Chapter – 2: Fractions

Page no. – 21
Exercise 2A

Question 1:
(i)
Solution: By cross multiplication, we have
5 12  60and 7  8  56
But , 60  56
5 7
So, 
8 12
(ii)
Solution: By cross multiplication, we have
5 15  75and11 9  99
But , 75  99
5 11
So, 
9 15
(iii)
Solution: By cross multiplication, we have
1116  176and15 12  180
But ,176  180
11 15
So, 
12 16

Question 2:
(i)
Solution: LCM of 4, 6, 9 and 12 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 36
2 4 6 9 12
2 2 3 9 6
3 1 3 9 3
3 1 1 3 1
1 1 1 1
Now change each fraction in equivalent fraction having 36 as denominator
3  9 27 5  6 30 7  4 28 11 3 33
 ;  ;  ; 
4  9 36 6  6 36 9  4 36 12  3 36
27 28 30 33
  
36 36 36 36
3 7 5 11
Hence,   
4 9 6 12

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(ii)
Solution: LCM of 5, 10, 15, 20 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 = 60
2 5 10 15 20
2 5 5 15 10
3 5 5 15 5
5 5 5 5 5
1 1 1 1
Now change each fraction in equivalent fraction having 60 as denominator
4 12 48 7  6 42 11 4 44 17  3 51
 ;  ;  ; 
5  12 60 10  6 60 15  4 60 20  3 60
42 44 48 51
  
60 60 60 60
7 11 4 17
Hence,   
10 15 5 20

Question 3:
(i)
Solution: LCM of 4, 8, 12, 24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 24
2 4 8 12 24
2 2 4 6 12
2 1 2 3 6
3 1 1 3 3
1 1 1 1
Now change each fraction in equivalent fraction having 24 as denominator
3  6 18 7  3 21 7  2 14 17 1 17
 ;  ;  ; 
4  6 24 8  3 24 12  2 24 24 1 24
14 17 18 21
  
24 24 24 24
7 17 3 7
Hence,   
12 24 4 8
(ii)
Solution: LCM of 3, 5, 10, 15 = 2 x 3 x 5 = 30
2 3 5 10 15
3 3 5 5 15
5 1 5 5 5
1 1 1 1
Now change each fraction in equivalent fraction having 30 as denominator

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2 10 20 3  6 18 7  3 21 8  2 16
 ;  ;  ; 
3 10 30 5  6 30 10  3 30 15  2 30
16 18 20 21
  
30 30 30 30
8 3 2 7
Hence,   
15 5 3 10

Question 4:
2
Solution: Part of an apple Renu got =
7
4
Part of an apple Sonal got =
5
2 4
By cross multiplication of and , we have
7 5
2  5  10and 4  7  28
But ,10  28
2 4
So, 
7 5
Hence, Sonal got the larger part of an apple
4 2 (4  7)  (2  5) 28  10 18
Now,    
5 7 35 35 35
18
Therefore, Sonal got the larger part of an apple by
35

Question 5:
(i)
5 3 53 8
Solution:   
9 9 9 9
(ii)
8 7 (8  4)  (7  3) 32  21 53 17
Solution:     1
9 12 36 36 36 36
(iii)
5 7 (5  4)  (7  3) 20  21 41 17
Solution:     1
6 8 24 24 24 24
(iv)
7 11 9 (7  4)  (11 3)  (9  2) 28  33  18 79 31
Solution:      1
12 16 24 48 48 48 48
(v)
4 3 1 19 23 16 (19  6)  (23  3)  (16  2) 114  69  32 215
Solution: 3  2  1      
5 10 15 5 10 15 30 30 30

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 215  5 43 1
 7
30  5 6 6
(vi)
3 2 35 52 (35  5)  (52  4) 175  208 383 3
Solution: 8  10       19
4 5 4 5 20 20 20 20

