 and 2, except 11 193 1714 903 (a) (b) (c) (d) 10 100 1000 1000 Ans (d) 10 20 Sol: (a) 1 and 2 can be written as and 10 10 11 So, lies between 1 and 2. 10 100 200 (b) 1 and 2 can be written as and 100 100 193 So, lies in between 1 and 2. 100 1000 2000 (c) 1 and 2 can be written as and 1000 1000 1714 So lies in between 1 and 2. 1000 903 (d) Clearly, = 0.903 1000 This is less than 1 and hence does not lie between 1 and 2.