Sasi Math (Revised for 1024)

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Written Instructions:

For each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4). Write your answers in the brackets provided..

For each Short Answer Question(SAQ) and Long Answer Question(LAQ), write your answers in the blanks provided.

Leave your answers in the simplest form or correct to two decimal places.

Chithra baked 2 pies.

Chithra cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Chithra gave 2 pieces to Tamilselvi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 45' title="

\frac{4}{5}

"/>

\frac{4}{5}

2) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

3) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

4) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

( )

Barathan baked 2 pies.

Barathan cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Barathan gave 8 pies to Ponnalagu.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

2) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

3) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

4) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

( )

Chellamal baked 2 pies.

Chellamal cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Chellamal gave 6 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

4) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

( )

Raj baked 2 pies.

Raj cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Raj gave 14 pieces to Nandini.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

3) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

4) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

( )

Kumutha baked 2 pies.

Kumutha cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Kumutha gave 1 piece to Savithri.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

4) 910' title="

\frac{9}{10}

"/>

\frac{9}{10}

( )

Karna baked 2 pies.

Karna cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Karna gave 6 pieces to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

3) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

4) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

( )

Swathi baked 2 pies.

Swathi cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Swathi gave 12 pieces to Tamilselvi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

2) 514' title="

\frac{5}{14}

"/>

\frac{5}{14}

3) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

4) 314' title="

\frac{3}{14}

"/>

\frac{3}{14}

( )

Swathi baked 2 pie.

Swathi cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Swathi gave 4 pies to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

2) 47' title="

\frac{4}{7}

"/>

\frac{4}{7}

3) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

4) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

( )

Pavi baked 2 pies.

Pavi cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Pavi gave 2 pieces to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

2) 56' title="

\frac{5}{6}

"/>

\frac{5}{6}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

( )

10)

Kumar baked 2 pies.

Kumar cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Kumar gave 3 pieces to Savithri.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

2) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

3) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

4) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

( )

Chithra baked 2 pies.

Chithra cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Chithra gave 2 pieces to Tamilselvi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

3) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

4) 45' title="

\frac{4}{5}

"/>

\frac{4}{5}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 5 = 10

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Tamilselvi = 10 - 2 = 8

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{8}{10}$ = $\frac{}{}$ $\frac{4}{5}$

He left $\frac{4}{5}$ of the pie.

Barathan baked 2 pies.

Barathan cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Barathan gave 8 pies to Ponnalagu.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

2) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

3) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

4) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pies: 2 x 7 = 14

Step 2: Pies left after giving to Ponnalagu = 14 - 8 = 6

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{6}{14}$ = $\frac{3}{7}$

He left $\frac{3}{7}$ of the pie

Chellamal baked 2 pies.

Chellamal cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Chellamal gave 6 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

2) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 6 = 12

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Panimalar = 12 - 6 = 6

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{6}{12}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$

She left $\frac{1}{2}$ of the pie.

Raj baked 2 pies.

Raj cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Raj gave 14 pieces to Nandini.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

2) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

3) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

4) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 8 = 16

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Nandini = 16 - 14 = 2

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{2}{16}$ = $\frac{1}{8}$

She left $\frac{1}{8}$ of the pie.

Kumutha baked 2 pies.

Kumutha cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Kumutha gave 1 piece to Savithri.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 910' title="

\frac{9}{10}

"/>

\frac{9}{10}

2) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 5 = 10

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Savithri = 10 - 1 = 9

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{9}{10}$

She left $\frac{9}{10}$ of the pie.

Karna baked 2 pies.

Karna cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Karna gave 6 pieces to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

2) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

3) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 8 = 16

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Chellamal = 16 - 6 = 10

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{10}{16}$ = $\frac{5}{8}$

He left $\frac{5}{8}$ of the pie.

Swathi baked 2 pies.

Swathi cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Swathi gave 12 pieces to Tamilselvi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 514' title="

\frac{5}{14}

"/>

\frac{5}{14}

2) 314' title="

\frac{3}{14}

"/>

\frac{3}{14}

3) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

4) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 7 = 14

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Tamilselvi = 14 - 12 = 2

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{1}{7}$

She left $\frac{1}{7}$ of the pie.

Swathi baked 2 pie.

Swathi cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Swathi gave 4 pies to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 47' title="

\frac{4}{7}

"/>

\frac{4}{7}

2) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

3) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

4) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pies: 2 x 7 = 14

Step 2: Pies left after giving to Ramani = 14 - 4 = 10

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{10}{14}$ = $\frac{5}{7}$

She left $\frac{5}{7}$ of the pie.

Pavi baked 2 pies.

Pavi cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Pavi gave 2 pieces to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

3) 56' title="

\frac{5}{6}

"/>

\frac{5}{6}

4) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 6 = 12

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Ramani = 10

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{10}{12}$ = $\frac{5}{6}$

She left $\frac{5}{6}$ of the pie.

10)

Kumar baked 2 pies.

Kumar cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Kumar gave 3 pieces to Savithri.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

2) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

3) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

4) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 5 = 10

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Savithri = 10 - 3 = 7

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{7}{10}$

He left $\frac{7}{10}$ of the pie.