Chapter 3: Fractions

Paper 1 This test paper contains 21 questions. Answer ALL the questions. The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned. You are allowed to use a scientific calculator that cannot be programmed. 1 Diagram 1 is consists of squares of equal size.

DIAGRAM 1

The fraction representing the shaded area of the following figure is A

1 4 2 5 3 10 1 3

130 written as a mixed number is 16 1 A 8 8

B

2 3 7 10 3 10

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Calculate the sum of 2

A

4 1 and 3 . 2 5

3 10 3 10 7 10 7 10

14 7 15 3 5 A 2
B

2 5 2 45 98 45 3 ? 2

Which of the following is not equivalent to A

24 16 30 20 18 16 36 24

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1 2 + x = 9 , then calculate the value of x. 4 3 5 A 4 6

If 7
B

5 6 1 3 5 12

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3 , when changed into an improper fraction, is 4 59 4 56 4 46 4 49 4 1 1 4 . 8 7 2 6

Solve 4 A B C D

10 12 17 21

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1 2 5 = 6 3 6 5 A 6
2 B

2 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 4 1 5 2 3
1 of 600 + 3 350 300

D
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Given that 15 x y = 10, calculate y. A B C D

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Calculate the value of

A B

250 400

C D

1 of 600 4

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How many A B 16 14

1 are there in 8? 2
C D 12 10

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Solve

5 1 6 3 5 1 + 6 2

1 8 1 4 3 8 1 2 1 2 of her pay for rent and of it for 3 5

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Susie earns RM1 500 a month. She uses

food. How much of her pay does she have left?

A B C

D
15

RM200 RM300 RM400 RM500

7 2 6 5 . Solve + 5 7 8 8
A

1 7 1 7

5 7 1 7

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Arvind has RM50. He used

1 of the money to buy a text book. How much does 4

he have after buying the book? A RM32.50 B RM28.50 C RM37.50 D RM12.50

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In the sets of fractions given below, which has been arranged in ascending order?
A

1 1 1 1 , , , 5 4 3 2 5 4 3 2 , , , 6 5 4 3 7 6 5 4 , , , 8 8 8 8 2 2 2 2 , , , 3 4 5 6

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Diagram 2 is a number line.

4 x 6

DIAGRAM 2

Calculate the value of x + y given in the number line below.

A

1 6 5 6 1 6 5 6 3 of the students of the school are 5

10

10

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There are 500 boys in Sek. Men. Sri Bestari. If

girls, calculate the total number of students in the school. A 1 100 B 1 250 C 1 300 D 1 350
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Yayasan Pendidikan Muhibbah intends to distribute RM500 000 to needy students. If medical students are to receive RM100 000, engineering students RM200 000 and business students RM50 000 and the balance to law students, calculate the fraction of the amount given to law students. A

3 10 2 5 3 5 4 5 1 times older than Ali. Chong is 3 years younger 2

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Ali is 12 years old. Ravin is 2

than Ravin. Calculate the sum of the ages of the three boys. A B C D 69 59 49 39

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Paper 2 This test paper contains 10 questions. Answer ALL the questions. The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned. You are not allowed to use a calculator. 1 Shade the diagram below so that the shaded area is 3 of the whole diagram. 8

Solve

5 4 1 . 8 8 15 1
9 . 22

Solve 6 3 + 6

14

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Rubiah has some money in her wallet. She gave

1 of it to her friend, Sita. 8

If Sita received RM7, how much money did Rubiah have in her wallet initially? 5 If

4 of x is 80, determine the value of x. 9 2 of the money on dinner and gave RM36 to her 7

Ramlah had RM70. She spent

sister. Calculate the fraction of the money left. 7 8 Solve 2

3 3 2 1 + 3 . 5 4 3 1 are green, calculate the fraction of marbles that are blue. 6

There are 240 red, green and blue marbles in a glass container. If 80 of these marbles are red, and

Syarikat Talamas had a profit of RM900 000 last month. This month, its profits were

5 more than last month. Calculate the profit for this month. 6

10

Arrange these fractions in descending order.

1 2 3 3 1 , , , , 6 3 8 4 2
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