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5 5 5 5 5
Example 4: Arrange the fractions , , ,, in descending order.
6 10 8 7 9
Solution: Since, the numerators of the given fractions are same, so, the fraction
with greater denominator will be the smaller fraction.

Comparing denominators of the given fractions, 10 > 9 > 8 > 7 > 6.

5 5 5 5 5
Thus, the fractions in descending order are: > > > > .
6 7 8 9 10

Practice Time 6G

1. Which of the following are like and unlike fractions?
1 4 6 2 4 5 6 3 9
(a) , and (b) , and (c) , and
7 7 7 9 9 9 23 11 10
2 3 8 7 2 15 7 14 21
(d) ,and (e) , and (f) , and
7 8 12 13 13 13 9 18 36
2. Fill in the boxes with > or <.

(a) 3 1 (b) 4 8 (c) 10 8 (d) 3 3 (e) 3 5
4 4 9 9 15 15 15 8 8 8
3. Arrange the following in ascending order.

1 1 1 1
7 2 4 5
6 6 6 6
5 1 6 2
(a) , , , (b) , , , (c) , , , (d) , , ,
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 7 13 8 12 2 3 7 9
4. Arrange the following in descending order.
7 7 7 7
4 1 2 3
4 4
(a) , , , (b) , , , (c) 5 , 3 , 9 , 1 (d) , , 4 4
,
8 12 9 13 9 9 9 9 12 12 12 12 5 11 10 7
AddiTion And SubTrAcTion of Like frAcTionS
Addition of Like fractions

Look at the given diagram.
+
2 1 21 3 + =
So, + = = 2 1 3
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
We observe that the resultant fraction has the sum of numerators of two given

fractions and the same denominator.
Thus, to add like fractions, we follow these steps.

Step 1: Add the numerators.

Step 2: Keep the common denominator same.
Step 3: Reduce the fraction to its simplest form or convert it into mixed fraction,
if required.

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