Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.

1)
Questions

1. Write the fraction representing the shaded portion:

2. Colour the part according to the given fraction:

3. Identify the error, if any?

4. What fraction of a day is 8 hours?
5. What fraction of an hour is 40 minutes?
6. Arya, Abhimanyu and Vivek shared lunch. Arya has brought two sandwiches, one made of
vegetable and one of jam. The other two boys forgot to bring their lunch. Arya agreed to share
his sandwiches so that each person will have an equal share of each sandwich.
(a) How can Arya divide his sandwiches so that each person has an equal share?
(b) What part of a sandwich will each boy receive?
7. Kanchan dyes dresses. She had to dye 30 dresses. She has so far finished 20 dresses. What
fraction of dresses has she finished?
8. Write the natural numbers from 2 to 12. What fraction of them are prime numbers?
9. Write the natural numbers from 102 to 113. What fraction of them are prime numbers?
10. What fraction of these circles have ‘X’s in them?

11. Kristin received a CD player for her birthday. She bought 3 CDs and received 5 others as gifts.
What fraction of her total CDs did she buy and what fraction did she receive as gifts?
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.1)
Answers

2 8 4 1
1. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4 9 8 4
3 3 10 4
(v) (vi) (vii) (viii)
7 12 10 9
4 1
(ix) (x)
8 2

2. Sol.

3. All the figures are not equally divided. For making fractions, it is necessary that figure is to be
divided in equal parts.

4. Since, 1 day = 24 hours.

8 1
Therefore, the fraction of 8 hours = =
24 3

5. Since, 1 hour = 60 minutes.

40 2
Therefore, the fraction of 40 minutes = =
60 3

6. (a) Arya will divide each sandwich into three equal parts and give one part of each sandwich to
each one of them.
1 1
(b) 1× =
3 3

7. Total number of dresses = 30

 Work finished = 20
20 2
Fraction of finished work = =
30 3

8. Natural numbers from 2 to 12: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Prime numbers from 2 to 12: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11
5
Hence, fraction of prime numbers =
11

9. Natural numbers from 102 to 113: 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113
Prime numbers from 102 to 113: 103, 107, 109, 113
4 1
Hence fraction of prime numbers = =
12 3

10. Total number of circles = 8 and number of circles having ‘X’ = 4

4
Hence, the fraction =
8

11. Total number of CDs = 3 + 5 = 8

Number of CDs purchased = 3
3
Fraction of CDs purchased =
8
5
Fraction of CDs received as gifts =
8
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.2)
Questions

1. Draw number lines and locate the points on them:

1 1 3 4
(a) , , ,
2 4 4 4
1 2 3 7
(b) , , ,
8 8 8 8
2 3 8 4
(c) , , ,
5 5 5 5
2. Express the following fractions as mixed fractions:
20
(a)
3
11
(b)
5
17
(c)
7
28
(d)
5
19
(e)
6
35
(f)
9
3. Express the following as improper fractions:
3
(a) 7
4
6
(b) 5
7
5
(c) 2
6
3
(d) 10
5
3
(e) 9
7
4
(f) 8
9
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.2)
Answers

1. (a)

(b)

(c)

6 2
2. (a) 3 20 (b) 5 11
−18 −10
2 1
20 2 11 1
∴ =6 ∴ =2
3 3 5 5
2 5
(c) 7 17 (d) 5 28
−14 −25
3 3
17 3 28 3
∴ =2 ∴ =5
7 7 5 5
3 3
(e) 6 19 (f) 9 35
−18 −27
1 8
19 1 35 8
∴ =3 ∴ =3
6 6 9 9

3 ( 7 × 4 ) + 3 28 + 3 31 6 ( 5 × 7 ) + 6 35 + 6 41
3. (a) 7 = = = (b) 5 = = =
4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7
5 ( 2 × 6 ) + 5 12 + 5 17 3 (10 × 5 ) + 3 50 + 3 53
(c) 2 = = = (d) 10 = = =
6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
3 ( 9 × 7 ) + 3 63 + 3 66 4 ( 8 × 9 ) + 4 72 + 4 76
(e) 9 = = = (f) 8 = = =
7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.3)
Questions

1. Write the fractions. Are all these fractions equivalent:

(a)

(b)

