NCERT Class 7 Maths Chapter 3 A Peek Beyond the Point Extra Questions with Answers

Class 7 Maths Chapter 3 Extra Questions with Answers

Q1. What is a number line?
Answer: A number line is a straight line on which numbers are marked at equal distances.

Q2. Which number lies between −3 and −1?
Answer: −2

Q3. Which is greater: −5 or −2?
Answer: −2

Q4. Write the opposite of +8.
Answer: −8

Q5. Write the opposite of −15.
Answer: +15

Q6. What is the distance between +4 and −4 on the number line?
Answer: 8 units

Q7. Which integer has no sign?
Answer: 0 (Zero)

Q8. Arrange the following in ascending order: −7, 3, 0, −2, 5.
Answer: −7, −2, 0, 3, 5

Q9. Arrange the following in descending order: −9, 2, 6, −1, 0.
Answer: 6, 2, 0, −1, −9

Q10. Which integer is smaller: −12 or −8?
Answer: −12

Q11. What is the successor of −6?
Answer: −5

Q12. What is the predecessor of 4?
Answer: 3

Q13. Which integer is exactly between −10 and −8?
Answer: −9

Q14. What is the absolute value of −18?
Answer: 18

Q15. Why are negative numbers useful in daily life?
Answer: Negative numbers are used to represent temperatures below zero, financial losses, elevations below sea level, and other quantities less than zero.