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.

Indra baked 2 pies.

Indra cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Indra gave 6 pieces to Ponnalagu.

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}

( )

Aravindh baked 2 pies.

Aravindh cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Aravindh gave 7 pieces to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

2) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

3) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

4) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

( )

Murugan baked 2 pies.

Murugan cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Murugan gave 8 pies to Keerthi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

2) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

3) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

4) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

( )

Chellamal baked 2 pies.

Chellamal cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Chellamal gave 2 pieces to Ovini.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

2) 45' title="

\frac{4}{5}

"/>

\frac{4}{5}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

( )

Mithra baked 2 pies.

Mithra cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Mithra gave 2 pieces to Tulasi.

What fraction of the pies did she 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) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

( )

Parveen baked 2 pies.

Parveen cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Parveen gave 7 pies to Selvanayaki.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 1115' title="

\frac{11}{15}

"/>

\frac{11}{15}

2) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

3) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

4) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

( )

Aravindh baked 2 pies.

Aravindh cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Aravindh gave 4 pieces to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 1316' title="

\frac{13}{16}

"/>

\frac{13}{16}

2) 34' title="

\frac{3}{4}

"/>

\frac{3}{4}

3) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

( )

Savithri baked 2 pies.

Savithri cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Savithri gave 1 piece to Ovini.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 910' title="

\frac{9}{10}

"/>

\frac{9}{10}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

4) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

( )

Narayanan baked 2 pies.

Narayanan cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Narayanan gave 8 pieces to Keerthi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

2) 1516' title="

\frac{15}{16}

"/>

\frac{15}{16}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 1113' title="

\frac{11}{13}

"/>

\frac{11}{13}

( )

10)

Pugal baked 2 pies.

Pugal cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Pugal gave 4 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 45' title="

\frac{4}{5}

"/>

\frac{4}{5}

2) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

3) 25' title="

\frac{2}{5}

"/>

\frac{2}{5}

4) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

( )

Indra baked 2 pies.

Indra cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Indra gave 6 pieces to Ponnalagu.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 23' title="

\frac{2}{3}

"/>

\frac{2}{3}

4) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Aravindh baked 2 pies.

Aravindh cut each of them into 7 equal pieces.

Aravindh gave 7 pieces to Ramani.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

2) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

3) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

4) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Murugan baked 2 pies.

Murugan cut each of them into 7 equal pies.

Murugan gave 8 pies to Keerthi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 37' title="

\frac{3}{7}

"/>

\frac{3}{7}

2) 57' title="

\frac{5}{7}

"/>

\frac{5}{7}

3) 17' title="

\frac{1}{7}

"/>

\frac{1}{7}

4) 27' title="

\frac{2}{7}

"/>

\frac{2}{7}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pies left after giving to Keerthi = 14 - 8 = 6

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{6}{14}$ = $\frac{3}{7}$

He left $\frac{3}{7}$ of the pie

Chellamal baked 2 pies.

Chellamal cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Chellamal gave 2 pieces to Ovini.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

3) 45' title="

\frac{4}{5}

"/>

\frac{4}{5}

4) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Ovini = 10 - 2 = 8

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{8}{10}$ = $\frac{}{}$ $\frac{4}{5}$

He left $\frac{4}{5}$ of the pie.

Mithra baked 2 pies.

Mithra cut each of them into 6 equal pieces.

Mithra gave 2 pieces to Tulasi.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 14' title="

\frac{1}{4}

"/>

\frac{1}{4}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 56' title="

\frac{5}{6}

"/>

\frac{5}{6}

4) 13' title="

\frac{1}{3}

"/>

\frac{1}{3}

Answer: 3

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Tulasi = 10

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{10}{12}$ = $\frac{5}{6}$

She left $\frac{5}{6}$ of the pie.

Parveen baked 2 pies.

Parveen cut each of them into 4 equal pies.

Parveen gave 7 pies to Selvanayaki.

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) 78' title="

\frac{7}{8}

"/>

\frac{7}{8}

4) 18' title="

\frac{1}{8}

"/>

\frac{1}{8}

Answer: 4

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

Aravindh baked 2 pies.

Aravindh cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Aravindh gave 4 pieces to Chellamal.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 34' title="

\frac{3}{4}

"/>

\frac{3}{4}

2) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

3) 1316' title="

\frac{13}{16}

"/>

\frac{13}{16}

4) 38' title="

\frac{3}{8}

"/>

\frac{3}{8}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Chellamal = 12

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

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

Savithri baked 2 pies.

Savithri cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Savithri gave 1 piece to Ovini.

What fraction of the pies did she have left

1) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

2) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

3) 310' title="

\frac{3}{10}

"/>

\frac{3}{10}

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 Ovini = 10 - 1 = 9

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

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

Narayanan baked 2 pies.

Narayanan cut each of them into 8 equal pieces.

Narayanan gave 8 pieces to Keerthi.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 12' title="

\frac{1}{2}

"/>

\frac{1}{2}

2) 1516' title="

\frac{15}{16}

"/>

\frac{15}{16}

3) 58' title="

\frac{5}{8}

"/>

\frac{5}{8}

4) 1113' title="

\frac{11}{13}

"/>

\frac{11}{13}

Answer: 1

SOLUTION 1 :

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

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

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

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

10)

Pugal baked 2 pies.

Pugal cut each of them into 5 equal pieces.

Pugal gave 4 pieces to Panimalar.

What fraction of the pies did he have left

1) 25' title="

\frac{2}{5}

"/>

\frac{2}{5}

2) 35' title="

\frac{3}{5}

"/>

\frac{3}{5}

3) 15' title="

\frac{1}{5}

"/>

\frac{1}{5}

4) 45' title="

\frac{4}{5}

"/>

\frac{4}{5}

Answer: 2

SOLUTION 1 :

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

Step 2: Pieces left after giving to Panimalar = 10 - 4 = 6

Step 3: Fraction of the pies left: $\frac{6}{10}$ = $\frac{3}{5}$

He left $\frac{3}{5}$ of the pie.