Jharne De and Ranjana Kumar Solutions for Chapter: Rational Numbers, Exercise 3: Work it Out

Check that $a÷b\ne b÷a$ for the given numbers.

$a=\frac{5}{8}, b=\frac{-5}{16}$

Verify the property $a\times \left(b-c\right)=a\times b-a\times c$ for the given rational number.

$a=\frac{-3}{5}; b=\frac{5}{9}; c=\frac{-10}{3}$

Verify the property $a\times \left(b-c\right)=a\times b-a\times c$ for the given rational number.

$a=\frac{5}{15}; b=\frac{-8}{15}; c=\frac{4}{5}$

Verify the property $a\times \left(b\times c\right)=\left(a\times b\right)\times c$ for the given rational number.

$a=3\frac{1}{4}; b=\frac{-2}{13}; c=\frac{1}{2}$

Verify the property $a\times \left(b\times c\right)=\left(a\times b\right)\times c$ for the given rational number.

$a=\frac{-3}{5}; b=\frac{3}{7}; c=\frac{-5}{6}$

Verify the property $a\times 0=0=0\times a$ for the given rational number.

$a=\frac{-4}{7}$

Verify the property $a\times 0=0=0\times a$ for the given rational number.

$a=\frac{-8}{13}$

Find the product of the multiplicative inverse of $\frac{-9}{11}$ and $\frac{22}{3}$