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FRACTIONS
If an apple is cut into five pieces and three
pieces are taken out of five pieces, then these
three pieces are known as
3

5
.Thus the relation
to represent some part to the whole part is
known as fraction.
The upper part of the fraction is called
Numerator and the lower part is called
Denominator. For example in the fraction
5

9
, 5
is the numerator and 9 is the denominator.
Fraction is always represented in its lowest
terms.
To reduce a fraction to its lowest term, both
numerator and denominator are divided by the
highest common factor. For example 4 is the
highest common factor of the numerator and
denominator of
8

12
. When both 8 and 12 are
divided by 4, the fraction becomes
2

3
.
Comparison of Fractions:
When comparing two or more fractions, the
following points are to be remembered.
1. When the denominators of the fractions are
same, the fraction having largest numerator
is the largest of all the fractions.
2. When the numerators of the fractions are
same, the fraction having smallest denomi-
nator is the largest of all the fractions.
3. When neither numerators nor denominators
of the fractions are same then they are con-
verted into equivalent fractions of the same
denominator by taking the LCM of the
denominators of the given fractions and then
compared.
4. If the difference of the numerators and
denominators of each of the given fractions
be same then the fraction of the greatest
numerator is the greatest and the fraction of
the least numerators is the smallest. For
example, in the fractions
5

8
,
7

10
,
4

7
and
10

13
the difference between numerator and
denominator is same in all the fractions i.e.,
3 and the numerator 10 is the biggest and 4
is the smallest. Therefore,
10

13
is the biggest
fraction and
4

7
is the smallest fraction.
Cross multiplication Method:
Two fractions can be compared in this
method. For this the numerator of the first frac-
tion is multiplied by the denominator of the sec-
ond fraction and vice-versa.
For example,
5

9
and
4

7
are compared then
5 7 = 35 and 4 9 = 36
Directions (Q.No.1-8): What should come in
place of question mark (?) in the following
questions?
3 5 5
1. = ?
4 9 6
3 5 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 6 2 3
(E) None of these
4 4 4
2. ? =
9 3 5
3 5 1 12
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 3 5
(E) None of these
1 2 1
3. 2 + ? + 4 = 8
6 3 6
1 2 1 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D)
3 3 6 3
(E) None of these
1 1 1
4. 3 -4 + 5 = ?
3 6 2
1 2
(A) 4 (B) 4
3 3
5 3
(C) 4 (D) 4
6 4
(E) None of these
2 3 3
5. 4 3 ? = 5
5 4 5
11 17 13
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 6
23 22 22
13
(D) 4 (E) None of these
21
2 2 2 2
6. 11 + 11 11 - 11 = ?
5 5 5 5
2 4 1
(A) 22 (B) 11 (C) 1(D) 22
5 3 5
(E) None of these
1 1 1
7. 12 -
[
4 -
{
3 -
(
2 -
)}]
= ?
2 2 2
1 1 1 1
(A) 3 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 9
2 2 2 4
(E) None of these
1
8. 3 + = ?
2
2 -
3
5 +
1
4 -
4
29 13 19 29
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 8
48 21 48 48
(E) None of these
9. Find the biggest of the fractions
4 9 3 5
, , and
7 13 5 8
3 5 4 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 8 7 13
(E) None of these
10. A man completes
2

15
th
of his journey by bus
2

5
th
, by train and the remaining 91km by
taxi. What is the total journey?
(A) 136.5 km (B) 182 km
(C) 175km (D) 195km
(E) None of these
11. What is the reciprocal of the sum of the
reciprocals of
3

5
and
2

3
?
19 15 6 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 19 19 16
(E) None of these
12. The difference between
5

6
part and
3

4
part of
a number is 18. What is that number?
(A) 124 (B) 216 (C) 256 (D) 424
(E) None of these
13. one fifth of a number exceeds one twelve of
the same number by 35. What is that num-
ber?
(A) 300 (B) 60 (C) 350 (D) 175
(E) 150
G.S.Giridhar
NUMERICAL ABILITY
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EXPLANATIONS
3 5 5
1.
4 9 6
3 5 6 1
=
4 9 5 2
4 4 4
2. ? =
9 3 5
4 3 4
? =
9 4 5
4 9 4 12
? = =
5 4 3 5
1 2 1
3. 2 + ? + 4 = 8
6 3 6
5 1
? + 6 = 8
6 6
1 5 49 41 8 1
? = 8 -6 = - = = 1
6 6 6 6 6 3
1 1 1
4. 3 -4 + 5
3 6 2
1 1 1
3 -4 + 5
(
- +
)
3 6 2
2 - 1 + 3 2
4
(

)
= 4
6 3
2 3 3
5. 4 3 ? = 5
5 4 5
22 4 28
? =
5 15 5
28 5 15 105 17
? = = = 4
5 22 4 22 22
2 2 2 2
6. 11 + 11 11 - 11
5 5 5 5
2 2
11 + 1 - 11 = 1
5 5
1 1 1
7. 12 -
[
4 -
{
3 -
(
2 -
)}]
= ?
2 2 2
1 1 1
12 -
[
4 -
{
3 -1
}]
2 2 2
1 1 1
12 -
[
4 - 1
]
2 2 2
1 1
12 - 3 = 9
2 2
1
8. 3 + = ?
2
2 -
3
5 +
1
4 -
4
1 1
3 + = 3 +
2 2
2 - 2 -
3 4
5 + 5 +
15 5

4
1 1 29
3 + = 3 + = 3
5 48 48
2 -2
29 29
4 9 3 5
9. , , and
7 13 5 8
4 9
Comparing and
7 13
4 13 = 52 and 9 7 = 63.
9
is bigger
13
9 3
Comparing and
13 5
9 5 = 45 and 3 13 = 39.
9
is bigger
13
9 5
Comparing and
13 8
9 8 = 72 and 5 13 = 65.
9
is the biggest of all the fractions.
13
2 2 8
10. journey by bus and train = + =
15 5 15
8 7
remaining part of journey is = 1 - = ,
15 15
Which is equivelant to 91 KM.
15
Total journey is 91 = 195 km.
7
3 2 5 3
11. Sum of reciprocals of and is +
5 3 3 2
19
=
6
19 6
Reciprocals of is
6 19
12. Let the number be 'x'
5x 3x
- = 18 x = 216
6 4
13. Let the number be 'x'
x x
- = 35
5 12
60
x = 35 = 300
7
What is the total journey?
ANSWERS:
1) C 2) D 3) A 4) B 5) E 6) C 7) C 8) A
9) D 10) D 11) C 12) B 13) A
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