CBSE Class 7 Mathematics Working with Fractions MCQs Set 05

Question. The process of reducing a fraction to its lowest terms is called *apavartana* in India, and this term finds mention in a non-mathematical work by which scholar?
(a) Brahmagupta
(b) Bhāskara II
(c) Umasvati
(d) Śhrīdharāchārya

Answer: C

Question. What is the product of 1/3 and 1/5?
(a) 1/15
(b) 1/8
(c) 2/15
(d) 1/6

Answer: A

Question. A water tank fills 7/10 of the tank in 1 hour. How much tank is filled if the tap is open for 1/3 hour?
(a) 7/10 part
(b) 7/30 part
(c) 3/10 part
(d) 1/3 part

Answer: B

Question. If a tank fills 7/10 of its volume in 1 hour, how long should the tap be running for the tank to be full?
(a) 10/7 hours
(b) 7/10 hours
(c) 1 hour
(d) 10 hours

Answer: A

Question. Somu's land: Government took 1/6 of her land. What part of land remains with Somu now?
(a) 1/6
(b) 5/6
(c) 4/6
(d) 1

Answer: B

Question. Somu gives half of the remaining land (5/6) to her daughter Krishna. What part of the original land did Krishna get?
(a) 5/6
(b) 1/2
(c) 5/12
(d) 1/12

Answer: C

Question. What is the product of 1/12 and 1/18?
(a) 1/144
(b) 1/216
(c) 1/180
(d) 1/200

Answer: B

Question. Somu gives 1/3 of the remaining land (5/6) to her son Bora. What part of the original land did Bora get?
(a) 5/18
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/18
(d) 5/6

Answer: A

Question. Find the area of a rectangle with sides 3 and 3/4 ft and 9 and 3/5 ft. The area value is
(a) 3 and 3/4 sq. ft
(b) 9 and 3/5 sq. ft
(c) 36 sq. ft
(d) 27 sq. ft

Answer: C

Question. Tsewang plants 4 saplings in a row. Distance between two saplings is 3/4 m. The distance between the first and last sapling is
(a) 4 times 3/4 m
(b) 3 times 3/4 m
(c) 1 m
(d) 2 and 1/4 m

Answer: D

Question. What is the product of 5/12 and 7/18?
(a) 35/216
(b) 12/35
(c) 7/30
(d) 5/36

Answer: A

Question. When multiplying two counting numbers greater than 1, say 3 and 5, the product 15 is
(a) Less than both numbers
(b) Greater than both numbers
(c) Equal to 3
(d) Equal to 5

Answer: B

Question. When one number is between 0 and 1, like 1/4, and the other is greater than 1, like 8, the product 2 is
(a) Greater than 8 and less than 1/4
(b) Greater than 1/4 and less than 8
(c) Equal to 8
(d) Equal to 1/4

Answer: B

Question. When both numbers multiplied are between 0 and 1, the product is
(a) Greater than both numbers
(b) Less than both numbers
(c) Equal to the smaller number
(d) Equal to the larger number

Answer: B

Question. What is the product of 12/7 and 5/24 in its lowest form?
(a) 5/14
(b) 10/7
(c) 15/28
(d) 20/21

Answer: A

Question. When one of the numbers being multiplied is between 0 and 1, the product is ____________ the other number.
(a) Greater than
(b) Less than
(c) Equal to
(d) Double of

Answer: B

Question. The relationship between 1/2 multiplied by 1/4 and 1/4 multiplied by 1/2 shows that
(a) The order of multiplication changes the product
(b) The order of multiplication does not matter
(c) Product will be different
(d) Product must be 1

Answer: B

Question. The reciprocal of the fraction 3/5 is
(a) 1
(b) 5/3
(c) 3/5
(d) 15

Answer: B

Question. What is the product of 15/14 and 2/35 in its lowest form?
(a) 3/49
(b) 5/49
(c) 1/7
(d) 2/7

Answer: C

Question. To divide two fractions, we multiply the dividend by the reciprocal of the divisor, this is called
(a) Addition
(b) Subtraction
(c) Multiplication
(d) Brahmagupta's formula,

Answer: D