Working

Working with
with fractions
fractions x fractions

1 a !3 of 27 = _______ b !4 of 36 = _______ c !5 of 40 = _______ d !8 of 40 = _______

e !8 of 56 = _______ f !7 of 28 = _______ g !5 of 35 = _______ h !6 of 66 = _______
2 Work the following problems and colour the bar to show the answer.

a Jan ate 3
! of the pizza which had cost $21.
What was the value of the eaten piece?
!3 π $21
= $7

b Bob has spent !

4 of his money on food.
How much of his $200 budget has he spent?

c Lou’s Mum took 24 of his toys when he was rude.

She gave him back !
8 the next day.
How many of his toys did she give back?

3 a !3 π 24 + 7 b !5 π 55 – 4 c 18 – !4 π 48 – 3 d 20 – !0 π 30
= ___________ = ___________ = ___________ = ___________

4 a 3 π !8 hour b 4 π !6 year
= !8 + !8 + !8 = ___________ 1 day

= ___________ = ___________
6 π !8 !8 + !8 + !8 + !8 + !8 + !8 =
of a day.
^8 of a day. REDUCE → #4 of a day.

c 6 π !0 my money d 3 π !5 hour e 7 π !8 day f 5 π !0

= ___________________ = ___________________ = ___________________ = ___________________

= ___________ = ___________ = ___________ = ___________

Trial and error

Which is the largest?
!0 of $50 !5 of $30 !8 π $40
ACMNA127 Fractions and decimals • Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies. 73