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

Question. The person who gave clear rules for positive, negative, and zero in 628 CE was.
(a) Kautilya
(b) Brahmagupta
(c) Bela
(d) Carnot

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following is greater than -6?
(a) -8
(b) -7
(c) 0
(d) All of the options

Answer: C

Question. Brahmagupta's rule says the sum of two negatives is.
(a) Positive
(b) Zero
(c) Negative
(d) One

Answer: C

Question. If you move 7 steps to the left from +2 on a number line, where will you end up?
(a) -5
(b) 5
(c) 9
(d) -9

Answer: A

Question. Adding a number and its inverse always gives.
(a) The same number
(b) Zero
(c) A bigger number
(d) One

Answer: B

Question. The distance between −8 and 5 on the number line is ________ units.
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 13
(d) 5

Answer: C

Question. Subtracting a number from itself gives.
(a) Zero
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Negative

Answer: A

Question. What is the sum of -10 and -4?
(a) -14
(b) 14
(c) -6
(d) 6

Answer: A

Question. Subtracting a number from zero gives that number's.
(a) Double
(b) Half
(c) Inverse
(d) Zero

Answer: C

Question. The integer ‘5 units to the right of 0 on the number line is
(a) +5
(b) -5
(c) +4
(d) -4

Answer: A

Question. Negative numbers are written with this sign in front.
(a) Plus
(b) Minus
(c) Star
(d) Equal

Answer: B

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

Answer: C

Question. Zero is neither positive nor.
(a) Small
(b) Negative
(c) Big
(d) Whole

Answer: B

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

Answer: C

Question. The additive inverse of 7 is.
(a) 0
(b) 14
(c) -7
(d) 7

Answer: C

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

Answer: C

Question. Subtraction of an integer is the same as the addition of its.
(a) Friend
(b) Additive inverse
(c) Same number
(d) Zero

Answer: B

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

Answer: A

Question. On a number line, -3 is less than -2 because it is to the.
(a) Right
(b) Top
(c) Left
(d) Middle

Answer: C

Question. The counting numbers we learn first in school are 1, 2, 3 and so on. These are called.
(a) Small numbers
(b) Big numbers
(c) Counting numbers
(d) Zero numbers

Answer: C