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Delhi Public School Ruby Park Kolkata Mathematics Class VI: Integers

The document discusses integers and provides examples of integer operations. It defines positive and negative integers and their positions on the number line. It also defines concepts like additive inverses. Then it provides 10 worked examples of integer addition, subtraction and other operations. These examples illustrate how to perform calculations with integers and use the number line to solve problems involving integers. It concludes by listing 10 additional practice problems for readers to try.

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Delhi Public School Ruby Park Kolkata Mathematics Class VI: Integers

The document discusses integers and provides examples of integer operations. It defines positive and negative integers and their positions on the number line. It also defines concepts like additive inverses. Then it provides 10 worked examples of integer addition, subtraction and other operations. These examples illustrate how to perform calculations with integers and use the number line to solve problems involving integers. It concludes by listing 10 additional practice problems for readers to try.

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RUBY PARK

KOLKATA
Mathematics
Class VI
INTEGERS
 All natural numbers are positive and there are infinite number of natural numbers.
 The negative numbers start from − 1 and moves to the left of zero on the number line.

 Zero is neither positive nor negative.


 Zero is less than every positive integer and more than every negative integer.
 All numbers to the left of a number on the number line are less than the number.
 All numbers to the right of a number on the number line are greater than the number.
 Two numbers, one positive and one negative, which are at the same distance from zero are
called Additive Inverse of each other. Eg, +5 is additive inverse of − 5 and vice-versa.

 The absolute value of any integer is its numerical value irrespective of the sign it carries. For
example, the absolute value of + 6 is 6 and the absolute value of − 6 is 6.

Some Worked Out Examples


Example 1: Write the correct answer from the given four options:
Sania and Trapi visited Leh and Tawang respectively during winter. Sania reported that she had
experienced –4°C on Sunday, while Trapi reported that she had experienced –2°C on that day. On that
Sunday
(A) Leh was cooler than Tawang.
(B) Leh was hotter than Tawang.
(C) Leh was as cool as Tawang.
(D) Tawang was cooler than Leh.
Solution: The correct answer is (A).
Example 2: State whether each of the following statements is true or false:
(a) Every positive integer is greater than 0.
(b) Every integer is either positive or negative.
Solution: (a) True (b) False
Example 3: Fill in the blank using <, > or = to make the statement correct
3 + (–2) ____ 3 + (–3)
Solution : 3 + (–2) > 3 + (–3)
Example 4: Represent the following using integers with proper sign:
(a) 3 km above sea level (b) A loss of Rs 500
Solution: (a) +3 (b) –500
Example 5: Find the sum of the pairs of integers:
(a) – 6, – 4 (b) +3, – 4 (c) +4, –2
Solution: (a) – 6 and – 4 both have negative signs.
So, – 6 + (– 4) = – (6 + 4) = –10
(b) + 3 and – 4 have opposite signs.
As 4 – 3 = 1, therefore + 3 + (– 4) = –1
(c) + 4 and –2 have opposite signs.
So, 4 + (–2) = 4 – 2 = 2
Example 6: Find the sum of –2 and –3, using the number line.
Solution: To add –2 and –3, on the number line, we first move 2
steps to the left of 0, reaching –2. Then we move 3 steps
to the left of –2 and reach –5. (Fig. 3.2)
Fig. 3.2

Thus, –2 + (–3) = –5.


Example 7: Subtract : (i) 3 from –4 (ii) –3 from –4
Solution: (a) The additive inverse of 3 is –3.
So, – 4 – 3 = – 4 + (–3) = – (4 + 3) = –7
(b) The additive inverse of –3 is + 3.
So, – 4 – (–3) = – 4 + (+3) = –1
Example 8: Using the number line, subtract : (a) 2 from –3 (b) –2 from –3.
Solution: (a) To subtract 2 from –3, we move 2 steps to the left of
– 3 on the number line and reach –5. (Fig. 3.3)
Fig. 3.3

So, –3 – 2 = –5.
(b) To subtract –2 from –3, we observe that 2 is the additive inverse of –2.
So, we add 2 to –3 using the number line and reach at –1.
So, –3 – (–2) = –3 + (+ 2) = –1
Example 9: How many integers are there between –9 and –2 ?
Solution: The integers –8, –7, –6, –5, –4 and –3 lie between –9 and –2. So, there are six integers
between – 9 and –2.
Example10: Calculate:
1 – 2 + 3 – 4 + 5 – 6 + 7 – 8 + 9 – 10
Solution: 1 – 2 + 3 – 4 + 5 – 6 + 7 – 8 + 9 – 10
= (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9) – (2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10)
= 25 – 30
= –5.
Alternatively, 1 – 2 + 3 – 4 + 5 – 6 + 7 –8 + 9 – 10
= (1 – 2) + (3 – 4 ) + (5 – 6) + (7 – 8) + (9 – 10)
= (–1) + ( –1) + (–1) + (–1) + (–1)
= –5.
Example 11: The sum of two integers is 47. If one of the integers is – 24, find the other.
Solution: As the sum is 47, the other integer is obtained by subtracting –24 from 47.
So, the required integer = 47 – (–24) = 47 + 24 = 71.

Try these:-

1. Evaluate:
a)40 −41 b) [−162+81] c) 36 − 45 d) 45 − (−20)
e) 54 − (3 − 9) f) (9 − 14) − (−12)
2. The height of a lighthouse is 50 m and the depth of the seabed is 25 m, both
measured from the mean sea level. What is the height of the lighthouse from the seabed?
3. (a) The sum of two integers is −20. If one of integers is 20, find the other integer.
(b) The sum of two integers is 147. If one of the integers is − 59, find the other integer.

4. Find the sum of:


a)2004 and −777 b) −3897 and −4216
c) −5068 and 4957 d) −234, 567, −893, 56, −23
5. Find the additive inverse of 1001.
6. Evaluate:
a) [−2547 − (−785)] b) 299 − (−874) c) [−5214 −785] d) 2546 − 7418
e) [−27− (−54)] + [− 43 − (−52)]
7. From the sum of −2050 and 567, subtract the sum of 654 and −248.
8. The point A on a mountain is 6450 meters above the sea level. Another point B is a mine 486
meters below the sea level. Find the distance between the two points.
9. On a day in Srinagar, the temperature was 3‫ﹾ‬C . At night it dropped to −3‫ ﹾ‬C. By how many
degree Celsius did the temperature fall?
10. Raman had Rs. 9,680 with him. He spent Rs. 3,345 on a jacket. The next day Raman’s friend
returned Rs. 4,500 to him, a sum he had borrowed earlier from Raman. How much
money Raman has with him ?

Answers

(1) a. − 1 b. − 81 c. − 9 d. 65 e. 60 f. 7 (2) 75m (3) a. −40 b. 206


(4) a. 1227 b. – 8113 c. – 111 d. – 527
(5) – 1001 (6) a. – 1762 b. 1173 c. – 5999 d. – 4872 e. 36
(7) – 1889 (8) 6936 m (9) 6°C (10) Rs.10,835

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