2. Write the fraction and pair up the equivalent fractions to each row:

3. Replace in each of the following by the correct number:

2 8 5 10 3
(a) = (b) = (c) =
7 8 5 20
45 15 18
(d) = (e) =
60 24 4
3
4. Find the equivalent fraction of having:
5
(a) denominator 20 (b) numerator 9
(c) denominator 30 (d) numerator 27
36
5. Find the equivalent fraction of with:
48
(a) numerator 9 (b) denominator 4
6. Check whether the given fraction are equivalent:
5 30 3 12 7 5
(a) , (b) , (c) ,
9 54 10 50 13 11
7. Reduce the following fractions to simplest form:
48 150 84 12 7
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
60 60 98 52 28
8. Ramesh had 20 pencils, Sheelu had 50 pencils and Jamaal had 80 pencils. After 4 months,
Ramesh used up 10 pencils, Sheelu used up 25 pencils and Jamaal used up 40 pencils. What
fraction did each use up? Check is each has used up an equal fraction of her/his pencils?
9. Match the equivalent fractions and write two more for each:
250 2
(i) (a)
400 3
180 2
(ii) (b)
200 5
660 1
(iii) (c)
990 2
180 5
(iv) (d)
360 8
220 9
(v) (e)
550 10
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.3)
Answers

1 2 3 4
1. (a) , , ,
2 4 6 8
Yes, all of these fractions are equivalent.
4 3 2 1 6
(b) , , , ,
12 9 6 3 15
No, these fractions are not equivalent.

1 4 1
2. (a) (ii) =
2 8 2
4 2 8 2
(b) = (iv) =
6 3 12 3
3 1 6 1
(c) = (i) =
9 3 18 3
2 1 4 1
(d) = (v) =
8 4 16 4
3 12 3
(e) (iii) =
4 16 4
2 2× 4 8 5 5 × 2 10 3 3 × 4 12
3. (a) = = (b) = = (c) = =
7 7 × 4 28 8 8 × 2 16 5 5 × 4 20
45 45 ÷ 3 15 18 18 ÷ 6 3
(d) = = (e) = =
60 60 ÷ 3 20 24 24 ÷ 6 4
3 3 × 4 12 3 3× 3 9
4. (a) = = (b) = =
5 5 × 4 20 5 5 × 3 15
3 3 × 6 18 3 3 × 9 27
(c) = = (d) = =
5 5 × 6 30 5 5 × 9 45
36 36 ÷ 4 9 36 36 ÷ 12 3
5. (a) = = (b) = =
48 48 ÷ 4 12 48 48 ÷ 12 4
5 30 5 × 6 30 30 30
6. (a) , = , = ,
9 54 9 × 6 54 54 54
5 30
Therefore, , are equivalent.
9 54
3 12 3 × 5 12 15 12
(b) , = , = ,
10 50 10 × 5 50 50 50
 3 12
Therefore,
, are not equivalent.
10 50
7 5 7 × 11 5 × 13 77 65
(c) , = , = ,
13 11 13 × 11 11× 13 143 143
7 5
Therefore, , are not equivalent fraction.
13 11
48 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 4 150 3 × 5 × 10 5
7. (a) = = (b) = =
60 2 × 2 × 3 ×5 5 60 2 × 3 × 10 2
84 2 × 3 × 14 6 12 2 × 2 ×3 3
(c) = = (d) = =
98 7 × 14 7 52 2 × 2 ×13 13
7 7 1
(e) = =
28 2 × 2 × 7 4
8. Ramesh: Total pencils = 20
Pencils used = 10
10 1
Fraction = =
20 2
Sheelu: Total pencils = 50
Pencils used = 25
25 1
Fraction = =
50 2
Jamaal: Total pencils = 80
Pencils used = 40
40 1
Fraction = =
80 2
Since, all of them used half of their pencils, therefore each one used up equal fraction of
pencils.
250 5 10 15 5
9. (i) = , , (d)
400 8 16 24 8
180 9 18 27 9
(ii) = , , (e)
200 10 20 30 10
660 2 4 6 2
(iii) = , , (a)
990 3 6 9 3
180 1 2 3 1
(iv) = , , (c)
360 2 4 6 2
220 2 4 6 2
(v) = , , (b)
550 5 10 15 5
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.4)
Questions

1. Write shaded portion as fraction. Arrange them in ascending and descending order using
correct sign ‘<’, ‘>’, ‘=’ between the fractions:

(a)

(b)

2 4 8 6
(c) Show , , and on the number line. Put appropriate signs between the fractions
6 6 6 6
given:
5 2 3 1 6 8 5
, 0, ,
6 6 6 6 6 6 6
2. Compare the fractions and put an appropriate sign:
3 5 1 1 4 5 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 6 7 4 5 5 5 7
3. Make five more each pairs and put appropriate signs.
4. Look at the figures and write ‘<’ or ‘>’ between the given pairs of fractions:
 1 1 3 2 2 2
(a) (b) (c)
6 3 4 6 3 4
6 3 5 5
(d) (e)
6 3 6 5
Make five more such problems and solve them with your friends.