Question 6:
(i)
5 2 52 3
Solution:   
7 7 7 7
(ii)
5 3 (5  2)  (3  3) 10  9 1
Solution:    
6 4 12 12 12
(iii)
1 7 16 7 (16  2)  7 32  7 25 25  5 5 1
Solution: 3         2
5 10 5 10 10 10 10 10  5 2 2
(iv)
2 14 (7  3)  14 21  14 7 1
Solution: 7  4  7     2
3 3 3 3 3 3
(v)
3 7 33 22 (33  3)  (22  2) 99  44 55 55  5 11 5
Solution: 3  1        1
10 15 10 15 30 30 30 30  5 6 6
(vi)
5 7 23 22 (23  5)  (22  3) 115  66 49 4
Solution: 2  1      1
9 15 9 15 45 45 45 45

Question 7:
(i)
2 5 1 (2  6)  (5  3)  (1 2) 12  15  2 25 7
Solution:      1
3 6 9 18 18 18 18
(ii)
1 1 9 9 (8  4)  (9  2)  9 32  18  9 32  27 5 1
Solution: 8  4  2  8       1
2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
(iii)
5 3 7 53 27 19 (53  4)  (27  3)  (19  2) 212  81  38
Solution: 8  3  1     
6 8 12 6 8 12 24 24
250  38 169 1
  7
24 24 24

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Question 8:
3
Solution: Aneeta bought an apple = 3 kg
4
1
Aneeta bought guava = 4 kg
2
3 1 15 9 15  18 33 1
Total weight of fruits purchased = 3  4      8 kg
4 2 4 2 4 4 4

Question 9:
3
Solution: Length of rectangular sheet = 15 cm
4
1
Width of rectangular sheet = 12 cm
2
3 1 63 25 63  50
Perimeter of rectangular sheet = 2(L+B) = 2(15  12 )  2(  )  2( )
4 2 4 2 4
113 113 1
 2   56 cm
4 2 2

Question 10:
3
Solution: Width of picture = 7 cm
5
3
Width of frame = 7 cm
10
3 3 38 73 76  73 3
Picture to be trimmed to fit in a frame = 7  7     cm
5 10 5 10 10 10

Question 11:
3 38 90  38 52 2
Solution: 18  7  18     10
5 5 5 5 5

Question 12:
2 4 42 109 126  109 17 2
Solution: 8  7     1
5 15 5 15 15 15 15

Question 13:
3 15
Solution: Length of wire = 3 m 
4 4
1 3
Length of one piece of wire = 1 m 
2 2

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 15 3 15  6 9 1
Length of other piece of wire =    2 m
4 2 4 4 4

Question 14:
2 11
Solution: Timing of film show = 3 hr 
3 3
1 3
Time spent on advertisements = 1 hr 
2 2
11 3 22  9 13 1
Actual duration of the film =     2 hr
3 2 6 6 6

Question 15:
Solution: By cross multiplication, we have
2  9  18and 5  3  15
18  15
2 5
So, 
3 9
2 5 65 1
Now,   
3 9 9 9
2 5 1
So, is greater than by .
3 9 9

Question 16:
3 83
Solution: The cost of pen = Rs.16 
5 5
3 19
The cost of pencil = Rs.4 
4 4
83 19
By cross multiplication of and , we have
5 4
83  4  332and19  5  95
But ,332  95
83 19
So, 
5 4
83 19 332  95 237 17
Now,     11
5 4 20 20 20
17
So, the cost of pen is Rs. 11 more than the pencil.
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Page no. – 26
Exercise 2B

