Revision of Fractions

1. Reduce the following

2 15
a) 10 b) 125

2. Turn into mixed numbers

15 35
a) 11 b) 8

3. Calculate

3 3 5 7 1 11 5
a) 4 + 8 b) 12 + 9 + 36 c) 12 - 8
3 4
d)) 16 x 9

21 ¿ 10 ¿ 36 ¿
3 15¿ ¿ 3 9¿ ¿ 7 35 ¿ ¿
e) 5 x ¿ f) 5 ÷ ¿ g) 12 ÷ ¿ h)
1 1
3
4 + 3

4¿ 8¿ 25 ¿
5
2
2
2
2 11¿ ¿ 2 5¿ ¿ 16¿ ¿
i) 5 7 + 3 j) 3 x ¿ K) 3 x ¿ x ¿
7¿
1
2 22¿ ¿
j) 3 ÷ ¿
4) Linda and David are eating a whole bar of chocolate.
2 1
Linda eats of the bar and David eats of the bar.
7 3

(i) What fraction of the bar of chocolate have Linda and David eaten between them?

Answer: ....................................

(ii) What fraction of the bar of chocolate is left over?

Answer: ....................................

(iii) If 16 squares of chocolate are left over, how many squares of chocolate were
there in the whole bar?

Answer: ....................................

2
5) Robbie the rabbit eats of a carrot each day.
3
(i) How many days will it take Robbie to eat 12 carrots?

Answer: ....................................

1
Harry the hare eats of a carrot each day.
4
(ii) (a) What fraction of a carrot do Robbie and Harry together eat in one day?

Answer: ....................................
(b) How many carrots will Robbie and Harry eat altogether in 36 days?
Answer: ....................................
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6) (a) Babs drinks of a pint of juice each day.
5

How many pints of juice will Babs drink in 10 days?

Answer: ............................ pints

3
(b) Every day Hal uses of a kilogram of grain to feed his
4
chickens.

For how many days will a 24-kilogram bag of grain last Hal’s
chickens?

Answer: ............................ days

7) Jamie has 2 identical full tubs of margarine.

1 2
He uses 1 tubs of margarine to make cakes and of a tub of margarine to make pastry.
3 5

(i) What fraction of a tub of margarine is left?

Answer: ....................................

(ii) Given that there are 800 grams of margarine left, what is the mass of margarine in
a full tub?
Give your answer in kilograms.

Answer: ................................ kg

2
8. (a) Sheba the cat drinks of a pint of milk each day.
3
For how long will 6 pints of milk last Sheba?

Answer: ............................ days

(b) A large packet of sweets contains 25% more sweets than a standard packet.
What is the ratio of the number of sweets in a large packet to the number of sweets in a
standard packet?
Give your answer in its simplest form.
Answer: ....................................