5. How quickly can you do this? Fill appropriate sign (<, =, >):
1 1 2 3 3 2
(a) (b) (c)
2 5 4 6 5 3
3 2 3 6 7 3
(d) (e) (f)
4 8 5 5 9 9
1 2 6 4 3 7
(g) (h) (i)
4 8 10 5 4 8
6 4 5 15
(j) (k)
10 5 7 21
6. The following fractions represent just three different numbers. Separate them into three
groups of equivalent fractions, by changing each one to its simplest form:
2 3 8 16 10 15
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
12 15 50 100 60 75
12 16 12 12 3 4
(g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l)
60 96 75 72 18 25
7. Find answers to the following. Write and indicate how you solved them:
5 4 9 5
(a) Is equal to ? (b) Is equal to ?
9 5 16 9
4 16 1 4
(c) Is equal to ? (d) Is equal to ?
5 20 15 30
2
8. Ila read 25 pages of a book containing 100 pages. Lalita read of the same book. Who read
5
less?
3 3
9. Rafiq exercised for of an hour, while Rohit exercised for of an hour. Who exercised for a
6 4
longer time?
10. In a class A of 25 students, 20 passed in first class; in another class B of 30 students, 24 passed
in first class. In which class was a greater fraction of students getting first class?
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.4)
Answers

3 6 4 1
1. (a) , , ,
8 8 8 8
1 3 4 6
Ascending order: < < <
8 8 8 8
6 4 3 1
Descending order: > > >
8 8 8 8
8 4 3 6
(b) , , ,
9 9 9 9
3 4 6 8
Ascending order: < < <
9 9 9 9
8 6 4 3
Descending order: > > >
9 9 9 9
(c) Number line

5 2 1 6 3 0 8 5
> < > >
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3 5 1 1 4 5 3 3
2. (a) < (b) < (c) < (d) >
6 6 7 4 5 5 5 7
9 6 1 1 1 1 7 11
3. (a) > (b) > (c) < (d) <
10 10 3 6 8 5 8 8
11 9
(e) >
13 13

1 1 3 2 2 2 6 3
4. (a) < (b) > (c) > (d) =
6 3 4 6 3 4 6 3
5 5
(e) <
6 5
Five more such problems:
1 3 2 3 3 4 5 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 6 3 5 4 6 6 2
0 0
(e)
1 6
Sol.
1 3 2 3 3 4 5 2
(a) = (b) > (c) > (d) <
2 6 3 5 4 6 6 2
 0 0
(e) =
1 6
1 1 2 3 3 2 3 2
5. (a) > (b) = (c) < (d) >
2 5 4 6 5 3 4 8
3 6 7 3 1 2 6 4
(e) < (f) > (g) = (h) <
5 5 9 9 4 8 10 5
3 7 6 4 5 15
(i) < (j) < (k) =
4 8 10 5 7 21
2 1 3 1 8 4 16 4
6. (a) = (b) = (c) = (d) =
12 6 15 5 50 25 100 25
10 1 15 1 12 1 16 1
(e) = (f) = (g) = (h) =
60 6 75 5 60 5 96 6
12 4 12 1 3 1 4 4
(i) = (j) = (k) = (l) =
75 25 72 6 18 6 25 25
Equivalent groups:
1 1
I group: [(b), (f), (g)] II group: [(a), (e), (h), (j), (k)]
5 6
4
(iii) group: [(c), (d), (i), (l)]
25
5 4 5 × 5 25 4 × 9 36
7. (a) and ⇒ = and = [∵ L.C.M. of 9 and 5 is 45]
9 5 9 × 5 45 5 × 9 45
25 36
Since, ≠
45 45
5 4
Therefore, ≠
9 5
9 5 9×9 81 5 × 16 80
(b) and ⇒ = and = [∵ L.C.M. of 16 and 9 is 144]
16 9 16 × 9 144 9 × 16 144
81 80
Since, ≠
144 144
9 5
Therefore, ≠
16 9
4 16 4 × 20 80 16 × 5 80
(c) and ⇒ = and = [∵ L.C.M. of 5 and 20 is 100]
5 20 5 × 20 100 20 × 5 100
80 80
Since, =
100 100
4 16
Therefore, =
5 20
1 4 1× 2 2 4 ×1 4
(d) and ⇒ = and = [∵ L.C.M. of 15 and 30 is 30]
15 30 15 × 2 30 30 × 1 30
 4 4 1 4
Since, = Therefore, =
30 30 15 30

8. Ila read 25 pages out of 100 pages.

25 1
Fraction of reading the pages = = th part of book
100 4
2 40
Lalita read th part of book = pages
5 100
1 2
Since <
4 5
Therefore, Ila read less.

