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.

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

Answer:_______________

Balaji's milkshake recipe calls for $\frac{9}{6}$ of a scoop of ice cream and Barathan's recipe calls for $\frac{4}{6}$ of a scoop. How many more scoops of ice cream are used in Balaji's recipe than in Barathan's recipe

Answer:_______________

At the dealership where she works, Swathi fulfilled $\frac{1}{9}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{4}{9}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Swathi reached by the end of February

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

Answer:_______________

Ramani began her pizza delivery route with $\frac{6}{5}$ of a tank of petrol in her car. When she made it back to the pizzeria, $\frac{2}{5}$ of a tank of petrol was left. How much petrol did Ramani use

Simplify your answer.

tanks

Answer:_______________

At the dealership where she works, Parveen fulfilled $\frac{1}{7}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{4}{7}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Parveen reached by the end of February

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

Answer:_______________

Over the weekend, Poongodi drank $\frac{8}{8}$ of a bottle of soda and Haritha drank $\frac{4}{8}$ of a bottle. How much more soda did Poongodi drink than Haritha

Answer:_______________

Pugal's milkshake recipe calls for $\frac{6}{6}$ of a scoop of ice cream and Anand's recipe calls for $\frac{4}{6}$ of a scoop. How many more scoops of ice cream are used in Pugal's recipe than in Anand's recipe

Answer:_______________

At the dealership where she works, Amutha fulfilled $\frac{1}{9}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{1}{9}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Amutha reached by the end of February

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

Answer:_______________

Chithra began her pizza delivery route with $\frac{9}{10}$ of a tank of petrol in her car. When she made it back to the pizzeria, $\frac{4}{10}$ of a tank of petrol was left. How much petrol did Chithra use

Simplify your answer.

tanks

Answer:_______________

10)

At the dealership where she works, Thamarai fulfilled $\frac{4}{8}$ of her quarterly sales goal in January and another $\frac{3}{8}$ of her sales goal in February. What fraction of her quarterly sales goal had Thamarai reached by the end of February

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

Answer:_______________

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

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

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{5}{9}

\frac{5}{9}

is written in simplest form.

Selvanayaki drank $\frac{5}{9}$ of a bottle more soda than Nandini.

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

SOLUTION 1 :

Find how much more ice cream is used in Balaji's recipe by subtracting $\frac{4}{6}$ from $\frac{9}{6}$ .

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 Barathan's recipe.

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

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Swathi had reached by adding $\frac{1}{9}$ and $\frac{4}{9}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{5}{9}

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

Simplify your answer.

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

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the amount of petrol used on the delivery route by subtracting $\frac{2}{5}$ from $\frac{6}{5}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{4}{5}

\frac{4}{5}

is written in simplest form.

Ramani used $\frac{4}{5}$ of a tank of petrol.

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

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Parveen had reached by adding $\frac{1}{7}$ and $\frac{4}{7}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{5}{7}

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

Over the weekend, Poongodi drank $\frac{8}{8}$ of a bottle of soda and Haritha drank $\frac{4}{8}$ of a bottle. How much more soda did Poongodi drink than Haritha

Answer: $\frac{1}{2}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find how much more soda Poongodi drank by subtracting $\frac{4}{8}$ from $\frac{8}{8}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{1}{2}

\frac{1}{2}

is written in simplest form.

Poongodi drank $\frac{1}{2}$ of a bottle more soda than Haritha.

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

SOLUTION 1 :

Find how much more ice cream is used in Pugal's recipe by subtracting $\frac{4}{6}$ from $\frac{6}{6}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

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

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

Answer: $\frac{2}{9}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Amutha had reached by adding $\frac{1}{9}$ and $\frac{1}{9}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{2}{9}

Amutha reached $\frac{2}{9}$ of her quarterly sales goal.

Simplify your answer.

Answer: $\frac{1}{2}$ tanks

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the amount of petrol used on the delivery route by subtracting $\frac{4}{10}$ from $\frac{9}{10}$ .

Subtract the numerators:

Add the numerators:

\frac{1}{2}

\frac{1}{2}

is written in simplest form.

Chithra used $\frac{1}{2}$ of a tank of petrol.

10)

Answer: $\frac{7}{8}$

SOLUTION 1 :

Find the fraction of her quarterly sales goal that Thamarai had reached by adding $\frac{4}{8}$ and $\frac{3}{8}$ .

Add the numerators:

\frac{7}{8}

Thamarai reached $\frac{7}{8}$ of her quarterly sales goal.