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Kinds of Fractions
1. Proper Fraction fraction whose numerator is less than the denominator.
2. Improper Fraction fraction whose numerator is greater than the denominator.
3. Mixed Number consists of a counting number and a proper fraction.
Conversions
Mixed Number to Improper Fraction
1. Multiply the denominator to the whole
number.
2. Add the product to the numerator.
3. The sum is the new numerator, then
copy the same denominator.
1
3 = (3 3 ) +1=10
3
1 10
3 =
3 3
77
=77 6=12 r 5
6
77
5
=12
6
6
4 3 7
, ,
11 11 11
5 3 9
, ,
17 17 17
10 10 10
, ,
7 3 11
4 4 4
, ,
17 19 21
2 3 1
, ,
3 7 2
1 9 1
1 , ,
2 4 6
FRACTION OPERATIONS
A. Addition and Subtraction
a. Similar Fractions
Just add/subtract the numerators and copy the common denominator.
2 4
+
7 7
5 2
8 8
b. Dissimilar Fractions
Convert the fractions first to similar fractions. Then add/ subtract the numerators
and keep the denominators. Reduce to lowest terms, if possible.
3 1
+
5 6
6 1
8 7
B. Multiplication
Simply multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators. Reduce the product to
lowest terms, if possible.
3 8
4 9
63 12
8 35
C. Division
Take the first fraction and multiple it by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
5 3
8 2
21 7
8 48
Examples:
1.
1
4
5
1 +1 2
9
9
9
2.
1
1
2
4 +3 2
5
2
5
3.
3
2
3 1
4 +2 1 +
5
5
10 2
4.
1 1
2 5
2 3
5.
1 2
5
1 2 3
3 3
6
6.
4 10 33 2
5 11 16 3
7.
1 4
3 1
1 3 4 1
2 5
4 5
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3 of them are freshmen,
1
5
are
sophomores and the rest are juniors. How many members of Mathwizards club are juniors?
2. A freshmen class of 40 girls and 80 boys sponsored an acquaintance party. If
girls and
3
4
3
5
of the
of the boys attended the party, how many freshmen attended the party?
1
5
5
7
and 5 ?
of her money in one store. In the next store, she spent three times as
much as she spent in the first store. How much money did she have at the start if 60
pesos was her remaining money?
5. A farmer owns
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Thousandths 24.
Ten
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Thousandths
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Hundredths
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Tenths
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Thousandths
Hundred
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Ones
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Tens
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Hundreds
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Thousands
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Ten Thousands
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Thousands
Hundred
13.DECIMALS
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CONVERSIONS
Decimal to
Fraction/Mixed
Number
42.Simply use the place
value and then reduce
to
lowest
term,
if
possible.
40.
Fraction to
Decimal
43.Recognize
that
a
fraction bar means to
divide. Thus, to change
a fraction to decimal,
simply
divide
the
numerator
by
the
denominator.
41.
Mixed Number
to Decimal
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46.DECIMAL OPERATIONS
A. Addition and Subtraction
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Make sure to line up the decimal points first. Add trailing zeroes if necessary to
avoid careless mistakes. Then perform the indicated operation.
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B. Multiplication
Multiply the numbers without regard to the decimal point to obtain a whole number
product.
Count the number of digits that are to the right of the decimal point of both factors.
Alter the whole number product to have the same number of digits to the right of
the decimal point, as counted in step 2.
C. Division
Set up the long division method.
Count how many digits there are to the right of the decimal point of the divisor.
Move the decimal point in the dividend with the amount from step 2.
Raise the newly placed decimal point up to the quotient.
Divide as usual, as if there were no decimal points.
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50.Solve the following problems.
1. A cellphone costs Php 12 250.75 and the price drops Php 876.88 every month, what is the
price of the cellphone after 3 months?
2. The share of market index was 869.3 on Monday. The index dropped by 38.6 on Tuesday
and rose 16.48 on Wednesday. Find the final index on Wednesday before closing.
3. A shirt pattern requires 22.5 dm of cloth. If a tailor has 65.25 meters of cloth available,
how many shirts can be made?
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Ms. Rensie Vique F. Falculan
56.Instructor