Numeracy
Numeracy
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Definition of a Fraction
b) What fraction of the journey has he
1) a) What fraction is shaded got left?
in?
6) ABRACADABRA
b) What fraction is
unshaded? a) What fraction of this word is made up
of A’s?
b) What fraction of this word is made up
2) a) What fraction is black?
of B’s?
b)What fraction is white? c) What fraction of this word is made up
3) a) What fraction is of C’s?
shaded in? d) What fraction of this word is made up
b) What fraction is of D’s?
unshaded? e) What fraction of this word is made up
of R’s?
4) 25 students sit an examination. 7) A bunch of flowers is made up of 9
17 pass and the remainder fail. yellow roses, 5 red roses and 3 white
a) What fraction of the students pass? roses
b) What fraction of the students fail? a) What fraction of the bunch are yellow
5) Gary walks from his home to the centre roses?
of town, a distance of 7 miles. When he b) What fraction of the bunch are red
has walked 4 miles he stops for a rest. roses?
a) What fraction of the journey has he c) What fraction of the bunch are white
travelled when he stops? roses?
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Equivalent Fractions
Put these fractions into their lowest terms 16) Cancel down each of these fractions
by dividing the numerator and the and say which have the value of 2--3- .
denominator by the same number
(cancelling down). 12 8 7 6 6 8 10 14 12 12 4 5
------ , ------ , ------ , --- , ------ , ------ , ------ , ------ , ------ , ------ , --- , ------ ,
5 4 4 15 10 14 9 12 12 15 30 18 20 6 15
1) -----
20
- 2) -----
20
- 3) -----
16
-
16 18 14
3 2 4 ------ , ------ , ------
4) ------ 5) --- 6) ------ 20 27 21
15 6 12
6 9 15
7) ------
15
8) ------
12
9) ------
20 17) Cancel down each of these fractions
4 6 8 and list them in order of size, smallest
10) ------
10
11) ------
14
12) ------
12
12 10 9 first
13) ------
18
14) ------
15
15) ------
15 12 12 5 12
------
30
, ------
15
, ------
25
, ------
20
Mixed Numbers
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Change these top heavy fractions into Change these mixed numbers into
mixed numbers. improper fractions
12 7 10 11
1) 1 --1- 2) 2 1--- 3) 3 3---
2 4 4
1) ------
5
2) ---
2
3) ------
3
4) ------
4
4) 2 2--- 5) 2 1--- 6) 3 1---
15 17 21 27 3 5 7
5) ------
4
6) ------
3
7) ------
5
8) ------
8
7) 2 3--- 8) 3 1--- 9) 2 3---
31 47 41 33 4 2 5
9) ------
9
10) ------
10
11) ------
7
12) ------
13 3--- 5--- 3-
10) 2 11) 3 12) 3 ------
8 7 10
Adding Fractions
1 1 3 2 5 3 2 2 3
1) --- + --- = ------ + ------ = ------
4 6 12 12 12
10) -----
10
- + ---
5
11) ------ + ------
20 10
2 1 5 1 3 1
2) --- + -- (LCM is 6)
3 6
12) --- + ---
8 6
13) -----
10
- + ---
6
3 1 7 3 4 5
3) --- + ------ (LCM is 12)
4 12
14) ------ + ---
12 8
15) --9- + -----
12
-
1 1 4 1
4) --- + --- (LCM is 24)
6 8
16) --- + ------
5 20
17) 3--7- + -----
5
21
-
3 2 3 5
5) ------ + ------ (LCM is 30)
10 15
18) ------ + ------
10 25
19) 5--8- + -----
7
20
-
1 1 2 3 3 5 5 5
6) --- + ---
3 5
7) --- + ------
7 14
20) --- + ------
8 12
21) -----
16
- + ---
8
3 3 2 1
8) --- +-----
5 10
9) --- + ---
3 4
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Multiplication of Fractions
