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Detailed Contents

Each chapter contains different exercises which include the following:
• Multiple Choice Questions • Solve Mentally (True or False/Fill in the Blanks/Answer in One Word or a Line)
• Let’s Evaluate (long and short calculations) • Thinking Skills
• Values and Life skills • NCERT Textbook Questions
• Exemplar Problems

Chapter Contents Tasks to Perform
1. Integers Integers, Modulus or Absolute Value, Representation • Integrating Fun and Facts (The barrel operators)
of Integers on a Number Line, Properties of Addition — Conceptual Understanding, Thinking Skills
and Subtraction of Integers, Multiplication of Integers,
Multiplication of Integers on a Number Line, Properties of
Multiplication of Integers, Division of Integers, Properties of
Division of Integers, Order of Operations and Use of Brackets
2. Fractions Types of Fractions (Proper, Improper, Mixed, Like, Unlike • Maths Lab Activity (Multiplication of a fraction by
and Unit), Multiplication of Fractions, Value of the Product, a whole number)
Division of Fractions, Order of Operations — Application of Concepts
• Maths Lab Activity (Fraction multiplied by a
fraction)
— Application of Concepts
• Reason It Out!
— Thinking Skills, Logical Reasoning
• Grid Fun
— Application of Knowledge, Observation Skills
• Group Activity (Fun with fractions)
— Team Spirit, Learning Skills, Application of
Concepts
3. Decimals Expanded Form of Decimals, Decimal Places, Like and Unlike • Group Project (Plug in the missing decimals)
Decimals, Comparison of Decimals, Use of Decimals in Money, — Team Spirit, Reasoning, Analysis
Length and Mass, Addition and Subtraction of Decimals, • Reason It Out!
Multiplication of Decimal Numbers by 10, 100, 1,000, etc., — Reasoning, Analysis, Logical Reasoning
Multiplication of a Decimal Number by a Whole Number, • Changing Fractions to Decimals
Multiplication of Decimal Number by Another Decimal — Observation, Understanding, Interpretation
Number, Division of Decimal Numbers by 10, 100, 1,000, etc.,
Division of a Decimal Number by a Non-Zero Whole Number,
Division of a Decimal Number by Another Decimal Number
4. Rational Rational Numbers, Positive and Negative Rational Numbers, • Maths Lab Activity (Worksheet)
Numbers Equivalent Rational Numbers, Representation of Rational — Thinking Skills, Application of Knowledge
Numbers on a Number Line, Standard Form of Rational • Exploring Extended Concepts
Numbers, Comparison of Rational Numbers, Rational — Conceptual Understanding, Analytical Thinking
Numbers between Two Rational Numbers, Absolute Value of • Reason It Out!
a Rational Number, Addition of Rational Numbers, Additive — Critical Thinking, Analytical Thinking
Inverse of a Rational Number, Subtraction of Rational
Numbers, Multiplication of Rational Numbers, Reciprocal of • Brainstorming
a Rational Number, Division of Rational Numbers, Decimal — Logical Thinking, Reasoning
Representation of Rational Numbers
5. Exponents Exponents, Laws of Exponents, Scientific Notation of Numbers • Try It Out!
and Powers — Application of Knowledge
6. Algebraic Introduction to Algebraic Expressions, Addition and • Brainstorming
Expressions Subtraction of Algebraic Expressions, Value of an Expression, — Application of Knowledge, Application of
Use of Algebraic Expressions Concepts
7. Linear Equation, Linear Equation, Solution of a Linear Equation, Trial • An Age Old Trick
Equations in and Error Method, Rules for Solving an Equation, Transposing — Logical Thinking, Reasoning
One Variable a Term of an Equation, Applications of Linear Equations to
Practical Situations
8. Percentage Ratio, Proportion, Percentage, Percentage When Total Number • Project Work
and Its of Items is 100, Percentage When Total is Not 100, Converting — Data Handling, Application of Concepts,
Applications Fractional Numbers to Percentage, Converting Decimals to Analytical Thinking, Understanding, Verification
Percentage, Converting Percentage to Fractions or Decimals,
Uses of Percentage, Converting Ratio into Percentage, Increase
or Decrease as Percent, Other Applications of Percentage—
Profit and Loss, Simple Interest
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