CBSE Class 5 Mathematics Parts And Wholes Worksheet Set 02

Question. The piece shown is 1/5th of a watermelon. How many MORE pieces exactly like this could you get from the same watermelon?

(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Answer : B

Question. In which figure does the shaded part represent a fraction LESS than 1/ 3?

Answer : D

Question. In which figure does the shading show ¼ is same as 2/8?

Answer : C

Question. A castle is guarded 24 hours a day.  Three guards share the work equally. The first guard starts duty at 6:00 AM daily. At what time does the third guard start duty?
(a) 2:00 PM
(b) 11:00 AM
(c) 6:00 PM
(d) 10:00 PM

Answer : D

Question. Which of these fractions is greater than 2 but less than 3?
(a) 2/3
(b) 3/2
(c) 5/2
(d) 5/3

Answer : C

Question. Rahul is trying to find a long straight branch to break into three equal pieces to use as cricket stumps. A branch of which of these lengths would be most suitable for Rahul to use?
(a) 210 cm
(b) 210 mm
(c) 21 cm
(d) 21 m

Answer : A

Question. Part of a number line is shown below with four points marked on it.
Which of the points is 1340 closest to?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following is the same as three quarters?
(a) 1⁄3 + 1⁄3 + 1⁄3
(b) 4 + 4 + 4
(c) 1⁄4 + 1⁄4 + 1⁄4
(d) 3⁄4 + 3⁄4 + 3⁄4

Answer : C

Question. Which of these fractions is greater than 1/3?
(a) 1/4
(b) 2/6
(c) 3/8
(d) 3/9

Answer : C

Question. The jug shown below contains some juice:
What part of the jug is filled with juice?

(a) 2/7
(b) 5/7
(c) 6/7
(d) 3/4

Answer : D

Question. What number comes in the blank?
31/5  + 12/5  + 3/5  = ___ + 1/5
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 9

Answer : D

Question. What fraction of line segment PQ is line segment PR?

(a) 1/3
(b) 3/4
(c) 1/4
(d) 3/10

Answer : C

Question. What fraction of the total number of students in the two sections scored below 50%?

(a) a little less than one fifth
(b) exactly one fifth
(c) Exactly one fourth
(d) a little more than one fourth

Answer : A

Question. How many students of class 5B scored less than 75%?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 18
(d) 15

Answer : C

Question. Ramlal cuts a wooden solid into two parts with ONE straight cut. One of the two pieces he gets looks like this: Which of the following could be the original solid that Ramlal had?

Answer : D

Question. What part of the figure below is shaded?

(a) 0.004
(b) 1/4
(c) 0.4
(d) 0.04

Answer : D

Question 1. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{1}{3}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{1}{3}\) is read and said as "one-third".
In simple words: When a whole is divided into 3 equal parts, 1 part is called one-third.

Exam Tip: The top number is the numerator representing shaded parts, and the bottom number is the denominator representing total equal parts.

Question 2. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{1}{2}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{1}{2}\) is read and said as "one-half".
In simple words: When a whole is divided into 2 equal parts, 1 part is called one-half.

Exam Tip: One-half represents exactly 50 percent or half of a whole object.

Question 3. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{2}{3}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{2}{3}\) is read and said as "two-thirds".
In simple words: Out of 3 equal parts, 2 parts taken together make two-thirds.

Question 4. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{3}{5}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{3}{5}\) is read and said as "three-fifths".
In simple words: Out of 5 equal parts, 3 shaded parts represent three-fifths.

Exam Tip: Always count the total number of equal parts carefully to determine the denominator.

Question 5. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{1}{4}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{1}{4}\) is read and said as "one-fourth" (or one-quarter).
In simple words: When a whole is split into 4 equal parts, 1 part is one-fourth.

Exam Tip: One-fourth is also commonly referred to as a quarter.

Question 6. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{3}{4}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{3}{4}\) is read and said as "three-fourths".
In simple words: Out of 4 equal parts, 3 parts are shaded, making three-fourths.

Exam Tip: Three-fourths represents three quarters of a whole.

Question 7. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{4}{5}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{4}{5}\) is read and said as "four-fifths".
In simple words: Out of 5 equal parts, 4 parts are taken, which is four-fifths.

Exam Tip: Check that all parts in the diagram are equal in size before naming the fraction.

Question 8. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{2}{4}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{2}{4}\) is read and said as "two-fourths".
In simple words: Out of 4 equal parts, 2 parts are shaded, representing two-fourths (which is equivalent to one-half).

Exam Tip: Fractions like \(\frac{2}{4}\) can be reduced to their simplest form \(\frac{1}{2}\).

Question 8b. Look at the shaded part of the circle and write or say its fraction in words.
Answer: The shaded part is \(\frac{2}{3}\), read and said as "two-thirds".
In simple words: The circle is cut into 3 equal parts and 2 of them are shaded, so it is two-thirds.

Exam Tip: Count all equal parts first, then count the shaded ones.

Question 9. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{1}{5}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{1}{5}\) is read and said as "one-fifth".
In simple words: When a whole is divided into 5 equal parts, 1 part is called one-fifth.

Exam Tip: The denominator 5 is read as "fifths" when the numerator is 1.

Question 10. Look at the fraction given as \(\frac{2}{5}\) and write or say its word form.
Answer: The fraction \(\frac{2}{5}\) is read and said as "two-fifths".
In simple words: Out of 5 equal parts, 2 parts are shaded, forming two-fifths.

Exam Tip: Practice writing both the numerical fraction and the word form to master fraction naming.

1) In a school 7/12 of the students are boys . If school has 1176 students on the roll, calculate the number of girls in the school.

2) Yuvraj hits 15 sixes in 60 balls he faced . Sachin hits 1/5 of the sixes of 110 balls he faced. Who has hit more sixes?

3) Find the fraction equivalent to 5/7 with: a) numerator 25 b) denominator 42.

4) Fill appropriate sign < , > , = in the blank space.
a) 1/3  --- 1/5 
b)2/4 --- 10/20
c) 9/15 --- 13/15
d) 7/8 --- 5/6

5) Express 23/5 as mixed fraction.

6) Express 6(2/5) as improper fraction.

7) Ravish exercised for 3/6 of an hour , while Rohit exercised for 3/4 of an hour . Who exercised for a longer time?

8) Draw a flower of 5 petals. Shade 2/5 of it as red , 1/5 of it as pink and rest of the petals as purple. What part of the flower is coloured as purple ?

9) A cake was divided into 12 pieces . Ram ate 1/6 of the cake , Arjun ate 1/4 of the cake and Rashi ate 1/3 of it . How many pieces did each of them eat ? How many pieces were left ?

10) Make a bill for the following shopping list :-

11) Draw grid of 36 squares and make patterns with – 1/6 green, 1/6 blue, 1/3 red , 1/4 yellow .

12) Find
a) How many 1/4 will make half ?
b) How many one eighth will make one fourth ?
c) How many one eighth will make half?

13) Divide a rectangle in 8 equal parts in four different ways.

14) Find:
a) 3/4 of 36
b) 5/9 of 54
c) 4/3 of a dozen
d) 1/4 of a day ( in hours)

15) Write first ten equivalent fractions of 5/9, 3/3, 12/13.