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Master 4.32 Extra Practice 1

Section 4.1: Combining Fractions

1. Which fraction is greater? How do you know?

1 1 2 3 3 1 5 3
a) , b) , c) , d) ,
6 8 5 6 8 4 6 4

2. Add.
1 3 1 5 3 1 2 2
a) + b) + c) + d) +
5 5 6 6 8 8 4 4

3. Add. Estimate first.

1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2
a) + b) + c) + d) +
3 6 5 10 4 2 6 3

4. Find the missing numbers that makes both sides equal.

1 5 1 3 5 1 1 2 3
a) + = b) + = c) + =1 d) + =
4 8 8 10 10 4 4 2 8

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5. There are 20 students in Leyla’s class. On a math test, of them scored less than 70%, of
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the class scored between 70% and 80%, 5 students scored between 80% and 90%,
and the rest of the class scored more than 90%. None scored 70%, 80%, or 90%.
a) What fraction of the class scored more than 90%? How many students is this?
b) Which range of scores was the most common? Which range of scores was least common?
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Master 4.33 Extra Practice 2

Section 4.2: Adding Fractions Using Models

1. Add.
5 4 2 2 7 9 5 7
a) + b) + c) + d) +
6 6 3 3 10 10 8 8

2. Add. Estimate first.

2 5 7 3 9 4 1 5
a) + b) + c) + d) +
3 6 8 4 10 5 2 8

3. Add. Estimate first.

5 2 4 2 3 1 3 3
a) + b) + c) + d) +
4 3 5 10 4 3 5 10

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4. Amber trains for 1 h one day. She runs for 10 min, walks for 5 min, runs for
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15 min, and walks for 5 min. Her running time increases by 5 min each interval,
but she always walks for 5 min. Use fractions of one hour.
Write an addition equation that represents Amber’s total running time.
Find her total running time.

5. Use fraction strips or number lines to add.

2 3 1 1 1 1 5 5
a) + b) + c) + d) +
3 4 5 2 2 3 6 12

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Master 4.34 Extra Practice 3

Section 4.3: Adding Fractions

1. Add. Use grid paper. Draw a picture to show each sum.

1 3 5 1 2 1 3 1
a) + b) + c) + d) +
4 5 8 3 5 8 10 3

2. Add. Estimate first.

3 1 3 1 6 3 3 5
a) + b) + c) + d) +
5 10 10 2 8 4 8 2

3. Add. Estimate first.

1 3 5 7 4 1 7 3
a) + b) + c) + d) +
4 10 6 8 3 6 2 8

4. These are fractions of the students in a class who chose their favourite sport.
Baseball Basketball Hockey Snowboarding Swimming Tennis
1 1 1 1 1 1
4 9 3 6 18 12
Calculate the total fraction of the class that chose:
a) sports played with a ball b) sports played on a court

5. Add.
1 3 2 1 1
a) 2 + 3 b) 1 + c) 12 + 2
3 4 7 2 5

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Master 4.35 Extra Practice 4

Section 4.4: Subtracting Fractions Using Models

1. Subtract.
5 4 2 1 9 7 7 5
a)  b)  c)  d) 
6 6 5 5 10 10 8 8

2. Subtract. Estimate first.

7 2 9 3 13 4 15 3
a)  b)  c)  d) 
6 3 8 4 10 5 8 2

3. Subtract. Estimate first.

7 2 6 1 5 1 3 1
a)  b)  c)  d) 
8 3 5 3 4 3 5 4

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4. Brandy spent of her summer vacation reading, watching her favourite movies,
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visiting her grandparents, and twice the reading time playing with her friends.
a) What is the difference in the fractions of the time Brandy spent with her grandparents and
playing with her friends?
b) Did she spend more time reading or watching movies? Explain.
c) Did Brandy have time to do anything else beside these? Explain.

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Master 4.36 Extra Practice 5

Section 4.5: Subtracting Fractions

1. Subtract.
7 5 5 2 3 1 2 1
a)  b)  c)  d) 
12 12 6 6 10 10 3 3

2. Subtract. Estimate first.

4 3 5 5 3 1 3 5
a)  b)  c)  d) 
6 8 6 9 4 6 2 6

3. Subtract. Estimate first.

4 1 9 2 7 8 5 9
a)  b)  c)  d) 
5 4 10 3 4 5 3 8

4. Two-fifths of the students in a class voted for a trip to the zoo.

One-third voted for a trip to the Science Centre.
a) Which trip had more votes?
b) What is the difference of the fractions?
c) What fraction of the class did not vote?

