LATEST NCERT CLASS 7 MATHS GANITA PRAKASH CHAPTER 8H WORKING WITH FRACTIONS PAGES 196, 197

LATEST NCERT CLASS 7 MATHS GANITA PRAKASH CHAPTER 8H WORKING WITH FRACTIONS PAGES 196, 197 FIGURE IT OUT 1. Evaluate the following: 1. 3 ÷ 7/9 2. 14/4 ÷ 2 3. 2/3÷ 2/3 4. 14/6 ÷ 7/3 5. 4/3 ÷ 3/4 6. 7/4 ÷ 1/7 7. 8/2 ÷ 4/15 8. 1/5 ÷ 1/9 9. 1/6 ÷ 11/12 10. 3 2/3 ÷ 1 3/8 2. For each of the questions below, choose the expression that describes the solution. Then simplify it. (a) Maria bought 8 m of lace to decorate the bags she made for school. She used 1/4 m for each bag and finished the lace. How many bags did she decorate? (b) 1/2 meter of ribbon is used to make 8 badges. What is the length of the ribbon used for each badge? (c) A baker needs 1/6 kg of flour to make one loaf of bread. He has 5 kg of flour. How many loaves of bread can he make ? 3. If 1/4 kg of flour is used to make 12 rotis, how much flour is used to make 6 rotis? 4. Pāṭīgaṇita, a book written by Sridharacharya in the 9th century CE, mentions this problem: “Friend, after thinking, what sum will be obtained by adding together 1 ÷ 1/6 , 1 ÷ 1/10, 1 ÷ 1/13, 1 ÷ 1/9 , and 1 ÷ 1/2” . What should the friend say? 5. Mira is reading a novel that has 400 pages. She read 1/5 of the pages yesterday and 3/10 of the pages today. How many more pages does she need to read to finish the novel? 6. A car runs 16 km using 1 litre of petrol. How far will it go using 2 3/4 litres of petrol? 7. Amritpal decides on a destination for his vacation. If he takes a train, it will take him 5 1/6 hours to get there. If he takes a plane, it will take him 1/2 hour. How many hours does the plane save? 8. Mariam’s grandmother baked a cake. Mariam and her cousins finished 4/5 of the cake. The remaining cake was shared equally by Mariam’s three friends. How much of the cake did each friend get?