Class 6 Mathematics – Fractions
Chapter: Complete Practice Questions
Examples
1. Write (5/2) in mixed fraction.
2. Write (4 2/3) in improper fraction.
3. Write (2 1/5) in improper fraction.
Let Us Practice (Pages 172–173)
1. How many whole units are there in (7/5) and in (11/5)?
2. Figure out the number of whole units in each of the following fractions:
(b) (11/5)
(c) (9/4)
4. Can all fractions greater than 1 be written as mixed numbers?
5. Write the following fractions as mixed fractions:
(d) (47/9)
(e) (11/11)
(f) (19/6)
6. Figure out the number of whole units in each of the following fractions:
(b) (11/3)
(c) (23/17)
(d) (43/11)
7. Write the following fractions as mixed fractions:
(a) (5/2)
(b) (7/5)
8. Write the following mixed numbers as fractions:
(c) (9 1/4)
(d) (3 6/1)
(e) (2 11/3)
Word Problems (Pages 178–179)
1. Three chocolate bars are shared equally by four children. Write a fraction of chocolate each
child gets. Also, write the corresponding division facts, addition facts, and multiplication facts.
2. Draw a picture to show how much each child gets when 3 pizzas are shared equally by 5
children.
3. 2 cakes were divided equally among 6 children. How much cake would each child get?
4. 5 glasses of juice shared equally among 4 friends is the same as how many glasses shared
equally among 8 friends?
5. 4 kg of potatoes divided equally in 3 bags is the same as 12 kg of potatoes divided equally in
how many bags?
6. 7 rotis divided among 5 children is the same as how many rotis divided among how many
children?
7. Find equivalent fractions for the given pairs:
(g) (8/3) and (11/4)
(h) (13/6) and (1/9)
Let Us Practice (Page 180)
1. Find the missing numbers:
(a) 7 glasses of juice shared equally among 5 friends is the same as ___ glasses of juice shared
equally among 10 friends.
(b) 5 kg of potatoes divided equally in 3 bags is the same as 10 kg of potatoes divided equally
in ___ bags. So (5/3) = (10/__)
(c) 8 rotis divided among 5 children is the same as ___ rotis divided among ___ children. So
(8/5) = (__/__).
Lowest Terms (Pages 181–182)
1. Express the following fractions in the lowest terms:
(b) (80/144)
(c) (108/147)
Comparing Fractions (Pages 182–183)
1. Compare the following fractions:
(c) (10/14) and (9/10)
(d) (12/8) and (5/5)
2. Write the following fractions in ascending order:
(a) (7/10), (11/15), (2/5)
(b) (19/24), (5/6), (7/12)
3. Write the following fractions in descending order:
(a) (25/16), (7/8), (13/4), (17/32)
(b) (3/4), (12/5), (7/12), (5/4)
4. Compare the following:
(a) (2/3) and (3/5)
(b) (8/11) and (11/12)
5. Arrange in ascending order: (2/3), (1/2), (5/7), (3/5)
6. Arrange in descending order: (5/11), (6/13), (4/5), (5/12)
Addition & Subtraction (Pages 184–189)
1. Add the following fractions using Brahmagupta’s method:
(f) (2/4 + 3/5)
(g) (4/5 + 2/3)
(j) (8/3 + 2/7)
(k) (3/4 + 3/5 + 1/7)
(l) (2/4 + 3/5 + 7/7)
2. Subtract the following fractions using Brahmagupta’s method:
(a) (10/3 - 4/3)
(b) (23/18 - 5/9)
3. Subtract as indicated:
(b) (23/29) from 3
(c) (45/10) from 7
4. Solve the following problems:
(a) Jaya's school is 7/10 km from her home. She takes an auto for 1/2 km from her home daily,
and then walks the remaining distance to reach her school. How much does she walk daily to
reach the school?
(b) Jeevika takes 10/3 minutes to take a complete round of the park and her friend Namit
takes 13/4 minutes to do the same. Who takes less time and by how much?
(c) Ravi takes 24/5 minutes to type one page. Rahul takes 43/10 minutes to do the same. Who
takes less time and by how much?
(d) Pooja's home is 7/8 km from her school. She takes a bus for 2/3 km and then walks the
remaining distance to reach her school. What distance does she walk to reach her school?
Practice Exercise – Objective Questions
2. What fraction of ₹1 is 25 paise?
7. The simplest form of 20/100 is:
9. The equivalent fraction of 2/5 with numerator 4 is:
10. The equivalent fraction of 5/6 with denominator 18 is:
Subjective Exercise (Page 193 onwards)
1. A whole pizza is cut into equal slices and each slice is (1/6) of the pizza.
- How many slices make up the whole pizza?
- How many slices make up half of the pizza?
2. What fraction of a day is 8 hours?
3. What fraction of the English alphabet are the consonants?
4. Rajat has 5 red marbles, 8 green marbles, and 7 blue marbles.
- What is the fraction of blue marbles?
8. Convert 638 cm to meters and express the result as a mixed fraction.
9. Express the following fractions in the lowest terms:
(a) (17/68)
(b) (64/176)
10. Write the first five equivalent fractions of the following:
(a) (2/3)
(b) (7/11)
12. Manish painted (3/8) part of a wall, and Mohan painted (1/8) part of the wall.
- What fraction of the wall did they paint together?
13. A brick weighs (2 1/4) kg. A stone is (3/4) kg lighter than the brick.
- Find the weight of the stone.
14. Sunil spent (1/8) of his pocket money on chocolates and (1/6) on ice cream.
- What fraction of his pocket money did he spend on chocolate and ice cream?
- What fraction of his pocket money is left?
15. In a company Rohit gets (1/4) of the profit, Sumit gets (2/5) of the profit, and the remaining
profit goes to Sujata.
- Find Sujata’s share in the profit.