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1. Fractions having different denominators are called ____________.
2. Two fractions are ____________ if the product of the numerator of the first and the denominator
of the second is equal to the product of the denominator of the first and the numerator of the
second.

3. A mixed fraction can be converted into ____________ fraction.
4. A fraction is said to be in ____________ form if its numerator and denominator are
____________.
5. To add or subtract like fractions, we add or subtract the ____________, keeping the
____________ same.

Answer in One Word or a Line
1. Is every proper fraction a unit fraction?

2. What type of fraction is 4 ?
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3. What is the denominator of the fraction ?
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4. What fraction is 3 hours of 12 hours?
5. What type of fraction can be converted into mixed fraction?

let’s evaluate
3 5 15 6 4 3 15
1. Find the equivalent fractions in each group: (a) , , (b) , , ,
4 7 21 32 16 16 80
14 27 37 6 1 10
2. Arrange in ascending order: (a) , , (b) , ,
15 30 40 13 3 26
3. What fraction of an hour is (a) 27 minutes (b) 35 minutes?
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4. Ramlal painted of a hall, Mohan painted another of it and rest of the hall was painted
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by Shivam. What fraction of the hall was painted by Shivam?
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5. Ronald wrote 17 pages of his autobiography on Monday and 21 pages on Tuesday. How
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many more pages should he write on Wednesday to complete 50 pages?
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6. A farmer uses five out of seven equal strips of his land for cereal crops and of his land for
vegetables. What fraction of his land is available for other crops? 9
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7. Out of a ribbon of length 2 m, a piece of length 1 m is used to make flowers. How much
ribbon is left? 4 3

8. In section A of a class having 45 students, 20 are girls. In section B of the same class having
30 students, 15 are girls. Which section has a smaller fraction of girls?
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9. On a particular day Dimple studied for of an hour whereas her brother Shivam studied
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for of an hour. Who studied for a longer time?
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