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7.1 SIMPLIFYING FRACTIONS

Exercises:
1. Complete these equivalent fractions.
4 9
a) = b) =
10 5 12 4
8 1
c) = d) =
12 3 3 15
3 4
e) = f) =
10 20 7 14
2. Write each fraction in its simplest form.
2 15
a) b)
10 25

6 14
c) d)
9 21

22 25
e) f)
77 75

3. Write each fraction in its lowest terms.

4 12
a) b)
6 30

9 24
c) d)
27 40

24 15
e) f)
36 18

4. Complete the equivalent fractions in these spider diagrams.

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5. Each fraction in a pink star has an equivalent fraction in a blue star.

a. Match each pink star with the correct blue star. There should be one blue star left
over. Which is it?

b. Cancel the fraction in the blue star that is left over to its lowest terms.

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6. Marissa says: I am thinking of a fraction that is equivalent to . The numerator is bigger
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than 20. The denominator is smaller than 50. What fraction is Marissa thinking of?

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7.2 RECOGNISING EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND

PERCENTAGES
Exercises:
1. Write these decimal numbers as fractions in their simplest form.
a) 0.3

b) 0.9

c) 0.2

d) 0.6

e) 0.8

f) 0.17

g) 0.35

h) 0.84

i) 0.07

j) 0.04

k) 0.139

l) 0.125

m) 0.826

n) 0.042

o) 0.006

2. Write these percentages as fractions.

a) 9%

b) 27%

c) 81%

d) 69%

e) 11%

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3. Use the numbers from the box to complete the following. You can only use each number
once. You should have no numbers left at the end.

a) 0.5 = ________

3
b) = ________
10

c) 75% =________

d) 0.1 = ________

e) 12% =________

f) ________ = ________

4. In the game of dominoes players lay out their dominoes end to end. The touching ends
must be the same number, even if it is not in the same form. For example these three
dominoes could be arranged like this.

Work out how to arrange these ten dominoes, end to end.

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5. In a maths test, Arina got of the questions wrong. What was Arina’s percentage score?
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7.3 COMPARING FRACTIONS

Exercises:
1 2
1. a) Write the fractions and in the correct positions on the number line.
2 3

2. Which is the larger fraction?

4 7
2. a) Write the fractions and in the correct positions on the number line.
5 10

3. Which is the larger fraction?

3. Shade in the fraction that is shown next to each shape.

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4. Use your calculator to work out which is the larger of the two fractions in each pair.
1 3 5 13
a) and b) and
4 10 8 10
1 2 2 3
c) and d) and
6 15 7 8
5. Write the symbol < or > between each pair of fractions.
3 7 2 3
a) _____ b) _____
4 8 5 7
7 11 8 12
c) _____ d) _____
15 25 11 15

1 1
6. is bigger than because 8 is bigger than 7’. Is this correct? Explain your answer.
8 7

7. This is part of Aiman’s homework. Is he right? Explain your answer.

6 9
Question: Which is larger, or ?
31 47
6
Solution: = 6 ÷ 31 = 0.19
31
9
: = 9 ÷ 47 = 0.19
47
Neither is larger as they are both the same size.

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8. Jimmy says: ‘I am thinking of a fraction. My fraction is bigger than
but smaller than .
5 3
When I divide the numerator by the denominator, I get an answer of 0.533. What
fraction is Jimmy thinking of?

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7.4 IMPROPER FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS

Exercises:
1. Write down the fraction shaded in each of these diagrams as:
i) a mixed number
ii) an improper fraction.

a b

c d

e f

2. Write each improper fraction as a mixed number.

7 13
a) b)
2 4

6 11
c) d)
5 2

25 14
e) f)
4 3

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3. Write each mixed number as an improper fraction.

1 1
a) 4 b) 2
2 3

3 2
c) 4 d) 5
4 5

11 2
e) 6 f) 3
14 7

4. Sita made 5 cakes for a birthday party. She cut each cake into 12 pieces. At the end of
the party there were 7 pieces of cake that had not been eaten. Write the amount of
cake that was eaten as:
a) a mixed number

b) an improper fraction

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7.5 ADDING AND SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS

Exercises:
1. Work these out.
1 2 3 3
a) + b) +
5 5 7 7

5 2 8 4
c) − d) −
7 7 9 9

2. Work out these additions. Write each answer in its simplest form and as a mixed
number.
3 3 3 7
a) + b) +
4 4 8 8

9 7 11 5
c) + d) +
10 10 14 14

3. Work out the answers to these additions. Write each answer in its simplest form and as
a mixed number.
4 13 5 11
a) + b) +
5 20 8 16

3 13 5 11
c) + d) +
7 14 6 18

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7.6 FINDING FRACTIONS OF A QUANTITY

Exercises:
1. Work these out.
1
a) of $8 =
2

1
b) of 18 km =
6

4
c) x 18 =
9

3
d) x 28 =
7

2
e) of $182 =
7

3
f) x 192 =
8

13
g) x 345 =
15

2. Which of these cards is different from the others? Explain your answer.

3. At a rugby match in the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg there were 58 476 rugby
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fans. of the fans were supporting South Africa. The rest were supporting Australia.
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How many fans were supporting Australia?

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7.7 FINDING REMAINDERS

Exercises:
1. Work out these divisions. Write the remainders as fractions.
a) 19 ÷ 7

b) 35 ÷ 11

c) 41 ÷ 6

d) 65 ÷ 9

e) 225 ÷ 4

f) 363 ÷ 5

g) 373 ÷ 3

h) 447 ÷ 6

i) 758 ÷ 8

j) 920 ÷ 12

k) 558 ÷ 12

l) 342 ÷ 24

m) 895 ÷ 25

n) 882 ÷ 23

o) 852 ÷ 13

p) 767 ÷ 17

2. Work out these divisions. Write the remainders as fractions in their simplest form.
a) 6 ÷ 4

b) 20 ÷ 8

c) 26 ÷ 6

d) 38 ÷ 10

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e) 50 ÷ 12

f) 33 ÷ 9

g) 55 ÷ 15

h) 52 ÷ 20

3. Mrs Kumala has 97 cents credit on her mobile phone. It costs her 6 cents to send a text
message. How many text messages can she send? Explain how you worked out your
answer.

4. Mrs Susianti has 250 sweets to share among her class of 32 children. Each child gets the
same number of sweets. Mrs Susianti keeps the sweets that are left over. How many
sweets does she keep?

5. A farmer can fi t 12 bales of hay on his trailer. He has 187 bales of hay to move. How
many trips will he have to make with his trailer? Use a method of your own choice to
check your working.

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