PL BM P2L39 Fractions 1 WS

Primary 2

Boost! Math

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Solve the following problem sums. Show your working clearly.
1. Shade/colour the shapes that have been divided into equal parts.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(e) (f)

(g) (h)

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2. Put a tick in the boxes if the shapes have been divided into equal parts.

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3. Colour/Shade the correct number of parts to show the fraction given.
(a) (b)

2 1
6 2

(c) (d)

3 5
4 8

(e) (f)

26
7 10

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4. Study the figures given below. Then fill in the blanks. The first one has been
done for you.

Example:

This figure has 2 equal parts.

1 out of 2 equal parts is shaded.
Fraction of shaded part: 1

2

(a)

This figure has equal parts.

out of equal parts is shaded.

Fraction of shaded part:

(b)

This figure has equal parts.

out of equal parts is shaded.

Fraction of shaded part:

(c)

This figure has equal parts.

out of equal parts is shaded.

Fraction of shaded part:

(d)

This figure has equal parts.

out of equal parts is shaded.

Fraction of shaded part:

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5. What fraction of each shape is unshaded?
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(e) (f)

(g) (h)

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6. Read the following instructions carefully and shade the correct number of parts

for each figure. Then fill in the blanks.

(a) Mrs Chan bought a cake. She cut the cake
into 10 equal slices. She gave 1 slice of
cake to each of her 4 children. Shade the
total number of slices eaten

What fraction of the cake was eaten?

What fraction of the cake was left?

and make 1 whole.

(b) The top of an open umbrella is shown in the
figure on the left. On a stormy day, the
strong winds ripped 2 out of the 8 equal
parts of the umbrella. Shade the correct
number of parts to show the ripped parts.

What fraction of the umbrella was torn?

What fraction of the umbrella was
not torn?

and make 1 whole.

(c) A baker baked a layer cake. She added food
colouring to 3 parts of the cake. Shade the
figure to show the coloured parts.

What fraction of the cake was coloured? 6

What fraction of the cake was
not coloured?

and make 1 whole.

7. Fill in the blanks with the correct fractions. Primary 2: Boost! Math

(a) 1 and make 1 whole. 7
5

(b) and 3 make 1 whole.
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(c) 3 and make 1 whole.
7

(d) and 5 make 1 whole.
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(e) 5 and make 1 whole.
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(f) and 4 make 1 whole.
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(g) and 7 make 1 whole.
12

(h) 2 + 2 + = 1 whole.
9 9

(i) 5 + 2 + = 1 whole.
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8. Study the figures carefully. Ring the smaller fraction.
(a)

2 2
8 5
(b)
3
3 10
6
(c)

3 5
5 10
(d)
2
2 4
12
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9. Circle the greater fraction. Primary 2: Boost! Math

31 35
77 88
22
11 53
25
54
10. Circle the smaller fraction. 99

42 55
77 79

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11. Arrange the fractions in order. Begin with the smallest fraction.
(a)

2 , 1 , 5 , 3
5 5 5 5

(b) smallest
smallest
3 , 2 , 6 , 4 smallest
7 7 7 7 smallest
smallest
(c)

2 , 8 , 5 , 1
8 8 8 8

(d)

1 , 1 , 1 , 1
6 2 5 10

(e)
2, 2, 2, 2
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12. Arrange the fractions in order. Begin with the greatest fraction.
(a)
5, 1, 6, 2
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(b) greatest
greatest
2 , 8 , 5 , 1 greatest
8 8 8 8

(c)

3 , 710, 510, 2
10 10

(d)
1, 1, 1, 1
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(e) greatest
greatest
3 , 3 , 3 , 3
5 8 9 4

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