NCERT Class 7 Maths Chapter 8 Working with Fractions Extra Questions with Answers

Class 7 Maths Chapter 8 Extra Questions with Answers

Q1. What is a fraction?
Answer: A fraction represents a part of a whole and is written in the form a/b, where b ≠ 0.

Q2. Which fraction is greater: 3/4 or 2/3?
Answer: 3/4

Q3. Simplify: 12/18
Answer: 2/3

Q4. Add: 2/5 + 1/5
Answer: 3/5

Q5. Subtract: 7/8 − 3/8
Answer: 4/8 = 1/2

Q6. Multiply: 2/3 × 3/5
Answer: 2/5

Q7. Divide: 4/5 ÷ 2/3
Answer: 6/5

Q8. What is the reciprocal of 7/9?
Answer: 9/7

Q9. Convert 3/10 into a decimal.
Answer: 0.3

Q10. Which fraction is equivalent to 1/2?
Answer: 2/4

Q11. Arrange in ascending order: 1/4, 2/3, 1/2
Answer: 1/4, 1/2, 2/3

Q12. What is a proper fraction?
Answer: A fraction whose numerator is smaller than its denominator.

Q13. What is an improper fraction?
Answer: A fraction whose numerator is greater than or equal to its denominator.

Q14. Convert 9/4 into a mixed fraction.
Answer: 2¼

Q15. Why are fractions used in daily life?
Answer: Fractions are used to represent parts of a whole in situations such as sharing food, measuring quantities, cooking, shopping, and calculating distances.