3
9. Rafiq exercised of an hour.
6
3
Rohit exercised of an hour.
4
3 3
Since >
4 6
Therefore, Rohit exercised for a longer time.

20 4
10. In class A, 20 passed out of 25, i.e., =
25 5
24 4
In class B, 24 passed out of 30, i.e., =
30 5
Hence, each class have same fraction of student getting first class.
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.5)
Questions

1. Write the fractions appropriately as additions or subtractions{

2. Solve:
1 1 8 3 7 5 1 21
(a) + (b) + (c) − (d) +
18 18 15 15 7 7 22 22
12 7 5 3 2 3 1 0
(e) − (f) + (g) 1 − 1 =  (h) +
15 15 8 8 3 3 4 4
12
(i) 3 −
5
2 1
3. Shubham painted of the wall space in his room. His sister Madhavi helped and painted of
3 3
the wall space. How much did they paint together?
4. Fill in the missing fractions:
7 3 3 5
(a) − = (b) − =
10 10 21 21
3 3 5 12
(c) − = (d) + =
6 6 27 27
5. Javed was given of a basket of oranges. What fraction of oranges was left in the basket?
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.5)
Answers

1 2 1+ 2 3 5 3 5−3 2
1. (a) + = = (b) − = =
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2 3 2+3 5
(c) + = =
6 6 6 6
1 1 1+1 2 1 8 3 8 + 3 11
2. (a) + = = = (b) + = =
18 18 18 18 9 15 15 15 15
7 5 7−5 2 1 21 1 + 21 22
(c) − = = (d) + = = =1
7 7 7 7 22 22 22 22
12 7 12 − 7 5 1 5 3 8
(e) − = = = (f) + = =1
15 15 15 15 3 8 8 8
2 3 2 3−2 1 1 0 1+ 0 1
(g) 1 − = − = = (h) + = =
3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4
12 15 12 15 − 12 3
(i) 3 − = − = =
5 5 5 5 5
2
3. Fraction of wall painted by Shubham =
3
1
Fraction of wall painted by Madhavi =
3
2 1 2 +1 3
Total painting by both of them = + = = =1
3 3 3 3
Therefore, they painted complete wall.

4 8 6 7
4. (a) (b) (c) (d)
10 21 6 27
5. Total = 1
5
Fraction of Orange left = 1 −
7
7 5 7−5 2
= − = =
7 7 7 7
2
Thus, oranges was left in the basket.
7
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.6)
Questions

1. Solve:
2 1 3 7 4 2 5 1
(a) + (b) + (c) + (d) +
3 7 10 15 9 7 7 3
2 1 4 2 3 1 5 1
(e) + (f) + (g) − (h) −
5 6 5 3 4 3 6 3
2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
(i) + + (j) + + (k) 1 + 3 (l) 4 + 3
3 4 2 2 3 6 3 3 3 4
16 7 4 1
(m) − (n) −
5 5 3 2
2 3
2. Sarika bought meter of ribbon and Lalita meter of ribbon. What is the total length of the
5 4
ribbon they bought?
1 1
3. Naina was given 1 piece of cake and Najma was given 1 piece of cake. Find the total amount
2 3
of cake given to both of them.
4. Fill in the boxes:
5 1 1 1 1 1
(a) − = (b) − = (c) − =
8 4 5 2 2 6
5. Complete the addition – subtraction box:

7 1
6. A piece of wire meter long broke into two pieces. One piece was meter long. How long is
8 4
the other piece?
9 1
7. Nandini house is km from her school. She walked some distance and then took a bus for
10 2
km to reach the school. How far did she walk?
8. Ahsa and Samuel have bookshelves of the same size partly filled with books. Asha’s shelf is
5 2
th full and Samuel’s shelf is th full. Whose bookshelf is more full? By what fraction?
6 5
1 7
9. Jaidev takes 2 minutes to walk across the school ground. Rahul takes minutes to do same.
5 4
Who takes less time and by what fraction?
 Class –VI Mathematics (Ex. 7.6)
Answers

