MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Classify the number as to type. (For example, is rational and real, where as is irrational
and real.)
a. rational
b. natural
c. irrational
d. whole
e. integer
ANS: C PTS: 1
2. True or False?
Every integer is a rational number.
a. True
b. False
ANS: A PTS: 1
,3. State the real number property that justifies the statement.
a. Distributive law for multiplication with respect to addition
b. Commutative law of addition
c. Inverse law of addition
d. Associative law of addition
e. Identity law of addition
ANS: B PTS: 1
4. State the real number property that justifies the statement.
a. Inverse law of addition
b. Associative law of addition
c. Distributive law for multiplication with respect to addition
d. Identity law of addition
e. Commutative law of addition
ANS: B PTS: 1
5. State the real number property that justifies the statement.
, a. Associative law of multiplication
b. Identity law of multiplication
c. Commutative law of multiplication
d. Inverse law of multiplication
e. Associative law of addition
ANS: C PTS: 1
6. State the real number property that justifies the statement.
a. Associative law of addition
b. Identity law of multiplication
c. Commutative law of multiplication
d. Associative law of multiplication
e. Distributive law for multiplication with respect to addition
ANS: D PTS: 1
7. State the real number property that justifies the statement.
a. Commutative law of multiplication
, b. Distributive law for multiplication with respect to addition
c. Associative law of multiplication
d. Associative law of addition
e. Identity law of multiplication
ANS: B PTS: 1
8. State the real number property that justifies the statement.
a. Distributive law for multiplication under addition
b. Associative law of multiplication
c. Commutative law of multiplication
d. Associative law of addition
e. Commutative law of addition
ANS: D PTS: 1
9. State the real number property that justifies the statement.
a. Commutative law of multiplication
b. Property 2 of negatives
c. Property 3 of negatives