Question 1:
(i)
3 7 3  7 21
Solution:   
5 11 5 11 55
(ii)
5 4 5 1 5 1 5
Solution:     
8 7 2 7 2  7 14
(iii)
4 15 1 5 1 5 5
Solution:     
9 16 3 4 3  4 12
(iv)
2 2 15 2 3 2  3
Solution: 15      6
5 5 1 1 1 11
(v)
8 8 20 8 4 8  4 32 2
Solution:  20        10
15 15 1 3 1 3 1 3 3
(vi)
5 5 1000 5 125 5 125
Solution: 1000       625
8 8 1 1 1 11
(vii)
1 25 16 25 2 25  2
Solution: 3 16       50
8 8 1 1 1 11
(viii)
4 34 34 34  4 136 1
Solution: 2 12  12   4    27
15 15 5 5 5 5
(ix)
6 2 27 14 9 2 9  2
Solution: 3  4       18
7 3 7 3 1 1 11
(x)
19 28 1 14 114
Solution:      14
2 19 1 1 1 1
(xi)
1 10 33 32 3  4
Solution: 4  2     12
8 11 8 11 11
(xii)
35 12 5 2
Solution:     10
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Question 2:
(i)
2  5  33 1111 111 1
Solution:   
3  44  35 1 22  7 1 2  7 14
(ii)
12 15  35 1 3  5 111 1
Solution:   
25  28  36 5  4  3 1 4 1 4
(iii)
10  28  39 10  1 3 1 1 1 1
Solution:   
27  65  56 27  5  2 9  1 1 9
(iv)
11 35 16 11 35  16 1 1 8 8 2
Solution:      2
7 22 15 7  22 15 11 3 3 3
(v)
36 65 85 36  65  85 1 5  5
Solution:      25
17 9 52 17  9  52 111
(vi)
49 52 64 49  52  64 7  4  4 112 1
Solution:       37
16 7 39 16  7  39 11 3 3 3

Question 3:
(i)
1
Solution: 24   8
3
(ii)
3
Solution: 32   8  3  24
4
(iii)
5
Solution: 45   5  5  25
9
(iv)
7
Solution: 1000   20  7  140
50
(v)
3
Solution: 1020   51 3  153
20
(vi)
5
Solution: Rs.(220  )  Rs.(20  5)  Rs.100
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(vii)
4
Solution: 54   4  6  24m
9
(viii)
6
Solution: 35   6  5  30l
7
(ix)
1
Solution: 60 min  10 min
6
(x)
5
Solution: 12months   2  5  10months
6
(xi)
7
Solution: 1000 g   50  7  350 g
20
(xii)
9
Solution: 100cm   5  9  45cm
20
(xiii)
7
Solution: 24hr   3  7  21hr
8
(xiv)
3
Solution: 7 days   3days
7
(xv)
7
Solution: 1000ml   20  7  140ml
50

Question 4:
4
Solution: Cost of 1 kg of apple = Rs.48
5
3 4 3 92 15
Cost of 3 kg of apples = 48  3    23  3  Rs.69
4 5 4 5 4

Question 5:
1
Solution: Cost of 1 m of cloth = Rs.42
2
3 1 3 85 28
Cost of 5 m of cloth = 42  5    17 14  Rs.238
5 2 5 2 5

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Question 6:
2
Solution: Distance covered by car in 1 hour = 66 km
3
2 200
Distance covered by car in 9 hours = 66  9   9  200  3  600km
3 3

Question 7:
3
Solution: Capacity of 1 tin = 12 litres
4
3 51 13  51 663 1
Capacity of 26 tins = 12  26   26    331 l
4 4 2 2 2

Question 8:
1
Solution: Cost of 1 ticket = Rs.35
2
1 71
Cost of 308 tickets = 35  308   308  71154  Rs.10,934
2 2

Question 9:
2
Solution: Thickness of 1 board = 3 cm
3
2 11
Thickness of 9 boards = 3  9   9  11 3  33cm
3 3
Therefore, height of stack is 33 cm.

