NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Maths Chapter 2: Fractions and Decimals - Exercise 2.3

Exercise 2.3 

1. Find:

(i) $\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\,\text{of}$ (a) $\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}$ (b) $\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}$ (c) $\dfrac{\text{4}}{\text{3}}$ 

Ans:

(a) Calculating the value,

$\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 1}}{\text{4 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 4}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{16}}$ 

(b) Calculating the value,

$\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 3}}{\text{4 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 4}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{16}}$ 

(c) Calculating the value,

$\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{4}}{\text{3}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{4}}{\text{3}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 4}}{\text{4 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 3}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{3}}$ 

(ii) \[\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{7}}\,\text{of}\] (a) \[\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{9}}\] (b) \[\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{5}}\] (c) $\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{10}}$ 

Ans:

(a) Calculating the value,

$\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{7}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{9}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{7}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{9}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 2}}{\text{7 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 9}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{63}}$ 

(b) Calculating the value,

$\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{7}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{9}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{7}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{5}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 6}}{\text{7 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 5}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{35}}$ 

(c) Calculating the value,

$\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{7}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{9}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{7}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{10}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{1 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 3}}{\text{7 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 10}}\text{=}\dfrac{3}{70}$ 

2. Multiply and reduce to lowest form (if possible):

(i) $\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{3}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 2}\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{3}}$ 

Ans: 

Multiplying and reducing to lowest form,  

$\dfrac{2}{3}\times 2\dfrac{2}{3}=\dfrac{2}{3}\times \dfrac{8}{3}=\dfrac{2\times 8}{3\times 3}=\dfrac{16}{9}=1\dfrac{7}{9}$ 

(ii) $\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{7}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{7}}{\text{9}}$

Ans: 

Multiplying and reducing to lowest form,  

$\dfrac{2}{7}\times \dfrac{7}{9}=\dfrac{2\times 7}{7\times 9}=\dfrac{2}{9}$

(iii) $\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{8}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{4}}$ 

Ans: 

Multiplying and reducing to lowest form, 

$\dfrac{3}{8}\times \dfrac{6}{4}=\dfrac{3\times 6}{8\times 4}=\dfrac{3\times 3}{8\times 2}=\dfrac{9}{16}$

(iv) $\dfrac{\text{9}}{\text{5}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}$ 

Ans: 

Multiplying and reducing to lowest form, 

  $\dfrac{9}{5}\times \dfrac{3}{5}=\dfrac{9\times 3}{5\times 5}=\dfrac{27}{25}=1\dfrac{2}{25}$

(v) $\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{3}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{15}}{\text{8}}$ 

Ans: 

Multiplying and reducing to lowest form,

  $\dfrac{1}{3}\times \dfrac{15}{8}=\dfrac{1\times 15}{3\times 8}=\dfrac{1\times 5}{1\times 8}=\dfrac{5}{8}$

(vi) $\dfrac{\text{11}}{\text{2}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{10}}$ 

Ans: 

Multiplying and reducing to lowest form,  

$\dfrac{11}{2}\times \dfrac{3}{10}=\dfrac{11\times 3}{2\times 10}=\dfrac{33}{20}=1\dfrac{3}{20}$ 

(vii) $\dfrac{\text{4}}{\text{5}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{12}}{\text{7}}$ 

Ans: 

Multiplying and reducing to lowest form,  

$\dfrac{4}{5}\times \dfrac{12}{7}=\dfrac{4\times 12}{5\times 7}=\dfrac{48}{35}=1\dfrac{13}{35}$

3. Multiply the following fractions:

(i) $\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{5}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 5}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}$

Ans:

Performing multiplication,

$\dfrac{2}{5}\times 5\dfrac{1}{4}=\dfrac{2}{5}\times \dfrac{21}{4}=\dfrac{2\times 21}{5\times 4}=\dfrac{1\times 21}{5\times 2}=\dfrac{21}{10}=2\dfrac{1}{10}$ 

(ii) $\text{6}\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{5}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{7}}{\text{9}}$ 

Ans:

