NCERT Exemplar Solutions
Class 6 - Mathematics - Unit 3: Integers - True or False Questions
Question 29

Question. 29

Zero is less than every positive integer.

Answer:

true

Detailed Answer with Explanation:

  1. Positive integers are counting numbers:

    (1, 2, 3, ldots)

  2. Each positive integer is greater than (0):

    (1>0), (2>0), (3>0), (ldots)

  3. On a number line, numbers to the right are bigger.

    (0) is to the left of every (1,2,3,ldots)

  4. For any positive integer (n) (so (nge 1)):

    (n>0)

  5. Therefore:

    (0

    The statement is true.

NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 6 – Mathematics – Unit 3: Integers – True or False Questions | Detailed Answers