Question 10:
4
Solution: Time taken by Rohit to complete 1 round of the circular park = 4 min
5
4 24
Time taken to complete 15 rounds = 4 15  15  24  3  72 min  1hr12 min
5 5

Question 11:
Solution: Weight of Amit = 35kg
3 3
Weight of Kavita = of Weight of Amit =  35  3  7  21kg
5 5

Question 12:
Solution: Total students in class = 42
5 5
No. of boys = of total students =  42  5  6  30
7 7

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No. of girls in the class = 42 – 30 = 12

Question 13:
Solution: Total earning of Sapna = Rs.24000
7 7
Monthly expenditure = of total income =  24000  7  3000  Rs.21000
8 8
Sapna deposits in bank = Total income – monthly expenditure = 24000 – 21000 = Rs.3000

Question 14:
2
Solution: Side of square field = 4 m
3
2 14 14 14 196 7
Area of square = ( side) 2  (4 ) 2  ( ) 2     21 m 2
3 3 3 3 9 9

Question 15:
2 125
Solution: Length of rectangular park = 41 m 
3 3
3 93
Breadth of rectangular park = 18 m 
5 5
125 93
Area of rectangular park = length x breadth =   25  31  775m 2
3 5

Page no. – 30
Exercise 2C

Question 1:
(i)
8 5 8
Solution: , because   1
5 8 5
(ii)
1 1
Solution: , because7   1
7 7
(iii)
1
Solution: 12, because 12  1
12
(iv)
5 3 63 63 5
Solution: , because12    1
63 5 5 5 63

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Question 2:
(i)
4 14 8
Solution:  
7 9 9
(ii)
7 5 7 1
Solution:    1
10 3 6 6
(iii)
8 1 1
Solution:  
9 16 18
(iv)
Solution: 9 x 3 = 27
(v)
7
Solution: 24   28
6
(vi)
18 4 18 5 9 1
Solution:      4
5 5 5 4 2 2
(vii)
24 8 24 21
Solution:    9
7 21 7 8
(viii)
39 13 39 10 30 2
Solution:     4
7 10 7 13 7 7
(ix)
108 72 108 49 21 1
Solution:      10
7 49 7 72 2 2

Question 3:
(i)
11 7 11 8 11
Solution:    
24 8 24 7 21
(ii)
55 11 55 16
Solution:     10
8 16 8 11
(iii)
50 10 50 3
Solution:     20
9 3 9 10
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 8 5
Solution: 32   32   20
5 8
(v)
9 5
Solution: 45   45   25
5 9
(vi)
9 4
Solution: 63   63   28
4 9

Question 4:
1 27
Solution: Length of rope = 13 m 
2 2
No. of equal pieces = 9
27 27 1 3 1
Length of each piece = 9    1 m
2 2 9 2 2

Question 5:
1 99
Solution: Total weight of 18 boxes = 49 kg 
2 2
99 99 1 11 3
Weight of 1 box =  18     2 kg
2 2 18 4 4

Question 6:
3 27
Solution: Cost of 1 orange = Rs. 6 
4 4
By selling all oranges, he get = Rs.378
27 8
No. of oranges sell by him = 378   378   112
4 27

Question 7:
1 87
Solution: Cost of 1 kg mangoes = Rs. 43 
2 2
1 1305
Cost of all mangoes = Rs. 326 
4 4
1305 87 1305 2 15 1
Weight of mangoes =      7 kg
4 2 4 87 2 2

Question 8:
3 2 62
Solution: Distance cover by Vikas in 7 hours = 20 km 
4 3 3

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 62 3 62 31 62 4 8 2
Distance cover by Vikas in 1 hour = 7       2 km
3 4 3 4 3 31 3 3

Question 9:
1 1 969
Solution: Cost of 8 kg of sugar = Rs. 242 
2 4 4
969 1 969 17 969 2 57 1
Cost of 1 kg sugar = 8       Rs.29
4 2 4 2 4 17 2 2

Question 10:
3 111
Solution: Cost of 1 notebook = Rs. 27 
4 4
3 999
Total money spent on notebook = Rs. 249 
4 4
999 111 999 4
No. of notebooks purchased =    9
4 4 4 111

Question 11:
1 65
Solution: Price of 1 ticket = Rs. 32 
2 2
1 1755
Price of all tickets = Rs. 877 
2 2
1755 65 1755 2
No. of tickets sold =     27
2 2 2 65

Question 12:
1 523
Solution: Contribution of 1 student = Rs. 261 
2 2
1 5753
Total contribution = Rs. 2876 
2 2
5753 523 5753 2
No. of students =     11
2 2 2 523

