5T Maths Homework - 12/6/15
Mental - Would you rather have?:
A)
5
6
of £30
1
2
of £40
Or 1
4
of £100
B)
6
10
of £520
2
3
of £600
Or 5
7
of £350
C)
9
10
of £180
7
9
of £180
Or 5
8
of £240
Fractions
1) Put these fractions in descending order.
1
3
3
4
5
12
1
2
5
6
1
15
2
3
4
5
1
3
7
15
3
4
1
6
7
12
2
3
1
2
2
3
5
9
1
6
2
9
1
2
2) I am having a big party and I want to bake 16 chocolate fudge cakes for it.
The ingredients for each chocolate fudge cake
are:
½ pint of milk
⅓ of a bag of flour
⅕ of a bag of sugar
⅛ of a jar of chocolate spread.
1
/10 of a tub of margarine.
Work out the amounts of each ingredient I need in order to bake 16 cakes. Write the amount as
an improper fraction.
Below, write the amounts as a mixed fraction.
How many pints of milk will I use?
How many bags of flour will I use?
How many bags of sugar will I use?
How many jars of chocolate spread will I use?
How many tubs of margarine will I use?
3 +
10
3)
2+
5
4) Add the mixed numbers and give your answer as a mixed number.
2
5)
+
5
9
-
1
1
3
Add the fractions. Give your answer as a mixed number.
7
9
7)
1
3
8
Add the mixed numbers and give your answer as a mixed number.
2
6)
1
4
+ 1
3
Subtract the mixed numbers and give your answer as a mixed number.
3
1
4
-
2
3
8) Multiply the fractions and simplify your answer.
1
6
X
6
11
Homework due in by Wednesday 17th June