Subtraction of Fractions

Q. A car runs 20 km using 1 litre of petrol. How much distance will it cover in $1\frac{1}{4}$ litre of petrol ?

1. 36 km
2. 25 km
3. 100 km
4. 40 km

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Question 8
Michael finished colouring a picture in $\frac{7}{12}$ hours. Vaibhav finished colouring the same picture in $\frac{3}{4}$ hour. Who worked longer? By what fraction was it longer?

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Subtract the sum of $\frac{5}{7}$ and $\frac{2}{5}$ from $\frac{44}{35}$

1. $\frac{1}{5}$

2. $\frac{1}{2}$

3. $\frac{1}{7}$

4. $\frac{2}{35}$

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The monthly income of a man is ₹ 28, 000. He gives $\frac{1}{5}$ of it to his wife and $\frac{2}{5}$ of the remaining he spends on household expenses.

1) How much does he give his wife?

2) What is the amount that is left with him?

1. i) ₹ 5600 ii) ₹ 8940

2. i) ₹ 5060 ii) ₹ 11, 400

3. i) ₹ 5600 ii) ₹ 13, 440

4. i) ₹ 13, 460 ii) ₹ 4500

Q. Narendra reads $\frac{1}{4}$ of a short novel in 1 hour. What part of the book will he have read in 2$\frac{1}{2}$ hours?

Q. Question 1 (iv)
\(\frac{9}{{11}} - \frac{4}{{15}}\)

Q. A swimming pool is filled $\frac{3}{10}$ pat in half an hour. How much will it be filled in $1\frac{1}{2}$ hour?

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Simplify: $1\frac{3}{4}-\frac{4}{25}$

1. $11\frac{5}{100}$

2. $\frac{59}{100}$

3. $1\frac{59}{100}$

4. $1\frac{5}{50}$

Q. What is the mixed fraction of 1.25?

1. $1\frac{1}{4}$
2. $\frac{1}{4}$
3. $\frac{1}{25}$
4. $1\frac{1}{25}$
   

Q. Vidya and Pratap went for a picnic. Their mother gave them a water bottle that contained $5L$ water. Vidya consumed $\frac{2}{5}$ of the water. Pratap consumed the remaining water.
How much water did Vidya drink?

1. $1L$
2. $3L$
3. $2L$
4. $4L$

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On simplification of $6-\{\frac{5}{2}+(\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{2}\left)\right\}$, we get,

1. $\frac{19}{2}$

2. $\frac{12}{2}$

3. $\frac{7}{2}$

4. $\frac{5}{2}$

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Convert the mixed number $-7\frac{2}{3}$into an improper fraction.

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Question 6
Salil wants to put a picture in a frame. The picture is $7\frac{3}{5}$cm wide. To fit in the frame the picture cannot be more than $7\frac{3}{10}$cm wide. How much should the picture be trimmed?

Q. What should be added to $7$ to get $-\frac{4}{5}$?

1. $\frac{39}{5}$
2. $-\frac{39}{5}$
3. $-\frac{31}{5}$
4. $\frac{31}{5}$

Q. Convert $\frac{27}{5}$ into a mixed fraction.

1. $5\frac{5}{3}$
2. $3\frac{3}{5}$
3. $5\frac{3}{5}$
4. $5\frac{5}{5}$

Q. Find $\frac{-8}{19}+\frac{2}{57}$

Q. A man spends $\frac{2}{5}$ of his salary on food and $\frac{3}{10}$ of the remaining on house rent, electricity, etc. What fraction of his salary is still left with him?

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Find which of the following are the pairs of like fractions:

1. $\frac{45}{60}$ and $\frac{45}{90}$

2. $\frac{15}{7}$ and $\frac{95}{7}$

3. $1\frac{1}{7}$ and $999\frac{3}{7}$

4. $\frac{3}{2}$ and $\frac{2}{3}$

1. 2 and 3

2. 1 and 3

3. 2, 3 and 4

4. 1, 2 and 3

Q. $\text{Subtract the sum of}\frac{3}{7}\text{and}\frac{1}{5}\text{from}\frac{44}{35}.$

Q. Convert given fractions into fractions with equal numerators:
$\left(ii\right)$ $\frac{6}{13},\frac{15}{23}$ and $\frac{12}{17}$

Q. Express $[\frac{-1}{4}-\left(\frac{-1}{6}\right)]÷[\frac{1}{3}+\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)]$

1. $\frac{-2}{3}$
2. $\frac{1}{2}$
3. $\frac{-1}{2}$
4. $\frac{2}{3}$

Q. The mixed fraction representation of $\frac{7}{3}$ is ______.

1. $2.3333$
2. $2\frac{1}{3}$
3. $7\frac{1}{3}$
4. $\frac{3}{7}$

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Subtract '$\frac{2}{7}-\frac{5}{2}$' from the sum of $\frac{3}{4},\frac{1}{4}$ and $\frac{1}{2}$.

1. $\frac{52}{7}$

2. $\frac{26}{14}$

3. $\frac{26}{7}$

4. $\frac{1}{2}$

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Subtract the product of $3\frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{2}{5}$ from $\frac{7}{5}$.

1. $\frac{7}{5}$

2. $\frac{1}{5}$

3. 1

4. 0

Q. The cost of 1 litre milk is $₹30\frac{3}{4}$. Find the cost of $2\frac{1}{3}$ litre of milk.

1. $₹71\frac{3}{4}$
2. $₹70\frac{3}{4}$
3. $₹17\frac{3}{4}$
4. $₹27\frac{3}{4}$

Q. I ate ${\frac{1}{4}}^{\text{th}}$ of a pizza and now I want to divide the rest equally into 3 parts, then what will be the fraction of each part.

Q. A car runs 20 km using 1 litre of petrol. How much distance will it cover in $1\frac{1}{4}$ litre of petrol ?

1. 36 km
2. 25 km
3. 100 km
4. 40 km

Q. What should be added to $-\frac{3}{8}$ to get $\frac{5}{16}$?

1. $\frac{2}{16}$
2. $\frac{11}{16}$
3. $\frac{16}{11}$
4. $\frac{13}{16}$

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On subtracting $\frac{35}{9}$ from $\frac{53}{9}$, we get

1. $\frac{2}{1}$

2. $\frac{1}{3}$

3. $\frac{3}{1}$

4. $\frac{1}{2}$

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Subtract.

$\frac{7}{8}$$-$$\frac{5}{8}$