Business Mathematics

Module 1, Pre Test

Fractions

Fundamental Operations on Fractions

Name: ______________________ Section: _________ Date: ______ Score: ______

Solve the following problems

𝟐
1. Which fraction is higher than ?
𝟑

𝟐 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑
A. B. C. D. ____________
𝟓 𝟕 𝟒 𝟒

2. Arrange the following fractions from lowest to highest. _______________

𝟐 𝟑 𝟔 𝟑
A. B. C. D.
𝟑 𝟓 𝟏𝟓 𝟕

3. Word problem:
John and Maria bought a medium pizza that has 8 slices. If John ate 2/4 slices and Maria
ate 3/8, who ate more pizza?

4. Express the following fractions in simplest form:

𝟒 𝟑 𝟏𝟐 𝟖
Fraction
𝟏𝟔 𝟔 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟓

Simplest form
_________ _________ _________ _________

5. Rewrite the following mixed numbers as improper fractions:

𝟒 𝟑 𝟓 𝟒
Mixed Number 𝟐 𝟏 𝟒 𝟑
𝟓 𝟔 𝟕 𝟓

Improper Fraction
_________ _________ _________ _________
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6. Rewrite these improper fractions as mixed numbers:

𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟗 𝟐𝟒
Improper Fraction
𝟓 𝟕 𝟒 𝟗

Mixed Number
_________ _________ _________ _________

7. Word problem: John has 50 ping pong balls that he bought in sets of 6. How many sets of
balls does John have? (Hint: express answer as a mixed number)

8. Add the following fractions:

𝟏 𝟓 𝟔 𝟓
+ = __________ + = __________
𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟒

9. Add the following mixed numbers:

𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟔 𝟓
𝟐 + 𝟑 = __________ 𝟔 + 𝟐 = __________ 𝟕 + 𝟖 = __________
𝟓 𝟑 𝟒 𝟗 𝟕 𝟔

10. Subtract the following fractions or mixed numbers:

𝟕 𝟔 𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟑 𝟐 𝟔
𝟑 − 𝟒 = __________ 𝟏𝟎 −𝟕 = __________ 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟏𝟑 = __________
𝟖 𝟗 𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟒 𝟗 𝟕

11. Word problem: Peter and Eric bought a large pizza that has 12 slices. John and Eric ate all
the pizza. If John ate 4/6 slices, how much did Eric eat? Who ate more pizza?

12. Multiply or divide the following fractions

𝟑 𝟔 𝟒 𝟓
∗ = __________ 𝟓 ∗ 𝟐 = __________
𝟒 𝟏𝟓 𝟕 𝟖

𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑 𝟒 𝟏𝟎
÷ = __________ 𝟒 ÷𝟐 = __________
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟓 𝟏𝟏
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