5. Subtract.
3 1 2 2 1
a) 2  1 b) 1  c) 3  2
5 4 3 7 6

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Master 4.37 Extra Practice 6

Section 4.6: Exploring Repeated Addition

1. Use multiplication to find each sum.

3 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
a) + + + b) + + c) + + + + +
2 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8

2. Multiply. Draw a picture to show each answer.

3 6 5 1
a) 7  b)  4 c) 8  d)  6
5 10 4 10

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3. Ella baby-sits a child for h before school each morning.
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a) How many hours does she work in a 5-day work week?
b) How many hours does she work in 4 weeks?

4. Multiply. Draw a picture to show each answer. Explain the pattern you see.
3 6 9 1
a) 6  b) 9  c) 6  d) 9 
4 12 12 2

5. Ian receives a monthly allowance of $21 dollars. This began in January. Each month,
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Ian saves of the money for his mother’s birthday, in June. The earrings he wants to
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buy cost 110 dollars. Will Ian have enough money to buy the earrings? Justify your answer.

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Master 4.38 Extra Practice 7

Section 4.7: Multiplying Decimals

1. Use Base Ten Blocks to find each product. Record your work on a grid paper.
a) 1.6  1.2 b) 2.1  0.8 c) 1.4  2.3

2. Multiply. Estimate first.

a) 7.3  2.5 b) 6.9  0.4 c) 0.9  0.9

3. Use 14  53 = 742 to find each product.

a) 1.4  5.3 b) 5.3  14 c) 1.4  530

4. Cary rode his bike for 2.5 h at an average speed of 18.6 km/h.
How far did he travel?

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Master 4.39 Extra Practice 8

Section 4.8: Dividing Decimals

1. Estimate to place the decimal point in each quotient.

a) 17.5  2.5 = 7000 b) 125.6  0.8 = 15 700 c) 23.92  4.6 = 52 000

2. Divide.
a) 9.45  0.3 b) 92.34  5.7 c) 1.8  0.2

3. Use 425  19 =˙ 22.368 42 to place the decimal point in each quotient.

a) 42.5  1.9 = 2 236 842 b) 4250  1.9 = 2 236 842
c) 4.25  1.9 = 2 236 842

4. Cameron has a board 3.8 m long.

He wants to make shelves for his room.
Each shelf is to be 0.6 m long.
a) How many shelves will Cameron get from this board?
b) He needs 4 shelves. How much board is left over?
c) Cameron’s sister wants 2 shelves. She makes them from the leftover board.
How long will each shelf be?
What assumptions do you make?

5. Anita bought 5.7 m of curtain material. It cost $170.94.

What is the cost of 1 m of material?

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Master 4.40 Extra Practice 9

Section 4.9: Order of Operation with Decimals

1. Evaluate.
a) 41.6 – 3.4  (7.8 + 0.9)
b) 41.6 – 3.4  7.8 + 0.9
c) (41.6 – 3.4)  (7.8 + 0.9)

2. What do you notice about the expressions and answers in question 1? Explain.

3. Sandra was shopping for clothes. She bought:

3 tops for $12.95 each;
a pair of pants for $19.95;
and a jacket for $27.65.
She multiplied the total by 1.15 to include the taxes.
Her calculations came to $90.60, but she was charged $99.42.
Which total is correct? Show your work.

4. The children of the Jackson family did odd jobs in the neighbourhood.
They raked leaves for 4.5 h at $12.80/h, washed windows for 3.5 h at $11.20/h,
and painted a fence for 2 h at $15.90/h.
a) Write an expression for their total earnings.
b) The earnings were shared equally among the 3 children.
Write an expression for each child’s earnings.
c) Calculate the total earnings and each child’s earnings. Show your work.

5. Write as many statements as you can using 12.2, 13.3, 14.4, 15.5, and any operations,
that have the result 1.

6. Find the volume of a rectangular prism with length 1.5 m, width 0.13 m, and height 0.30 m.

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