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Fractions 79

2 3 23+ 5
Total fraction of book read = + = =
7 7 7 7
5
Thus, she read of the book.
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Example 2: A bottle had L of juice. Nidhi and her friend drank L of it. What quantity of
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juice is left in the bottle now?
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Solution: Quantity of juice in the bottle = L
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4
Quantity of juice consumed by Nidhi and her friend = L
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− L – −
Quantity of juice left = 8 8 4 4 L
9 9 9 9
4
= 84− L = L
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Thus, 4 L of juice is left in the bottle now.
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Exercise 5.8

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1. To make a recipe of cake, Mrs. Batra used 10 kg of sugar, 10 kg of wheat

flour and 3 kg of butter. What was the total weight of things she used?
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2. Vidushi travelled km of her journey by bus, km by car and km by walking. How
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much distance did she travel in total?

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3. A painter mixed 7 L of white paint and 7 L of yellow paint to make a
new paint. What is the total quantity of paint formed?
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4. Sahil’s skipping rope is 7 m long and Tanya’s rope is 7 m long. Whose

rope is longer and by how much?

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5. Jimmy read of a book on Monday and on Tuesday. What part of book did he finish
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in two days?