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3. Paakhi and Ishaani bought a donut. Pakhi ate of the donut and Ishaani ate of it.
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4. Madhav painted three-fifths of his house on Saturday and Sunday. How much of the house is still
left to be painted?
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5. The distance between house A and house B is 2 km and the distance between house B and house
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C is km. Find the total distance from house A to house C via House B.
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House A House B House C

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6. Shivani needed to go to the college. She walked for half a kilometre, took a bus for 4 km, and then
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took a battery rickshaw for 4 km. What was the total distance she traveled (in kilometres)? Was it
less than 6 kilometres?

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7. Sangeeta’s mother needs 2 m of cloth for the new trouser of Sangeeta and 1 m for the cotton top.
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How much cloth must she buy in all?
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8. Kiara weighed herself on Wednesday and found that she had gained 1 kg. Earlier her weight was
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51 kg. What was her weight on Wednesday?
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9. A rectangle is divided into certain number of equal parts. If 16 of the parts so formed represent the
fraction 1 , find the number of parts in which the rectangle has been divided.
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10. Prateek spent 1 hours in cleaning his bicycle, 1 hours in cooking and played for hours. How
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much time in all did he spend for these activities?

11. Vowels and consonants are explained to the students by the teacher
during class. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters, including
vowels and consonants. Letters called vowels are used to sounds
such as ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, and ‘u’. Vowels are necessary for consonants Case study
to produce sounds.

Consider the word ‘PROBABILITY’ and answer the following
questions:

(a) Find the fraction of the vowels used.
(b) Find the fraction of the consonants used.
(c) Find the fraction of all the letters used.

(d) Check whether the sum of two fractions obtained in (a) and (b) is the fraction obtained
in (c).

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