CHAPTER 3

Fractions and Operations

Directions: Answer the following questions. For multiple-choice questions, choose the best answer.
For!other questions, follow the directions provided. Answers begin on page 110.

1. Eli’s daughter had a birthday party at Molly 4. Laura runs a food bank. On Monday she gave
Mouse’s Pizza Planet. There were two tables of
away 1 of her stock of !our. On Tuesday she
girls. The girls left to play the games and 4
1
Eli saw that one table had left of a pie and gave away 1 of what was left from Monday.
2 3
the other had left 2 of a pie. Eli added the two On Wednesday she gave away 1 of what was
3 2
and came up with one full pie and one piece left from Tuesday. If she started with 1000
left over. What is the smallest number of pounds of !our, how much was left by the end
pieces that each pie was cut into? of Wednesday?
Write your answer in the box.
A. 0 pounds
B. 250 pounds
C. 333 pounds
D. 500 pounds
2. Perry’s Used Cars gives 1 of the price of a car
8 1 5
as commission to its sales force. The members 5. ÷ =?
3 3
of the sales force share equally in the
commission. If there are 6 people selling cars, 5
A.
how much will each get from a car that sells 9
B. 5
for $7100?
Write your answer in the box. C. 9
5
D. 1
5

3. A company claims its soap is 99 44 percent 6. Toni had a backlog of work to do. On Monday
100
44 she did 1 of the backlog. If on Tuesday she
pure. What is reduced to its lowest form? 4
100 does the same amount of work (e.g., processes
44 the exact same number of "les), what part of
A.
100 the backlog will be left?
22
B.
50 1
A.
8
C. 11
25 1
B.
4
D. 4
10 C. 1
2
D. 2
3

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1
7. Lonnie announces a sale of 1 o# all 10. Julie usually puts 23 pounds of !our in her
3 4
merchandise and puts special sale tags on cookie recipe, but this time she is short of
every item. Toward the end of the sale, she another ingredient and must cut her !our by
decides to give customers an additional 3
7 pounds. How much !our will she put in
1 5
o# the marked-down prices. What is the
3 the recipe?
total discount?
13
1 A. 15 pounds
A. of the original price 20
9 1
2 B. 16 pounds
B. of the original price 2
3
5 of the original price C. 16 4 pounds
C. 9
9
4
4 D. 30 pounds
D. of the original price 9
9
3 1 3
11. Tomasz multiplied by 1 and got for an
5 4 5 4
8. Add 1 and 4 4 . answer. Did he do something wrong?
8 5
1 A. No, that is the correct answer.
A. 3
3 B. Yes, he did not change the mixed number
7 to an improper fraction.
B. 3
40 C. Yes, he forgot to invert the second fraction.
C. 5 9 D. Yes, he did not add 1 when he converted
13 the mixed number to an improper fraction
17 3 5 6
D. 6 (he multiplied by rather than by ).
40 4 5 5
12. In one town are 25 drivers under the age of 21.
3
9. Saul the butcher mixes 15 pounds of beef There are a total of 225 drivers in town. What is
4
the fraction of drivers under 21?
3
and 12 pounds of pork together to make
8 1
A.
sausage. How many pounds of sausage will he 10
get from these two meats? 1
B.
9
3
A. 3 pounds 1
8 C.
8
3
B. 27 pounds 1
4 D.
5
C. 28 1 pounds
8
3
D. 28 pounds
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13. Aram has 6 pounds of dry grout for tiling 16. Recently, the number of Americans under age
2
7 18 with student loans has increased from
his shower !oor. If he takes away 3 pounds
8 14 1
to . Express the di#erence as a fraction
for the "rst batch of grout, how much does he 100 5
have left? reduced to its lowest terms.
5 3
A. 2 pounds A.
8 50
4 6
B. 3 pounds B.
5 100
C. 4 pounds 7
C.
4 50
D. 9 pounds
5 13
D.
95
14. Sandi has brewed 55 ounces of iced tea. How
many full glasses of tea can be "lled if it takes 11
17. multiplied by its reciprocal
3 45
7 ounces of tea to "ll each glass? equals$______________________________________ .
4
Write your answer in the blank.
A. 47 glasses
B. 8 glasses
C. 7 glasses 3
18. What is expressed in 64ths?
D. 6 glasses 4
Write the correct numerator in the box.

