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.

Kalai baked 2 pies.

Kalai cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Kalai gave 6 pieces to Ponnalagu.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

3) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

4) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

( )

Ramani baked 2 pies.

Ramani cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Ramani gave 7 pies to Swathi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

2) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

3) 1115' title="

\frac{11}{15}

"/>

\frac{11}{15}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

( )

Poovazhagi baked 2 pies.

Poovazhagi cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Poovazhagi gave 2 pieces to Parveen.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

4) 45' title="

\frac{4}{5}

"/>

\frac{4}{5}

( )

Chellamal baked 2 pies.

Chellamal cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Chellamal gave 12 pieces to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

2) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

3) 514' title="

\frac{5}{14}

"/>

\frac{5}{14}

4) 314' title="

\frac{3}{14}

"/>

\frac{3}{14}

( )

Chidambaram baked 2 pies.

Chidambaram cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Chidambaram gave 4 pieces to Amutha.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 1316' title="

\frac{13}{16}

"/>

\frac{13}{16}

3) 34' title="

\frac{3}{4}

"/>

\frac{3}{4}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

( )

Amutha baked 2 pie.

Amutha cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Amutha gave 4 pies to Selvanayaki.

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) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

4) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

( )

Murugan baked 2 pies.

Murugan cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Murugan gave 8 pieces to Tamilselvi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 56' title="

\frac{5}{6}

"/>

\frac{5}{6}

2) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

3) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

4) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

( )

Murugan baked 2 pies.

Murugan cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Murugan gave 3 pieces to Haritha.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

2) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

3) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

( )

Tulasi baked 2 pies.

Tulasi cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Tulasi gave 6 pieces to Ovini.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

2) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

( )

10)

Ramani baked 2 pies.

Ramani cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Ramani gave 1 piece to Selvanayaki.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

2) 910' title="

\frac{9}{10}

"/>

\frac{9}{10}

3) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

4) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

( )

Kalai baked 2 pies.

Kalai cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Kalai gave 6 pieces to Ponnalagu.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

2) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

3) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

4) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Ramani baked 2 pies.

Ramani cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Ramani gave 7 pies to Swathi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

2) 1115' title="

\frac{11}{15}

"/>

\frac{11}{15}

3) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pies: 2 x 4 = 8

Step 2: Pies left after giving to Swathi = 8 - 7 = 1

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

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

Poovazhagi baked 2 pies.

Poovazhagi cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Poovazhagi gave 2 pieces to Parveen.

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}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Parveen = 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.

Chellamal baked 2 pies.

Chellamal cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Chellamal gave 12 pieces to Ramani.

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}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Chidambaram baked 2 pies.

Chidambaram cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Chidambaram gave 4 pieces to Amutha.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 1316' title="

\frac{13}{16}

"/>

\frac{13}{16}

2) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

3) 34' title="

\frac{3}{4}

"/>

\frac{3}{4}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Amutha = 12

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{12}{16}$ = $\frac{3}{4}$

He left $\frac{3}{4}$ of the pie.

Amutha baked 2 pie.

Amutha cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Amutha gave 4 pies to Selvanayaki.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 47' title="

\frac{4}{7}

"/>

\frac{4}{7}

2) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

3) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

4) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Murugan baked 2 pies.

Murugan cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Murugan gave 8 pieces to Tamilselvi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

2) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

3) 56' title="

\frac{5}{6}

"/>

\frac{5}{6}

4) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Tamilselvi = 12 - 8 = 4

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{4}{12}$ = $\frac{1}{3}$

He left $\frac{1}{3}$ of the pie.

Murugan baked 2 pies.

Murugan cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Murugan gave 3 pieces to Haritha.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

2) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

3) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

4) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Tulasi baked 2 pies.

Tulasi cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Tulasi gave 6 pieces to Ovini.

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) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

4) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

10)

Ramani baked 2 pies.

Ramani cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Ramani gave 1 piece to Selvanayaki.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 910' title="

\frac{9}{10}

"/>

\frac{9}{10}

3) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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