Chapter 3 Fractions

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3.1 Fractions A fraction is a number that represents a part of a whole. It can be written in the form of

4. The diagram below is some number line, fill in the blanks. a)

Reading and describing fractions Fraction Read as Two over five Description Two out of five

b)

c)
Representing fractions with diagram a) ( )

3.2 Equivalent Fractions More example : 1. Equivalent fractions are fractions that have same value.

Example : The fraction represented by the above diagram is _____________________ 1. = 2. Read as Description

2. Fraction

=(

( )

More example:
1. The following are equivalent fractions of , except a) b) c) d)

Eleven over nineteen

3. Express 10 sen as a function of RM1.00. 2. if = , find the value of x.

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3. Determine which fractions have the largest value a) b) c) d)

7. Simply each of the following fractions to its lowest term. a) b) c)

4. Determine the following pair is equivalent a) &

5. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order. a) , , b) , , 8. In the sequence, , x, a) b) c) d) , 1.. the value of x is

6. Arrange the following fractions in descending order . a) , , 2

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3.3 Mixed Numbers A mixed number is a number consisting of a WHOLE NUMBER and a PROPER FRACTION.
Proper fraction

Changing improper fractions into mixed number. Example: 1. Change 13 6 83 6 23 18 5 Therefore

into a mixed number.

Whole number

=2+

More example : 1. Draw a diagram to represent each of the following mixed number. a) b)

More example : 1. Change the following mixed number into an improper fractions. a) b)

2. On the number line below, L and M respectively represent 2. Which of the fractions below closest to 3. a) b) c) d)

3.4 Proper Fraction and Improper Fraction Changing mixed number into improper fraction Example: 1. Change = = 3 into improper fraction.

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3.5 Addition and Subtraction of Fractions 1. + +

5. 7-

2.

= 6. Encik Amins monthly salary RM 2600. He uses his salary to pay his housing loan and of

of the balance

for his monthly expenditure. How much is left after paying the loan and expenditure?

3.

+ + =

4.

7.Hamidah bought

kg of vegetables, whereas Shani kg of

bought kg less than Hamidah. If Siti bought

vegetables less than Shani, how many kilograms of vegetables did Siti buy?

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3.6 Multiplication and division of fraction 1. x =

5. of K is 35. What is the value of K?

2. 1

= 6. Misbun uses 4 hours for training every day. How many hours will he use for training in a week if he has a rest on Sunday?

3. Find the product of 1 and 1

7. A ferry carried a total of 90 vehicles. of them were cars, 4. Find the quotient of 3 3 were motorcycles and the rest were vans. How

many vans did the ferry carry?

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3.7 Combined operations 1. 1 + 3 =

5. Mrs Yam buys 3 kg of prawns and 4 kg of crabs at a wholesale market. The prices for 1 kg of prawns and 1 kg of crabs are RM 24 and RM 10 respectively. If Mrs Yam uses RM 50 note to pay for the prawns and crabs, calculate change should she get.

2. Calculate value of 1 ( 3 - 1 ) and express your answer as a fraction in its lowest term.

7. Encik Rahim has 40 hectares of land. He uses hectare of the land to plant durian and hectare of the land to plant mangoes. He then builds some houses on the balance portion of the land. If each house needs 5 hectares of land, how many houses can he build?

3.

(2 -2 ) + 1 =

8. A box contains 512 rulers. of the rulers are plastic and of the plastic rulers are red. Find the number of plastic rulers which are red.