15. Cal must cut 5 pieces of lumber, each !

9 64
measuring 11 inches, from an 8-foot board.
16
1 1 19. Which of the following is exactly equal to 1?
If Cal’s saw blade is inch wide (i.e., inch
8 8
of wood is lost on every cut), how much of the A. the reciprocal of 3
board will be left after Cal gets his "ve pieces? 15
3 3
B. the opposite of times
9 15 15
A. 37 inches
16 15 15
C. divided by
5 3 3
B. 42 inches
16 D. none of these
C. 57 13 inches
16
7
D. 58 inches
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144 3 5
20. Reduce to its lowest terms. 24. Subtract 45 from 92 .
216 4 10
18 3
A. A. !46
27 4
2 3
B. B. 46
3 4

C.
36 C. 47 1
54 4
72 1
D. D. 138
108 4

2 1 1 3 2
21. What is the quotient of 7 ÷ 2 ? Leave the 25. + + =
3 2 7 5 10
answer as a reduced improper fraction. Write the correct numerator and denominator in
Write the correct numerator in the box. the boxes.
! !
25 !
22. What is the lowest common denominator of 2, 26. Emma gets $9 per hour for the "rst 40 hours
3 21 5 worked per week and time and a half for
, , and ?
8 24 36 hours over that. If she works 48 hours one
A. 36 week, what fractional part of her paycheck is
B. 68 overtime?
C. 70
D. 72 1
A.
13
23. Gabriele has three 1-gallon cans of the same 3
B.
1 13
paint. One gallon is full. The second gallon 7
3 C.
1 3 13
is full, and the third is full. How much paint 10
5 8 D.
is there in total, expressed as gallons? 13

5
A. gallons
16
53
B. gallons
60
C. 109 gallons
120
119
D. gallons
120
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Questions 27–30 each contain a blank marked For questions 34–36, convert each improper fraction
Select . . . ▾ . Beneath the blank is a set to a mixed number. Reduce fractions as needed. Write
of choices. Indicate the choice that is correct your answers in the blanks.
and belongs in the blank. (Note: On the real
GED® test, the choices will appear as a “drop- 34. 17
4
down” menu. When you click on a choice, it
will appear in the blank.)
35. 124
11
3 3
27. 92
54 56 36.
72
Select . . . �
For questions 37–41, match the letter shown on the
> number line that corresponds to the given number.
< (Note: On the real GED® test, you will click on the
= letter and “drag” it next to the matching fraction.)
A B C DE F G H I J
5 1
28. 1
4 2 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Select . . . � 2
37. 3 A
> 3
< B
= 38. %1 1 C
2
7 13 D
29.
4 8
E
39. 1 1
2
Select . . . � F
> G
40. 6 4
< 5 H
=
I
3
3 9 41. %
30. 4 J
54 162

Select . . . �
>
<
=

For questions 31–33, convert each mixed number to an

improper fraction. Write your answers in the blanks.
1
31. 1
4

7
32. 6
8
7
33. 12
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What number is presented by each of the following –1

points on the number line? Match each point to its 48. 16 2

corresponding value. (Note: On the real GED® test, A. 8

you will click on the value and “drag” it next to the
matching point.) B. 1
4
A C D F G C. ! 1
4
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 D. !4

42. Point A 2 2
� 1%
49. ���! ���
# 3&
2
1 A. !
43. Point C ! 9
4 1
B. !
9
C. 1
3 9
44. Point D
4 2
D.
9

3 �2%
3
45. Point F !3
4 50. ��� ���
#5&
6
A.
5
1
46. Point G !2 8
4 B.
5
C. 6
15
Calculate: 8
D.
125
1
47. 64 3
A. 4
B. 8
1
C. 21
3
D. 192