Page 179 - Math Smart - 7

O Fon's father gave her $700. Her mother gave her $500. Fon bought a
dress and had $200 left. What fraction of her money did she spend on the
dress?
Solution
Amount of money Fon had = $700 + $500
Try and Apply!
= $1200

Amount Fon spent on the dress = $1200 - $200
O A square drawn on
= $1000
a square dot paper
is divided into three
Fraction of money spent on the dress
sections.
= 5 ^
6
She spent 5 of her money on the dress.
6

Check My
Understanding

O What fraction of each shape is shaded?
What fraction of
the square is each
sections?
'
^ Look at the square.

f) g)

How many different
e A box of eggs is divided equally among 4 people. What fraction of the ways can you join
box of eggs will each person get?
the dots to divide the
e Sally shares her 2 sandwiches with her 2 friends. square into two equal
What fraction of the sandwiches will Sandy get? parts?
o There are 10 students from the same school on a bus. 2 of them are Use only straight
boys. What fraction of the students are girls? You may draw a bar lines. All lines must
diagram to help you. join from dot to dot.
o Jenni gets an allowance of $60. She spends $15 of her allowance. What For example:
fraction of her allowance did she spend?
e There are 44 pupils in a class. 28 of the pupils are girls. What fraction of
the pupils are girls?

o Ice has 200 beads. 50 beads are red, 70 beads are blue and the rest of
the beads are pink. What fraction of the beads are pink?
© There are 24 pupils in a class. One-sixth of the pupils play tennis and
half of the class play soccer. How many pupils do not play tennis and
soccer?