CBSE Class 6 Mathematics The Other Side of Zero MCQs Set B

Question. An integer between – 3 and – 1 is
(a) -3
(b) -1
(c) -2
(d) 0.

Answer: C

Question. In Bela’s Building of Fun, which floor represents the ground level?
(a) +1
(b) -1
(c) 0
(d) +2

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following numbers is greater than -7?
(a) -10
(b) -9
(c) 0
(d) -8

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following is false?
(a) – 1 < – 2
(b) 79 < 89
(c) – 1 < 1
(d) 1 > 0.

Answer: A

Question. What is the additive inverse of +10?
(a) -10
(b) 0
(c) 10
(d) 20

Answer: A

Question. The predecessor of the integer -1 is
(a) 0
(b) 2
(c) -2
(d) 1

Answer: C

Question. What is the result of (-5) + (+3)?
(a) -8
(b) 2
(c) -2
(d) 8

Answer: C

Question. On a number line, which number is farthest to the left?
(a) -10
(b) -5
(c) 0
(d) 10

Answer: A

Question. (-2) + (+3) = ?
(a) -2
(b) + 3
(c) + 1
(d) -1

Answer: C

Question. The number 0 is ________.
(a) positive
(b) negative
(c) both positive and negative
(d) neither positive nor negative

Answer: D

Question. What is the value of -6 + 3?
(a) -9
(b) -3
(c) 3
(d) 9

Answer: B

Question. Every integer less than 0 has the sign
(a) ÷
(b) ×
(c) +
(d) None of these

Answer: D

Question. Which of the following is an integer?
(a) 1.5
(b) 2/3
(c) -4
(d) 3.7

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following represents a temperature rise of 5°C from 0°C?
(a) −5°C
(b) 0°C
(c) +5°C
(d) +10°C

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following shows the maximum rise in temperature?
(a) 0°C to 10°C
(b) -4°C to 8°C
(c) -15°C to -8°C
(d) -7°C to 0°C

Answer: B

Question. Number of whole numbers lying between -7 and 6 is
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Answer: D

Question. What are numbers less than zero called?
(a) Positive numbers
(b) Decimals
(c) Whole numbers
(d) Negative numbers

Answer: D

Question. Which of the following is true?
(a) 0 < – 8
(b) 0 > -8
(c) 4 < -4
(d) 0 > 6.

Answer: B

Question. How many integers lie between -3 and +3?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 3

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following numbers is the greatest?
(a) -1
(b) -2
(c) -3
(d) -4

Answer: A

Question. (- 4) + (+3) = ?
(a) – 1
(b) 1
(c) 0
(d) + 2.

Answer: A

Question. Adding a negative number means ________.
(a) moving right on the number line
(b) moving left on the number line
(c) moving up on the number line
(d) moving downward

Answer: B

Question. An integer with positive sign(+) is always greater than
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 0

Answer: D

Question. What is the value of the expression (-6) - (-3)?
(a) -9
(b) -3
(c) -1
(d) -2

Answer: B

Question. What is the sum of (-4) + (+6)?
(a) -10
(b) -2
(c) 2
(d) 10

Answer: C

Question. Number of integers lying between -2 and 2 is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 1

Answer: D

Question. What is the smallest integer?
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) -100
(d) There is no smallest integer

Answer: D

Question. If you move 4 units left from 0 on a number line, where will you reach?
(a) +4
(b) -4
(c) 0
(d) -2

Answer: B

Question. The additive inverse of a negative integer
(a) is always negative.
(b) is always positive.
(c) is the same integer.
(d) is zero.

Answer: B

Question. If 6 + (−10) = ________, then the result is?
(a) 16
(b) −16
(c) −4
(d) 4

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following is correct about negative numbers?
(a) They are always smaller than positive numbers
(b) They are always greater than positive numbers
(c) They are equal to positive numbers
(d) They are the same as fractions

Answer: A

Question. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) Zero is neither a negative integer nor a positive integer.
(b) Zero is less than every positive integer.
(c) Zero is larger than every negative integer.
(d) Farther a number from zero on the left, larger is its value.

Answer: D

Question. What is the result of subtracting -7 from +5?
(a) +12
(b) -12
(c) -2
(d) 0

Answer: A

Fill in the Blanks

Question. The number line extends infinitely in both directions, with positive numbers on the right of 0 and _____ numbers on the left.
Answer: Negative

Question. On the number line, -15 is to the ____________ of zero.
Answer: Left

Question. ____________ – 3040 = -7910.
Answer: -4870

Question. On a number line, moving to the left signifies _____, while moving to the right signifies _____.
Answer: Subtraction, Addition

True/False

Question. The number -5 is greater than the number -3.
Answer: False

Question. The sum of any two negative integers is always smaller than both the integers.
Answer: True

Question. If you add two negative numbers, the result is always positive.
Answer: False

Question. The sum of any two positive integers is greater than both the integers.
Answer: True