Operations With Signed Rational Numbers Test #1

Question 1

What is a signed number?

Answer 1

A signed number is a number that has a positive or negative sign.

Question 2

True or False: The sum of two negative numbers is positive.

Answer 2

False.

Question 3

What is the result of -3 + 5?

Answer 3

2.

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The product of a positive number and a negative number is ______.

Answer 4

negative.

Question 5

What is the absolute value of -7?

Answer 5

7.

Question 6

Calculate: -12 - 4.

Answer 6

-16.

Question 7

True or False: Adding zero to any number changes the value of the number.

Answer 7

False.

Question 8

What is the result of 5 - (-3)?

Answer 8

8.

Question 9

What is a rational number?

Answer 9

A rational number is any number that can be expressed as a fraction or ratio of two integers.

Question 10

Calculate: -3 × -4.

Answer 10

12.

Question 11

What is the sum of -1/2 and 1/4?

Answer 11

-1/4.

Question 12

What happens when you divide a negative number by a positive number?

Answer 12

The result is negative.

Question 13

True or False: The product of two negative numbers is positive.

Answer 13

True.

Question 14

Calculate: 2/3 + 1/6.

Answer 14

5/6.

Question 15

Fill in the blank: The difference between a number and its opposite is ______.

Answer 15

twice the number.

Question 16

What is the result of -5 + (-7)?

Answer 16

-12.

Question 17

Calculate: -8 ÷ 2.

Answer 17

-4.

Question 18

What is the result of 0 - (-9)?

Answer 18

9.

Question 19

True or False: Every integer is a rational number.

Answer 19

True.

Question 20

What is -3/4 + 1/2?

Answer 20

-1/4.

Question 21

Calculate: -10 + 3.

Answer 21

-7.

Question 22

What is the absolute value of 5?

Answer 22

5.

Question 23

Fill in the blank: The sum of a number and its additive inverse is ______.

Answer 23

zero.

Question 24

What is the result of -2 × 6?

Answer 24

-12.

Question 25

Calculate: 1/3 - 1/6.

Answer 25

1/6.

Question 26

True or False: Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding its positive.

Answer 26

True.

Question 27

What is the result of 7 - 12?

Answer 27

-5.

Question 28

What is the product of -1/2 and -4?

Answer 28

2.

Question 29

Fill in the blank: The reciprocal of -1/3 is ______.

Answer 29

-3.

Question 30

Calculate: -6 + 4 + (-2).

Answer 30

-4.

Question 31

What is the result of 8 ÷ (-4)?

Answer 31

-2.

Question 32

True or False: The sum of any number and its opposite is zero.

Answer 32

True.

Question 33

Calculate: -15 + 6.

Answer 33

-9.

Question 34

What is the result of 3/4 - 1/2?

Answer 34

1/4.

Question 35

What happens when you multiply two rational numbers?

Answer 35

The result is also a rational number.

Question 36

Fill in the blank: A number is rational if it can be expressed as a ______.

Answer 36

fraction.

Question 37

Calculate: -2 + (-3) + 1.

Answer 37

-4.

Question 38

What is 0.75 in fraction form?

Answer 38

3/4.

Question 39

True or False: Every rational number can be expressed as a decimal.

Answer 39

True.

Question 40

What is -9 + 3?

Answer 40

-6.

Question 41

Calculate: 5 - (-2) + 1.

Answer 41

8.

Question 42

What is the product of 0 and any number?

Answer 42

0.

Question 43

Fill in the blank: The sum of two rational numbers is ______.

Answer 43

a rational number.

Question 44

What is -1/5 + 2/5?

Answer 44

1/5.

Question 45

Calculate: 7 + (-3) - 2.

Answer 45

2.

Question 46

True or False: A negative number divided by a negative number is positive.

Answer 46

True.

Question 47

What is the result of -4/7 + 3/7?

Answer 47

-1/7.

Question 48

Calculate: -5 × 0.

Answer 48

0.

Question 49

What is the absolute value of -10?

Answer 49

10.

Question 50

Fill in the blank: The sum of a positive number and a negative number can be ______.

Answer 50

positive, negative, or zero.

Question 51

What is the result of -8 + 10?

Answer 51

2.

Question 52

Calculate: -1/2 × 2.

Answer 52

-1.

Question 53

What is 1/4 - 3/4?

Answer 53

-1/2.

Question 54

True or False: The difference of two negative numbers is always negative.

Answer 54

False.

Question 55

What is the result of 4 + (-9)?

Answer 55

-5.

Question 56

Calculate: 1/2 + 1/3.

Answer 56

5/6.

Question 57

Fill in the blank: The product of a number and zero is ______.

Answer 57

zero.

Question 58

What is -7 + 4?

Answer 58

-3.

Question 59

Calculate: 3 - (-2) + 1.

Answer 59

6.

Question 60

What is the result of -3/5 - 2/5?

Answer 60

-1.

Question 61

True or False: The sum of two rational numbers is always an integer.

Answer 61

False.

Question 62

What is the result of 0 - 5?

Answer 62

-5.

Question 63

Calculate: 2/3 + 1/3.

Answer 63

1.

Question 64

What is -15 ÷ -3?

Answer 64

5.

Question 65

Fill in the blank: The reciprocal of 5 is ______.

Answer 65

1/5.

Question 66

What is -1 + (-1)?

Answer 66

-2.

Question 67

Calculate: 8 - 3 + (-2).

Answer 67

3.

Question 68

True or False: A rational number can be a repeating decimal.

Answer 68

True.

Question 69

What is the result of 3/8 + 5/8?

Answer 69

1.

Question 70

Calculate: -1/4 - 1/2.

Answer 70

-3/4.

Question 71

What is the result of 10 - (-10)?

Answer 71

20.

Question 72

Fill in the blank: The sum of a negative number and a positive number is ______.

Answer 72

the difference of their absolute values.

Question 73

What is the result of -4 + 4?

Answer 73

0.

Question 74

Calculate: -2 + 3 + (-1).

Answer 74

0.

Question 75

True or False: The absolute value of a number is always positive.

Answer 75

True.

Question 76

What is the result of -7 - 2?

Answer 76

-9.

Question 77

Calculate: 1/2 + 1/2.

Answer 77

1.

Question 78

What is the product of -5 and 3?

Answer 78

-15.

Question 79

Fill in the blank: The sum of two positive numbers is ______.

Answer 79

positive.

Question 80

What is the result of 6 - 9?

Answer 80

-3.

Question 81

Calculate: -8 + (-2).

Answer 81

-10.

Question 82

True or False: The sum of two rational numbers can be an irrational number.

Answer 82

False.

Question 83

Calculate: 5 - 2 - 4.

Answer 83

-1.

Question 84

What is the result of 0.5 + (-0.5)?

Answer 84

0.

Question 85

Any negative base to an odd power

Answer 85

Is negative