MATHEMATICS

2017 Intensive Review

Worksheet 05 Fractions
I. Fractions to Decimals, Reducing Fractions
a. To convert fractions to decimals, divide the numerator by the denominator.
Example
= 1 2 = 0.5
2 = 2 + (1 4) = 2.25

Exercises
Convert the following fractions to decimals then to Percentage.
1. 2/5 = __________ = __________ 7/12 = __________

2. 2 2/5 = __________ 5 = __________ 11 2/3 = __________

3. 5 5/6 = __________ 33 1/12 = __________ 21 1/99 = __________

b. To reduce Fractions to Lowest Terms, just cancel the common factors of numerator and denominator.
Example
5 51 1
15
= 53 = 3
c. To convert improper fractions to mixed number, divide the numerator by the denominator. The quotient is
the whole number and the remainder is the fraction.
Example
35 8
9
= 35 9 = 3 9

Exercises
Reduce the following fractions to its lowest terms. Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers.

1. 32/54 = __________ 16/60 = __________ 35/75 = __________

2. 25/15 = __________ 625/15 = __________ 200/3 = __________

3. 2056/32 = __________ 1028/27= __________ 4155/72 = __________

II. Operations on Fractions

a. Addition and Subtraction of Fractions To add fractions, change to least common denominators and add.
Example
2 1 8 3 11
3
+ 4 = 12 + 12 = 12

2 1 8 3 6 1
- = - = =
3 4 12 12 12 2

Exercises
Perform the indicated operations.
1. + 2/3 =__________ 3- =__________ - 1/3 + 3/5 =__________

2. 12 - 2 1/5 =__________ 3 2/3 1 3/15 =__________ 5 2 + 5/7 =__________

1 2 1
3 3 1 11 1 33+ 3
+
5 4
3 4 4+
6
3. 3 2 =__________ 3 =__________ 3 1 =__________
542 4 2+
4 3 4 2
 b. Multiplication of Fractions To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators and denominators. Then reduce
to lowest terms.
Example
2 1 2 1
x = =
3 4 12 6

c. Division of Fractions To divide fractions, multiply with the reciprocal of the divisor.
Example
1 1 1 12 12
= x = =2
6 12 6 1 6

Exercises

Perform the indicated operations.

1. 2/5 x 5/16 =_________ 2/3 x 33/28 =__________ 5/7 x 28/35 =__________

2. 3 1/3 x 4 1/5 =__________ 3 4/5 x 25/19 =__________ 9 1/5 x 10/23 =_________

3. 5/9 15/18 =__________ 12/7 14/24=__________ 1024/27 256/9=_________

4. 3 1/3 4 3/5 =__________ 3 4/5 25/19 =__________ 9 1/5 10/23 =_________

1 1 2
2 1 12 1 43 3
4+
1 5 4 6
5. 6
(2-1) + 3 5/7=__________ 3 1 =_______ 1 1 =_____
x
4 3
2412

III. Problem Solving

1. What is of 60? _______ What is 3/5 of 120? _______ What is 3/2 of 2/3 of 105? ______
2. Micah had 4/5 of her money left after buying a dress worth 450.How much did she have originally?
3. One-third of the students in the school are boys. If there are 22 boys, how many students are there in the
school?
4. How many thirds are there in 13 1/3?
5. A tank was 2/5 full after emptying 30 litres of water. What is the capacity of the tank?

6. A wire measured 8 m long. It was cut into 3 pieces of different lengths. The first piece was 1 3/5 m. The second
piece was m shorter than the first piece. Find the length of the third piece of wire.

7. Donna earns $3500 every month. After giving 3/5 of his salary to his wife and of the remainder to his son, he
saves the rest. How much money can Donna save in 2 years?

8. The average mass of Luisa, Patricia and Jersey is 40 kg. Given that Jersey is 50 kg and Luisa is 4/5 as heavy as
Jersey, how heavy is Patricia?

9. A bunch of 12 bananas is 9/10 kg in mass. What is the average mass of each banana in kg?
10. What is the positive difference between the largest and smallest of the fractions below?

5 5 23 11 3
, , , ,
9 12 48 24 7