Fraction: STP Mathematics 7

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Fraction

STP Mathematics 7

Do you still remember what fraction is


about?

Fractions are numbers of the formof


Numerator
Denominator

whereaandbare whole numbers andbis not


zero.

What is this fraction?

Answer:
3/4

Quick Question

1) A cake is divided into 12 equal parts.


John eatsof the cake and Kate eats
anotherof the cake. What is the
fraction of cake left?
2) Ali eatsof the sweets in a packet.
Tariq eats anotherof the sweets.
a) What fraction of the sweets has
been eaten?
b) What fraction of the sweets is left?

Equivalent Fraction

The same proportion of the shape is


shaded in total, so they are actually
the SAME

Equivalent Fraction

Multiply both numerator and denominator


Divide both by using factorization

Get the answers in the box by


multiplication

Get the answers in the box by division

If we keep dividing both parts of the


fraction by the same number until
there are no more numbers which we
can divide by, the number is said to be
in the simplest form

Write down the fractions below in the


simplest form

Indicate whether theyre true or false

Fraction of Quantities
Find the fraction of a value
Eg.

1) In a test there are 30 marks. Nasir gets


3/5 of the marks. How many marks does
he get?
2) In a school of the pupils are girls. There
are 382 pupils in th school. How many
girls are there in the school?
3) In a school 3/10 of the pupils have pets.
There are 510 pupils in the school.
1) How many of them have pets?
2) How many of them do not have pets?

Mixed Numbers & Improper


Fractions
In every fraction, the numerator is
always less than the denominator.
Fractions are always less than 1. For
the numbers greater than 1, they are
called improper fractions/mixed
numbers.
Eg. 5/4 , 7/2
Both of them can be written as 1
and 3

The final answers are called mixed numbers


- Combination of whole number and fraction

Mixed numbers can be converted


back to improper fractions

Convert improper fractions into mixed


numbers

Convert mixed numbers into improper


fractions

Thank you!

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