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.

Keerthi baked 2 pies.

Keerthi cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Keerthi gave 1 piece to Thamarai.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 910' title="

\frac{9}{10}

"/>

\frac{9}{10}

2) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

( )

Barathan baked 2 pies.

Barathan cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Barathan gave 8 pieces to Swathi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 1113' title="

\frac{11}{13}

"/>

\frac{11}{13}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 1516' title="

\frac{15}{16}

"/>

\frac{15}{16}

( )

Mithra baked 2 pies.

Mithra cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Mithra gave 10 pieces to Thamarai.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

3) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

( )

Raj baked 2 pies.

Raj cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Raj gave 7 pieces to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

2) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

3) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

4) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

( )

Mithra baked 2 pies.

Mithra cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Mithra gave 7 pies to Swathi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 1115' title="

\frac{11}{15}

"/>

\frac{11}{15}

2) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

3) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

4) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

( )

Kumar baked 2 pies.

Kumar cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Kumar gave 8 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 56' title="

\frac{5}{6}

"/>

\frac{5}{6}

2) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

3) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

4) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

( )

Thamarai baked 2 pies.

Thamarai cut each of them into 8 equal pies.

Thamarai gave 12 pies to Amutha.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 1516' title="

\frac{15}{16}

"/>

\frac{15}{16}

3) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

( )

Aravindh baked 2 pies.

Aravindh cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Aravindh gave 4 pieces to Selvanayaki.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 1316' title="

\frac{13}{16}

"/>

\frac{13}{16}

2) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

3) 34' title="

\frac{3}{4}

"/>

\frac{3}{4}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

( )

Sriram baked 2 pies.

Sriram cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Sriram gave 3 pieces to Mithra.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

2) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

3) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

( )

10)

Selvanayaki baked 2 pies.

Selvanayaki cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Selvanayaki gave 12 pieces to Ponnalagu.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 514' title="

\frac{5}{14}

"/>

\frac{5}{14}

2) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

3) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

4) 314' title="

\frac{3}{14}

"/>

\frac{3}{14}

( )

Keerthi baked 2 pies.

Keerthi cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Keerthi gave 1 piece to Thamarai.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

4) 910' title="

\frac{9}{10}

"/>

\frac{9}{10}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 5 = 10

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Thamarai = 10 - 1 = 9

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{9}{10}$

She left $\frac{9}{10}$ of the pie.

Barathan baked 2 pies.

Barathan cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Barathan gave 8 pieces to Swathi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 1113' title="

\frac{11}{13}

"/>

\frac{11}{13}

3) 1516' title="

\frac{15}{16}

"/>

\frac{15}{16}

4) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 8 = 16

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Swathi = 16 - 8 = 8

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{8}{16}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$

He left $\frac{1}{2}$ of the pie.

Mithra baked 2 pies.

Mithra cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Mithra gave 10 pieces to Thamarai.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 8 = 16

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Thamarai =16 - 10 = 6

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{6}{16}$ = $\frac{3}{8}$

She left $\frac{3}{8}$ of the pie.

Raj baked 2 pies.

Raj cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Raj gave 7 pieces to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

2) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 7 = 14

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Chellamal = 14 - 7 = 7

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{7}{14}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$

He left $\frac{1}{2}$ of the pie.

Mithra baked 2 pies.

Mithra cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Mithra gave 7 pies to Swathi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

2) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

3) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

4) 1115' title="

\frac{11}{15}

"/>

\frac{11}{15}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pies: 2 x 4 = 8

Step 2: Pies left after giving to Swathi = 8 - 7 = 1

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{1}{8}$

She left $\frac{1}{8}$ of the pie.

Kumar baked 2 pies.

Kumar cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Kumar gave 8 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

2) 56' title="

\frac{5}{6}

"/>

\frac{5}{6}

3) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

4) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 6 = 12

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Panimalar = 12 - 8 = 4

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{4}{12}$ = $\frac{1}{3}$

He left $\frac{1}{3}$ of the pie.

Thamarai baked 2 pies.

Thamarai cut each of them into 8 equal pies.

Thamarai gave 12 pies to Amutha.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 1516' title="

\frac{15}{16}

"/>

\frac{15}{16}

2) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

3) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

4) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pies: 2 x 8 = 16

Step 2: Pies left after giving to Amutha = 16 - 12 = 4

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{4}{16}$ = $\frac{1}{4}$

She left $\frac{1}{4}$ of the pie.

Aravindh baked 2 pies.

Aravindh cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Aravindh gave 4 pieces to Selvanayaki.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 1316' title="

\frac{13}{16}

"/>

\frac{13}{16}

2) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

3) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

4) 34' title="

\frac{3}{4}

"/>

\frac{3}{4}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 8 = 16

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Selvanayaki = 12

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{12}{16}$ = $\frac{3}{4}$

He left $\frac{3}{4}$ of the pie.

Sriram baked 2 pies.

Sriram cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Sriram gave 3 pieces to Mithra.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

2) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

3) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 5 = 10

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Mithra = 10 - 3 = 7

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{7}{10}$

He left $\frac{7}{10}$ of the pie.

10)

Selvanayaki baked 2 pies.

Selvanayaki cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Selvanayaki gave 12 pieces to Ponnalagu.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 314' title="

\frac{3}{14}

"/>

\frac{3}{14}

2) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

3) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

4) 514' title="

\frac{5}{14}

"/>

\frac{5}{14}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: Total number of pieces: 2 x 7 = 14

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Ponnalagu = 14 - 12 = 2

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{1}{7}$

She left $\frac{1}{7}$ of the pie.