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COMPARISON OF FRACTIONS 5. Put the appropriate symbol>, = or <, to compare the following fractions.
2 2 3 4 7 21 3 2 4 3
Fractions with the Same Numerator (a) ‪ (b) ‪ (c) ‪ (d) ‪ (e) ‪
Let us consider the following examples: 5 3 5 5 10 30 8 5 5 4

1 6. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order.
JUST TRY 1: 2 1 5 2 5 11 7 3 5 7

1 (a) 6 , 12 , (b) 18 , 8 , 12 (c) 5 , 6 , 10
3
JUST TRY 2:
3
1 4 11 7 2
JUST TRY 3: (d) 5 , 7 , 3 (e) , , ,
4 12 12 12 15 15 15 15
JUST TRY 4: 1 7. Arrange the following fractions in descending order.
5
Fractions with the Same Denominator (a) 2 , 5 , 1 (b) 1 , 5 , 7
Let us consider the following examples: 3 3 3 4 6 12
1
JUST TRY 5: 5 (c) 3 , 3 , 3 (d) 1 , 7 , 1
2 7 11 12 4 8 16
JUST TRY 6:
5
3 8. In a science examination, Anita secured 7 out of 10 for her project work, 18 out of 25 in the practicals and 85
JUST TRY 7: out of 100 in the theory paper. Find out in which part of the examination did she perform the best.
5
4
JUST TRY 8: 1 2 2
5 9. Nidhi read th of a book on Friday, rd of the book on Saturday and th of the book on Sunday.
5 3 15

2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 Find out on which day she read the most pages.
JUST TRY 9: Arrange , , , in descending order. the fraction 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
in descending order. 3 4 5 6 10. All three sections of Class VI have an equal number of students. The number of absentees on a rainy
1 3 1
day in sections A, Band C were , and respectively.
12 10 5
Practice Exercise 5.2
Find out which section had the maximum attendance on that particular day.

1. State whether the following pairs of fractions are equivalent or not.
3 6 1 3 3 9 14 15 8 7
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) ,
7 7 5 15 7 21 28 30 9 8

2. Write five equivalent fractions of the following.
2 3 4 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
9 7 11 5 8
3. Convert the following fractions into their simplest form (or lowest terms).

32 13 36 55 70
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
36 43 63 125 84
4. Fill in the blanks

1 4 60 13 6 24
(a) = (b) = (c) = (d) =
3 48 5 18 144 11

(e) 2 = = 12 = 16 =
3 9 27