Question 13:
Solution: Total milk = 24 litres
2
Milk for 1 student = litre
5
2 5
No. of student = 24   24   60
5 2

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Question 14:
1 81
Solution: Capacity of 1 bucket = 20 litres 
4 4
3
Capacity of 1 jug = litre
4
81 3
No. of times, the jug has to be filled with water from bucket to get it emptied = 
4 4
81 4
   27
4 3

Question 15:
Solution: Let the other number be X
1 5
X  6  15
3 6
19 95
X 
3 6
95 19 95 3 5 1
X     2
6 3 6 19 2 2
1
So, the other number is 2
2

Question 16:
Solution: Let the number be X
4
X  9  42
5
49
X  42
5
49 5 30 2
X  42   42   4
5 49 7 7
2
So, the other number is 4
7

Question 17:
Solution: Let the number be X
2 2
6 X 4
9 3
56 14
X 
9 3
56 14 56 3 4 1
X     1
9 3 9 14 3 3

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So, the number is 1
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Page no. – 31
Exercise 2D
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
Mark (✓) against the correct answer in each of the following:

Question 1:
10
Solution: (c) , because its denominator is a whole number other than 10, 100, 1000, etc.
3

Question 2:
9
Solution: (c) , because its denominator is less than numerator.
7

Question 3:
105 105  7 15
Solution: (a) , because 
112 112  7 16

Question 4:
2 4 2 6 2 8 2
Solution: (c) equivalent fractions, because ;  ,  , 
3 6 3 9 3 12 3

Question 5:
9 13
Solution: (c)  , because by cross multiplication, we have
16 24
9 x 24 = 216 and 13 x 16 = 208
However, 216 > 208
9 13
Therefore, 
16 24

Question 6:
3 7 4
Solution: (d) none of these, because reciprocal of 1 = reciprocal of 
4 4 7

Question 7:
5  3 8  9  16 25 25  5 5
Solution: (c) , because      
6  10 15  30 30 30  5 6

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Question 8:
11  1 1  13 7 39  28 11
Solution: (d) , because 3  2     
12  4 3 4 3 12 12

Question 9:
1
Solution: (d) 144, because 36   36  4  144
4

Question 10:
5 6 3 13 13 13 5 5
Solution: (b) , because 1  2     
7 7 5 7 5 7 13 7

Question 11:
1 1 2 3 2 3 3 9 1
Solution: (d) 2 , because 1        2
4 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 4

Question 12:
2 3 2 8 2 8 3 12 2
Solution: (c) 2 , because 1        2
5 5 3 5 3 5 2 5 5

Question 13:
5 1 1 11 6 11 5 11 5
Solution: (d) 1 , because 2  1       1
6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6

Question 14:
3 2 5 3
Solution: (d) , because reciprocal of 1 = reciprocal of 
5 3 3 5

Question 15:
3 2 14
Solution: (b)   , because LCM of 5, 3, 15 = 15
5 3 15
Now, we have
2  5 10 3  3 9 14 1 14
 ;  ; 
3  5 15 5  3 15 15 1 15
9 10 14
Clearly,  
15 15 15
3 2 14
Therefore,  
5 3 15

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Question 16:
3
Solution: (c) 44 km, because Distance covered by car on 2 litres of petrol =
4
3 11
16  2  16   4 11  44km
4 4

Question 17:
1
Solution: (a) 10hours, because Time taken by lalit to read the whole book =
2
3 7 3  7 21 1
6 1  6     10 hours
4 4 2 2 2

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Test Paper – 2

A. Question 1:
(i)
a
Solution: The number of the form , where a and b are natural numbers, are known as natural
b
4 3
numbers. Examples: and
7 7
(ii)
Solution: A fraction whose denominator is a whole number, other than 10, 100, 1000, etc. is
1 5
called a vulgar fraction. Examples: and
5 9
(iii)
Solution: A fraction whose numerator is more than or equal to its denominator, is called an
3 6
improper fraction. Examples: and
2 4

