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.

Amutha baked 2 pies.

Amutha cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Amutha gave 6 pieces to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

2) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

( )

Kumar baked 2 pies.

Kumar cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Kumar gave 6 pieces to Indra.

What fraction of the pies did he 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) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

( )

Nandini baked 2 pies.

Nandini cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Nandini gave 7 pies to Tamilselvi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 1115' title="

\frac{11}{15}

"/>

\frac{11}{15}

2) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

3) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

4) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

( )

Kalai baked 2 pies.

Kalai cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Kalai gave 8 pieces to Poongodi.

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}

( )

Panimalar baked 2 pies.

Panimalar cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Panimalar gave 2 pies to Poovazhagi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

2) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

3) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

4) 67' title="

\frac{6}{7}

"/>

\frac{6}{7}

( )

Savithri baked 2 pies.

Savithri cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Savithri gave 12 pieces to Jeevini.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

2) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

3) 314' title="

\frac{3}{14}

"/>

\frac{3}{14}

4) 514' title="

\frac{5}{14}

"/>

\frac{5}{14}

( )

Jeevini baked 2 pie.

Jeevini cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Jeevini gave 4 pies to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 47' title="

\frac{4}{7}

"/>

\frac{4}{7}

2) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

3) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

4) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

( )

Narayanan baked 2 pies.

Narayanan cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Narayanan gave 3 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

2) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

3) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

4) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

( )

Swathi baked 2 pies.

Swathi cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Swathi gave 10 pieces to Indra.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

2) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

( )

10)

Pugal baked 2 pies.

Pugal cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Pugal gave 7 pieces to Thamarai.

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}

( )

Amutha baked 2 pies.

Amutha cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Amutha gave 6 pieces to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

2) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Ramani = 12 - 6 = 6

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{6}{12}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$

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

Kumar baked 2 pies.

Kumar cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Kumar gave 6 pieces to Indra.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

2) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

3) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

4) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{10}{16}$ = $\frac{5}{8}$

He left $\frac{5}{8}$ of the pie.

Nandini baked 2 pies.

Nandini cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Nandini gave 7 pies to Tamilselvi.

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 Tamilselvi = 8 - 7 = 1

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

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

Kalai baked 2 pies.

Kalai cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Kalai gave 8 pieces to Poongodi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 1516' title="

\frac{15}{16}

"/>

\frac{15}{16}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 1113' title="

\frac{11}{13}

"/>

\frac{11}{13}

4) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Panimalar baked 2 pies.

Panimalar cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Panimalar gave 2 pies to Poovazhagi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

2) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

3) 67' title="

\frac{6}{7}

"/>

\frac{6}{7}

4) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

Answer: 3

Savithri baked 2 pies.

Savithri cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Savithri gave 12 pieces to Jeevini.

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 Jeevini = 14 - 12 = 2

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

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

Jeevini baked 2 pie.

Jeevini cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Jeevini gave 4 pies to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

2) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

3) 47' title="

\frac{4}{7}

"/>

\frac{4}{7}

4) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pies left after giving to Chellamal = 14 - 4 = 10

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{10}{14}$ = $\frac{5}{7}$

She left $\frac{5}{7}$ of the pie.

Narayanan baked 2 pies.

Narayanan cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Narayanan gave 3 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

2) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

3) 710' title="

\frac{7}{10}

"/>

\frac{7}{10}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Swathi baked 2 pies.

Swathi cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Swathi gave 10 pieces to Indra.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

2) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

3) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

4) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

10)

Pugal baked 2 pies.

Pugal cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Pugal gave 7 pieces to Thamarai.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

3) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

4) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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