1. (a) L.C.M. of 3 and 7 is 21

2 1 2 × 7 + 1× 3 14 + 3 17
∴ + = = =
3 7 21 21 21
(b) L.C.M. of 10 and 15 is 30
3 7 3 × 3 + 7 × 2 9 + 14 23
∴ + = = =
10 15 30 30 30
(c) L.C.M. of 9 and 7 is 63
4 2 4 × 7 + 2 × 9 28 + 18 46
∴ + = = =
9 7 63 63 63
(d) L.C.M. of 7 and 3 is 21
5 1 5 × 3 + 7 × 1 15 + 7 22 1
∴ + = = = =1
7 3 21 21 21 21
(e) L.C.M. of 5 and 6 is 30
2 1 2 × 6 + 5 × 1 12 + 5 17
∴ + = = =
5 6 30 30 30
(f) L.C.M. of 5 and 3 is 15
4 2 4 × 3 + 2 × 5 12 + 10 22 7
∴ + = = = =1
5 3 15 15 15 15
(g) L.C.M. of 4 and 3 is 12
3 1 3 × 3 − 4 ×1 9 − 4 5
∴ − = = =
4 3 12 12 12
(h) L.C.M. of 6 and 3 is 6
5 1 5 ×1 − 2 × 1 5 − 2 3 1
∴ − = = = =
6 3 6 6 6 2
(i) L.C.M. of 3, 4 and 2 is 12
2 3 1 2 × 4 + 3 × 3 + 1× 6 6 + 9 + 6 23 11
∴ + + = = = =1
3 4 2 12 12 12 12
(j) L.C.M. of 2, 3, and 6 is 6
1 1 1 1× 3 + 1 × 2 + 1 × 1 3 + 2 + 1 6
∴ + + = = = =1
2 3 6 6 6 6
(k) L.C.M. of 3 and 3 is 3
4 11 4 + 11 15
∴ + = = =5
3 3 3 3
(l) L.C.M. of 3 and 4 is 12
 14 13 14 × 4 + 13 × 3 56 + 39 95 11
∴ + = = = =7
3 4 12 12 12 12
(m) L.C.M. of 5 and 5 is 5
16 7 16 − 7 9 4
∴ − = = =1
5 5 5 5 5
(n) L.C.M. of 3 and 2 is 6
4 1 4 × 2 − 1× 3 8 − 3 5
∴ − = = =
3 2 6 6 6
2 3
2. Ribbon bought by Sarita = m and Ribbon bought by Lalita = m
5 4
2 3 2× 4 + 5× 3
Total length of ribbon = + = [∵ L.C.M. of 5 and 4 is 20]
5 4 20
8 + 15 23 3
= = =1 m
20 20 20
3
Therefore, they bought 1 m of ribbon.
20

1 1
3. Cake taken by Naina = 1 piece and Cake taken by Najma = 1 piece
2 3
1 1 3 4 3× 3 + 4 × 2
Total cake taken = 1 + 1 = + = [∵ L.C.M. of 2 and 3 is 6]
2 3 2 3 6
9 + 8 17 5
= = =2
6 6 6
5
Therefore total consumption of cake is 2 .
6

1 5 2+5 7 1 1 5+2 7 1 1 3 −1 2
4. (a) + = = (b) + = = (c) − = =
4 8 8 8 2 5 10 10 2 6 6 6

5. Sol.

7
6. Total length of wire = meter
8
 1
Length of first part = meter
4
7 1 7 ×1 − 2 ×1
Remaining part = − = [∵ L.C.M. of 8 and 4 is 8]
8 4 8
7−2 5
= = meter
8 8
5
Therefore, the length of remaining part is meter.
8
9
7. Total distance between school and house = km
10
1
Distance covered by bus = km
2
9 1 9 × 1 − 1× 5
Remaining distance = − = [∵ L.C.M. of 10 and 2 is 10]
10 2 10
9−5 4 2
= = = km
10 10 5
2
Therefore, distance covered by walking us km.
5
5 2
8. and
6 5
5 5 25 2 6 12
⇒ × = and × = [∵ L.C.M. of 6 and 5 is 30]
6 5 30 5 6 30
25 12 5 2
∵ > ⇒ >
30 30 6 5
∴ Asha’s bookshelf is more covered than Samueal.
25 12 13
Difference = − =
30 30 30
1 11
9. Time taken by jaidev = 2 minutes = minutes
5 5
7
Time taken by Rahul = minutes
4
11 7 11× 4 − 7 × 5
Difference = − = [∵ L.C.M. of 5 and 4 is 20]
5 4 20
44 − 35 9
= = minutes
20 20
9
Thus, Rahul takes less time, which is minutes.
20