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7 Fractions

F Exercise 7.1 Simplifying fractions

2 3
1 a 3 b c d 8, 3 e 22, 2, 2
3 5
2 a 1 b 1 c 1 d 5 e 4
6 2 3 6 5
3 a 1 b 5 c 5 d 2 e 2
2 6 7 3 3

21 6
28 8

9 3 15
4
12 4 20

12 18
16 24

5 a 10
16
b The other fractions are all equivalent (will cancel to) 2 , but 10 = 5 .
3 16 8
6 27
63

F Exercise 7.21
Recognising equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages
7 2 4 1
1 a b c d e
10 10 5 5 2
f 19 g 8 h 16 i 9 j 3
100 25 25 100 50
k 247 l 51 m 171 n 31 o 1
1000 200 500 500 125

2 a 3 b 11 c 19 d 53 e 1
100 100 25 100 20

3 a 1 b 50% c 4 d 70% e 0.75 f 0.2 = 1

4 5 5
4 a C b A c C

5 a 1 b 80% c 4
5 5
6 20%
7 a 70% b You are not given the total number of runs. c 60%

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F Exercise 7.3 Comparing fractions

1 a b 3
8
0 1

1 3
4 8
2 a b 2
5
0 1

3 2
10 5
3 a 1 part shaded, 1 part shaded, 1 b 2 parts shaded, 3 parts shaded, 3
8 10

c 2 parts shaded, 5 parts shaded, 2 d 7 parts shaded, 6 parts shaded, 3

3 4

4 a 3 b 6 c 3 d 4
4 20 10 11
5 a < b > c < d >
6 She is not correct. Although sevenths are bigger than ninths, 2 = 0.2857...
7
and 4 = 0.4444 … , so 4 is bigger than 2 .
9 9 7

7 11
16

F Exercise 7.4 Improper fractions and mixed numbers

1 a i 21 ii 5
2 2
b i 11 ii 5
4
4
c i 3 16 ii 19
6
d i 28 ii 26
9 9
e i 1 23 ii 5
3
f i 43 ii 23
5 5

2 a 11 b 51 c 31 d 31
2 2 4 3
e 42 f 22 g 53 h 55
6
3 7 5

3 a 17 b 19 c 9 d 29
2 3 4 7
20
e 16 f 9 g 29
5
35
h 3
5

4 No. He should have started with 7 × 9 (the denominator is 9, not 7),

then added the 7 to get 70 .
9

5 a 37 b 43
12 12
6 a 32 b 11
3 3

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F Exercise 7.5 Adding and subtracting fractions

1 a 2 b 2 c 2 d 4 e 6 f 1 g 4 h 4 i 4
3 5 7 5 11 5 9 7 15

2 a 1 b 1 c 2 d 1 e 1 f 1 g 1 h 4 i 1
2 2 5 3 2 3 5 5

3 a 11 b 12 c 11 d 12 e 1 12 f 12
3 5 6 5 9

4 a 1 b 1 c 5 d 7 e 1 f 1 g 1 h 3 i 1
2 2 8 9 2 3 6 11 2

5 a 11 b 11 c 11 d 11 e 12 f 3
110
4 4 8 4 9

6 For example, 3 + 7
4 8

F Exercise 7.6 Finding fractions of a quantity

1 a $6 b 5 cm c 3 kg d 4 mm e 2 f 6
2 a 4 mm b 30 km c $10 d 8 kg e 9 f 8
3 a $55 b 252 km c 23 m d 96 l e 115 f 84
4 a 43 b 2 c 86
3
5 30 × 3 (= 18); the other two both equal 20.
5
6 38 582
7 143 km

F Exercise 7.7 Finding remainders

1 a 41 b 4 13 c 22 d 2 14 e 2 16 f 2 92 g 52
2 5 5
2 a 21 b 41 c 21 d 41 e 21 f 12 g 10 1
2 3 4 5 4 3 2
3 a 128 1 b 80 3 c 171 1 d 36 1 e 54 1 f 65 3
2 4 3 2 2 4

4 a 36 2 b 65 3 c 48 1 d 54 43 e 34 1 f 36 1
15 13 2 9 3
5 a 7 b 24
6 6
7 9
8 5

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