Question 2:
Solution: Let the number be X
3
X  6  15
5
33
X   15
5
33 75  33 42 2
X  15    8
5 5 5 5

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 2
So, the number is 8
5

Question 3:
5 3 7 59 35 31 236  105  62 298  105 193 1
Solution: 9  4  2       8
6 8 12 6 8 12 24 24 24 24

Question 4:
(i)
12
Solution: 1000ml   40  12  480ml
25
(ii)
5
Solution: 1000 g   125  5  625 g
8
(iii)
3
Solution: 60 min  12  3  36 min
5

Question 5:
3
Solution: Cost of 1 litre milk = Rs. 37
4
2 3 2 151 32 151 8 1208 3
Cost of 6 litres of milk = 37  6      Rs.241
5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5

Question 6:
1
Solution: Cost of 5 kg of mangoes = Rs.189
4
1 21 4
Cost of 1 kg of mangoes = 189  5  189   189   9  4  Rs.36
4 4 21

Question 7:
(i)
3 2 4 7 12 25 1 3  5
Solution: 1  2  3      15
4 5 7 4 5 7 111
(ii)
50 10 50 3 5 2
Solution:      1
9 3 9 10 3 3

Question 8:
Solution: Let the number be X

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 2 2
6 X 4
9 3
56 14
X 
9 3
56 14 56 3 4 1
X     1
9 3 9 14 3 3
1
So, the number is 1
3

Question 9:
2 17
Solution: Side of square = 5 m 
3 3
2
 17  17 17 289 1
Area of square =  side        32 m2
2

 3 3 3 9 9

B.
Question 10:
5
Solution: (d) , because its denominator is a whole number other than 10, 100, 1000, etc.
8

Question 11:
46
Solution: (c) , because it cannot be reduced by any number.
63

Question 12:
3 8 5
Solution: (d) none of these, because reciprocal of 1 =reciprocal of 
5 5 8

Question 13:
2 3 2 8 2 8 3 12 2
Solution: (c) 2 , because 1        2
5 5 3 5 3 5 2 5 5

Question 14:
3 2 11
Solution: (b)   , because LCM of 5, 3, 15 = 15
5 3 15
Now, we have

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2  5 10 3  3 9 111 11
 ;  ; 
3  5 15 5  3 15 15 1 15
9 10 11
Clearly,  
15 15 15
3 2 11
Therefore,  
5 3 15

Question 15:
7
Solution: (c)
, because Let the number be X
10
3 1 7 5 7 2 7
X 1 2     
4 2 4 2 4 5 10

Question 16:
2
Solution: (b) 33 km, because, Distance covered by car in 3 litres of petrol =
3
2 11
9  3  9   3  11  33km
3 3

C. Question 17:
(i)
2 42 5
Solution: Reciprocal of 8 = reciprocal of 
5 5 42
(ii)
1 27 1 27 11
Solution: 13  8    1
2 2 8 16 16
(iii)
3 3 279 31 279 4
Solution: 69  7     9
4 4 4 4 4 31
(iv)
2 3 125 93
Solution: 41 18    25  31  775
3 5 3 5
(v)
84  14 6
Solution: 
98  14 7

D. Question 18:
(i)
Solution: False, because by cross multiplication, we have
9 x 24 = 216 and 13 x 16 = 208

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216 > 208
9 13
Therefore, 
16 24
(ii)
Solution: False, because LCM of 5, 35 and 14 = 70
Now, we have
2  14 28 16  2 32 9  5 45
 ;  ; 
5  14 70 35  2 70 14  5 70
28 32 45
Clearly ,  
70 70 70
2 16 9
Therefore,  
5 35 14
9
So, the largest is
14
(iii)
11 9 44  27 17
Solution: True, because   
15 20 60 60
(iv)
11
Solution: True, because 1000ml   40 11  440ml
25
(v)
3 2 67 32 67  8 536 1
Solution: False, because 16  6      107
4 5 4 5 5 5 5

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