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Example 5. Raman ate 5 pieces of of a chocolate bar and Ali ate 9 pieces of of a
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chocolate bar. Who ate more?

Solution. We can show this using fraction kits. Let us consider the figure shown here as
one whole chocolate bar.

1
Raman ate 5 pieces of a chocolate.
2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2

1  
1 
1 ++++ =  1  + + 1 + += ++ = 2 1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1

 
11



 
2 2 2 2 2  2  2  2 2 2 2 2
1
Ali ate 9 pieces of a chocolate.
4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1 1 
1 
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =  1  + 1 + 1 +  +  1  + 1 + 1 +  + 1






4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  4  4 4 4  4  4 4 4 4
1 1
1
=++ = 2
1
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Clearly, we see that Raman ate more chocolate than Ali.

Exercise 4C

1. Fill in the boxes to get the lowest term.

a. 10 ÷ 5 = b. 4 ÷ 4 = c. 12 ÷ 3 =
15÷ 5 16 ÷ 4 15÷ 3

d. 11÷ 11 = e. 28 ÷ 7 = f. 36 ÷ 18 =
44 ÷ 11 49 ÷ 7 54 ÷

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