Chapter 2 Fractions and Decimals Exercise 2.3

Chapter 2 Fractions and Decimals Exercise 2.3

Question 1.
Find:

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Question 2.
Multiply and reduce to lowest form (if possible):

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Question 3.
Multiply the following fractions:

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Question 4.
Which is greater:

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Question 5.
Saili plants 4 saplings, in a row, in her garden. The distance between two adjacent saplings is  m. Find the distance between the first and the last sapling.
Solution:
Number of saplings = 4
Distance between two adjacent saplings =  m
∴ Distance between the first and the last sapling

Question 6.
Lipika reads a book for 1 hours everyday. She reads the entire book in 6 days. How many hours in all were required by her to read the book?
Solution:
In 1 day Lipika needs 1 hours
In 6 days Lipika will need 6×134 hours

Hence the required hours = 10.

Question 7.
A car runs 16 km using 1 litre of petrol. How much distance will it cover using 2 litres of petrol?
Solution:
In 1 litre of petrol, the car covers 16 km distance In 2 litres of petrol, the car will cover 2 × 16 km distance

Hence, the required distance = 44 km.

Question 8.

Solution: