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EXERCISE 8.5

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1. There are 24 pencils in a box. of them are sharp. How many pencils are not sharp?
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2. Simmi, Rahul, Amar and Aftab each walked from their houses to the park. Simmi walked
1 mile, Rahul walked 2 mile, Amar walked 3 mile and Aftab walked 5 mile. Arrange
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these distances from the greatest to the least.
3. Kavya and Vishal go to the beach to collect shells. They carry bags of the same size.
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Kavya fills of her bag and Vishal fills of his bag. Whose bag is more full and
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by how much?
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4. John had 8 slices of pizza. He gave of them to Annie and then of the remaining
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slices to Ruby. How many slices are left with John?
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5. Sonia bought ribbon to decorate a gift box. She used of the ribbon to make a bow
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and to tie around the box. How much ribbon does she use?
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LET’S EVALUATE

1. Write three equivalent fractions for the given fractions by multiplying.

5 8 7 3 9 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
7 11 9 14 4 9
2. Fill in the boxes to make equivalent fractions.

3 6 24 3
(a) = (b) = (c) =
5 35 11 5 30

3. Write two like fractions for the following.

3 2 6 5 11 7
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
7 5 9 7 15 9
4. Put the correct sign <, > or =.
4 6 11 8 13 9
(a) (b) (c)
9 9 15 15 7 17
2 2 1 1 2 26
(d) (e) 5 5 (f) 3
8 3 9 3 8 8

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