Grade 3 - Chapter Worksheet - Fractions - Answer Key
Grade 3 - Chapter Worksheet - Fractions - Answer Key
Section: A
I. Fill in the blanks:
1. The parts of the whole are called fractions.
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2. Quarter is written as 4.
5
3. The numerator and denominator of the fraction 12 is 5 and 12.
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4. 6 of 96 is 16.
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5. 5 sets of 5 make 1 whole.
Section:B
II. Write the fractions for the shaded parts:
3 6
1. 2.
8 18
6 5
3. 4.
10 6
III. Write the fractions for the following words:
3
1. Three-sixths - 6.
1
2. One-half - 2
7
3. Seven-tenths - 10
IV. Write the following fractions in words:
1
1. – one-eighth
8
2
2. 9 – two-ninths
5
3. 10 – five-tenths
V. Solve the following fractions:
1
1. of 108
9
1
= 9 x 108
= 108÷9 = 12
1
2. of 215
5
1
= 5 x 215
= 215÷5 = 43
1
3. of 600
10
1
= 10 x 600
= 600÷10 = 60
Section:C
VI. Word problems:
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1. Charles and Danny made a pile of 30 snowballs. If Charles made 3 of the snowballs and
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Danny made 5 of the snowballs, who made more?
Solution:
1
So, no. of snowballs made by Charles = 3 x30
= 30÷3 = 10
1
Fraction of snowballs made by Danny = 5
1
So, no. of snowballs made by Danny = 5 x30
= 30÷5 = 6
Thus, Charles made more snowballs.
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2. Amy has 72 sweets in a bag. She keeps 4 of them for herself and shares the rest with
friends. How many sweets will she give to her friends?
Solution:
No. of sweets in a bag = 72
1
Fraction of sweets kept for herself = 4
1
So, no. of sweets kept for herself = 4 x 72
= 72÷4 = 18
No. of sweets given to her friends = 72-18 = 54
3. Samuel had 24 dollars. He spent one-fourth of it. How much does he have left?
Solution:
= 24÷4 = $ 6
Amount of money left = 24 – 6 = $ 18
4. There are 30 students in Daniel’s class. One-third of them have chosen Spanish as their
language. How many students have chosen Spanish?
Solution:
No. of students in Daniel’s class = 30
1
Fraction of students chosen Spanish = 3
1
No. of students chosen Spanish = x 30
3
= 30÷3 = 10
5. Of the 10 books on fairy tales, Amith borrowed 3. What fraction of the books on fairy tales
did he borrow?
Solution:
No. of books on fairy tales = 10
No. of books Amith borrowed = 3
3
Fraction of books he borrowed = 10
VII. Error analysis:
Find the error in the following if any and correct it.
1.
The fractions shown by the shaded and unshaded parts are not equal.
Ans: Fraction of shaded and unshaded parts are equal.
2. The fractions for the following numerators(N) and denominators(D)
5
a. N=5 , D=9 - No error
9
8 7
b. N=7 , D=8 - Ans: 8
7
3.Two sets of quarters make 1 whole.
Ans: Four sets of quarters make 1 whole.
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4. 7 of 84 is 21.
Ans: 12
5. Meera has 2 one-eighth parts of a circle. She needs 5 one-eighth parts of the circle to make
the complete circle.
Ans: She needs 6 one-eighth parts of the circle to make the complete circle.