Exercise 1 10) 4 1--- × 3
------
10
11) 1 3--- × 5---
12) 7---
× 3 1---
2 5 8 8 2
1) 1--- × 9 2) 3
--- ×4 3) 3
--- ×7
2 8 4 Exercise 4
4) 5
---
8
×4 5) 1 3--8- × 2 6) 2 1--7- × 7 1) 1 1--- × 2 1--- 2) 1 1--- × 2 2--- 3) 1 3--- × 1 3---
2 2 2 3 4 4
7) 3 1--2- × 3 8) 5 3--8- × 6 9) 4 7--8- × 5 4) 2 1--- × 3 1--- 5) 2 1--- × 1 3--- 6) 2 1--8- × 1 1---
4 2 2 8 5
- ×5 - ×6 12) 4 1--8- × 6
3 9
10) 6 -----
10
11) 4 -----
10 7) 2 1--- × 1 ------
1-
8) 2 1--- × 1 1--- 9) 3 1--- × 1 1---
2 10 4 2 2 4
13) 5 3--8- × 7 14) 4 3--5- × 7 15) 2 2--3- × 12 3-
10) 2 ------ × 1 1--- 11) 4 1--- × 3 1--- 12) 2 ------
1-
× 3 ------
3-
10 4 2 4 10 10
Exercise 2 Exercise 5
--- × --- 2) 5--8- × 1--2- 3) 4--9- × 2--3-
3 3
1) 4 4 1) 1 1--- × 4 2) 3 1--- × 2 3) 3 × 1 1---
2 2 4
------ × --- 5) 1--4- × 5--8- 6) 3--5- × 7--8-
3 2
4) 10 5 4) 5 × 1 ------
1-
5) 3 × 1 2--- 6) 2 1--- × 4
10 3 2
7) 4---
× 2---
8) 6--- × 2--- 7-
9) ------ × 2--- 7) 2 1--- ×3 8) 3 1--- ×4 9) 2 1--- ×4
5 3 7 3 10 5 4 2 5
10) 3---
× ------
7-
11) 5--- × 3--- 12) 11 ----- × 2---
16 10) 3 × 3 1--- 11) 5 × 2 3--- 12) 6 × 3 2---
4 11 9 4 3 5 4 5
13) 3---
× 3--- 14) × 6--- 1---
15) × 5--- 3---
Exercise 6
5 4 7 3 9 5
16) 3---
× 2--- 17) 5--- × 1--- 18) ------7-
× 5--- 1) 1 1--2- × 100 2) 3 1--4- × 20
5 7 7 6 12 8
- × 15 - ×6
3 7
Exercise 3 3) 2 -----
10
4) 5 -----
20
1) 2--- × 1 3--- 2) 2 1--- × 3---
3) 5---
× 2 1--- 5) 4 5--8- × 20 6) 3 4--5- × 100
5 4 3 5 8 2
4) 3---
× 1 ------
3-
5) 3 × 1--- 5---
6) 1 --- × ------
1 3-
7) 3 7--8- × 12 8) 2 5--8- × 20
8 10 2 6 2 10
7) 4---
× 1 3--- 8) 2--- × 2 --1- 9) 3 1--- × 3--- 9) 4 3--5- × 16 7
- × 10
10) 5 -----
12
5 5 3 5 2 5
Dividing by a Fraction
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5) Calculate d) 3---
× 1 1--- e) 3 1--- × 2--- f) 1 1--- × 2 1---
4 2 2 5 2 2
a) 5---
+ 1---
b) 3
------- + 4
------- c) 3
------- + 7
------- g) 5 1--- × 3 3--- h) 6 × 2 3---
1---
i) 5 × 7
1---
7 7 11 11 13 13 7 5 4 8 4
j) 3 ×
1---
10 k) 3 × 100
1---
l) 6 3--- × 1000
2 4 4
6) Put these fractions into their lowest
terms 14) Calculate
3--- 4 6 9
a)
9
b) -------
12
c) -------
18
d) -------
12
a) 6 1--- ÷ 1---
b) 6 1--- ÷ 4 c) 5---
÷ 2 1---
2 4 2 8 2
8) Change into improper fractions 16) a) Divide £30 between two people in
a) 1 1--- b) 3 3--- c) 5 1--- d) 6 3--- the ratio 3:2
2 4 4 5
b) Divide £16.20 between two people in
9) What is the L.C.M. (lowest common the ratio 7:3.
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Multiplying Decimals
Exercise 1 11) 12.6 × 0.04 12) 37.3× 0.15
1) 2.4 × 7 2) 5.4 × 9 3) 6.13 × 5 13) 84.3 × 0.28 14) 77.6 × 5.7
4) 4.312 × 6 5) 3.4 × 5 6) 5.4 × 7 15) 0.45 × 0.63 16) 0.4 × 0.316
7) 4.31 × 4 8) 18.6 × 9 9) 37.4 × 8 17) 0.45 × 0.814 18) 7.3 × 0.044
10) 3.87 × 5 11) 15.3 × 7 12) 23.9 × 3 Exercise 3
Exercise 2 1) 0.03 × 0.7 2) 0.41 × 0.3
1) 4.2 × 5.3 2) 9.8 × 2.5 3) 0.861 × 0.9 4) 0.14 × 0.32
5) 0.62 × 0.48 6) 0.531 × 0.04
3) 8.6 × 4.1 4) 9.21 × 0.7
7) 0.61 × 0.82 8) 0.9 × 0.681
5) 6.83 × 0.9 6) 14.1 × 0.6 9) 0.013 × 0.045 10) 0.021 × 0.0031
7) 24.1 × 3.2 8) 5.83 × 7.2 11) 3.4 × 0.014 12) 8.6 × 0.003
9) 44.3 × 8.4 10) 7.8 × 0.05 13) 14 × 0.006 14) 18.6 × 0.0014
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