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.

At the dealership where she works, Poongodi fulfilled $\frac{3}{5}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{4}{5}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Poongodi reached by the end of February

Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer:_______________

Balaji's milkshake recipe calls for $\frac{8}{9}$ of a scoop of ice cream and Selvan's recipe calls for $\frac{3}{9}$ of a scoop. How many more scoops of ice cream are used in Balaji's recipe than in Selvan's recipe

Answer:_______________

Over the weekend, Nandini drank $\frac{7}{5}$ of a bottle of soda and Parveen drank $\frac{3}{5}$ of a bottle. How much more soda did Nandini drink than Parveen

Answer:_______________

Pavi began her pizza delivery route with $\frac{7}{7}$ of a tank of petrol in her car. When she made it back to the pizzeria, $\frac{1}{7}$ of a tank of petrol was left. How much petrol did Pavi use

Simplify your answer.

tanks

Answer:_______________

At the dealership where she works, Indra fulfilled $\frac{2}{6}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{3}{6}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Indra reached by the end of February

Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer:_______________

At the dealership where she works, Poovazhagi fulfilled $\frac{1}{7}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{1}{7}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Poovazhagi reached by the end of February

Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer:_______________

Anand's milkshake recipe calls for $\frac{9}{7}$ of a scoop of ice cream and Kalai's recipe calls for $\frac{3}{7}$ of a scoop. How many more scoops of ice cream are used in Anand's recipe than in Kalai's recipe

Answer:_______________

Over the weekend, Poongodi drank $\frac{7}{9}$ of a bottle of soda and Parveen drank $\frac{4}{9}$ of a bottle. How much more soda did Poongodi drink than Parveen

Answer:_______________

Haritha began her pizza delivery route with $\frac{6}{8}$ of a tank of petrol in her car. When she made it back to the pizzeria, $\frac{1}{8}$ of a tank of petrol was left. How much petrol did Haritha use

Simplify your answer.

tanks

Answer:_______________

10)

At the dealership where she works, Mithra fulfilled $\frac{3}{9}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{2}{9}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Mithra reached by the end of February

Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer:_______________

Answer: $\frac{7}{5}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Poongodi had reached by adding $\frac{3}{5}$ and $\frac{4}{5}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{7}{5}

Poongodi reached $\frac{7}{5}$ of her quarterly sales goal.

Answer: $\frac{5}{9}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find how much more ice cream is used in Balaji's recipe by subtracting $\frac{3}{9}$ from $\frac{8}{9}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

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Write the fraction in simplest form. Divide both the numerator and the denominator by 2.

Balaji's recipe calls for $\frac{3}{4}$ of a scoop more ice cream than Selvan's recipe.

Over the weekend, Nandini drank $\frac{7}{5}$ of a bottle of soda and Parveen drank $\frac{3}{5}$ of a bottle. How much more soda did Nandini drink than Parveen

Answer: $\frac{4}{5}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find how much more soda Nandini drank by subtracting $\frac{3}{5}$ from $\frac{7}{5}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{4}{5}

\frac{4}{5}

is written in simplest form.

Nandini drank $\frac{4}{5}$ of a bottle more soda than Parveen.

Pavi began her pizza delivery route with $\frac{7}{7}$ of a tank of petrol in her car. When she made it back to the pizzeria, $\frac{1}{7}$ of a tank of petrol was left. How much petrol did Pavi use

Simplify your answer.

Answer: $\frac{6}{7}$ tanks

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the amount of petrol used on the delivery route by subtracting $\frac{1}{7}$ from $\frac{7}{7}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{6}{7}

\frac{6}{7}

is written in simplest form.

Pavi used $\frac{6}{7}$ of a tank of petrol.

Answer: $\frac{5}{6}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Indra had reached by adding $\frac{2}{6}$ and $\frac{3}{6}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{5}{6}

Indra reached $\frac{5}{6}$ of her quarterly sales goal.

Answer: $\frac{2}{7}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Poovazhagi had reached by adding $\frac{1}{7}$ and $\frac{1}{7}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{2}{7}

Poovazhagi reached $\frac{2}{7}$ of her quarterly sales goal.

Answer: $\frac{6}{7}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find how much more ice cream is used in Anand's recipe by subtracting $\frac{3}{7}$ from $\frac{9}{7}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

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Write the fraction in simplest form. Divide both the numerator and the denominator by 2.

Anand's recipe calls for $\frac{3}{4}$ of a scoop more ice cream than Kalai's recipe.

Over the weekend, Poongodi drank $\frac{7}{9}$ of a bottle of soda and Parveen drank $\frac{4}{9}$ of a bottle. How much more soda did Poongodi drink than Parveen

Answer: $\frac{1}{3}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find how much more soda Poongodi drank by subtracting $\frac{4}{9}$ from $\frac{7}{9}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{1}{3}

\frac{1}{3}

is written in simplest form.

Poongodi drank $\frac{1}{3}$ of a bottle more soda than Parveen.

Simplify your answer.

Answer: $\frac{5}{8}$ tanks

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the amount of petrol used on the delivery route by subtracting $\frac{1}{8}$ from $\frac{6}{8}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{5}{8}

\frac{5}{8}

is written in simplest form.

Haritha used $\frac{5}{8}$ of a tank of petrol.

10)

Answer: $\frac{5}{9}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Mithra had reached by adding $\frac{3}{9}$ and $\frac{2}{9}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{5}{9}

Mithra reached $\frac{5}{9}$ of her quarterly sales goal.