R K Bansal Solutions for Chapter: Number Line, Exercise 1: EXERCISE

In the following pair, state which integer is smaller:

$15, -51$

In the following pair, replace $*$ with $<$ or $>$ to make the statement true.

$-8*-18$

The smallest integer is $0$.

The opposite of $-17$ is $17$.

The opposite of zero is zero.

Every negative integer is smaller than $0$.

$0$ is greater than every positive integer.

Since zero is neither negative nor positive, it is not an integer.