Performing multiplication,

$6\dfrac{2}{5}\times \dfrac{7}{9}=\dfrac{32}{5}\times \dfrac{7}{9}=\dfrac{32\times 7}{5\times 9}=\dfrac{224}{45}=4\dfrac{44}{45}$

(iii) $\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{2}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 5}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{3}}$ 

Ans:

Performing multiplication,

$\dfrac{3}{2}\times 5\dfrac{1}{3}=\dfrac{3}{2}\times \dfrac{16}{3}=\dfrac{48}{6}=8$ 

(iv) $\dfrac{\text{5}}{\text{6}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 2}\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{7}}$ 

Ans:

Performing multiplication,

$\dfrac{5}{6}\times 2\dfrac{3}{7}=\dfrac{5}{6}\times \dfrac{17}{7}=\dfrac{85}{42}=2\dfrac{1}{42}$ 

(v) $\text{3}\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{5}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{4}}{\text{7}}$

Ans:

           Performing multiplication,

$3\dfrac{2}{5}\times \dfrac{4}{7}=\dfrac{17}{7}\times \dfrac{4}{7}=\dfrac{68}{35}=1\dfrac{33}{35}$

  (vi) $\text{2}\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 3}$ 

Ans:

Performing multiplication,

$2\dfrac{3}{5}\times 3=\dfrac{13}{5}\times \dfrac{3}{1}=\dfrac{13\times 3}{5\times 1}=\dfrac{39}{5}=7\dfrac{4}{5}$

(vii) $\text{3}\dfrac{\text{4}}{\text{7}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{   }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}$ 

Ans:

           Performing multiplication,

$3\dfrac{4}{7}\times \dfrac{3}{5}=\dfrac{25}{7}\times \dfrac{3}{5}=\dfrac{5\times 3}{7\times 1}=\dfrac{15}{7}=2\dfrac{1}{7}$

4. Which is greater:

(i) $\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{7}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{5}}{\text{8}}$

Ans:

Calculating the greater term,

$\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{7}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{5}}{\text{8}}$                

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{7}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{5}}{\text{8}}$ 

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{14}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{8}}$      

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{3}{14}<\dfrac{3}{8}$ 

Hence, $\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{5}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{5}}{\text{8}}$ is greater.

(ii) $\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{2}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{7}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{3}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{7}}$ 

Ans:

Calculating the greater term,

$\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{2}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{7}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{3}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{7}}$                

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{2}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{7}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{3}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{7}}$ 

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{14}}\,\text{or}\,\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{7}}$         

$\Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{14}}>\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{7}}$ 

Hence, $\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{2}}\,\text{of}\,\dfrac{\text{6}}{\text{7}}$ is greater.

5. Saili plants \[\text{4}\] saplings in a row in her garden. The distance between two adjacent saplings is \[\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}\] m. Find the distance between the first and the last sapling. 

Ans:

Given: Saili plants \[4\] saplings in a row where the distance between two adjacent saplings $=\dfrac{3}{4}$m.

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The number of gaps in saplings \[=\text{ }3\] 

Hence, 

The distance between the first and the last saplings$\text{=3 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{9}}{\text{4}}\text{m=2}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\text{m}$

Therefore, the distance between the first and the last saplings is $\text{2}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{4}}\,\text{m}$

6.       Lipika reads a book for $\text{1}\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}$ hours every day. She reads the entire book in \[\text{6}\] days. How many hours in all were required by her to read the book?

Ans:

Given: Time taken for reading a book by Lipika $=1\dfrac{3}{4}$ hours.

Lipika reads the entire book in $6$ days

Calculating the Total hours taken by Lipika to read the entire book,

$=1\dfrac{3}{4}\times 6=\dfrac{7}{4}\times 6=\dfrac{21}{2}=10\dfrac{1}{2}$ hours.

Hence, it would take $10$ hours to read the book.

7. A car runs $\text{16}$ km using \[\text{1}\] litre of petrol. How much distance will it cover using   $\text{2}\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}$ litres of petrol?

Ans:

Given: A car covers the distance$\text{=16}\,\text{km}$ in $1$ litre of petrol.

Calculating the distance covered by car in $2\dfrac{3}{4}$ litres of petrol,

Distance$\text{=2}\dfrac{\text{3}}{\text{4}}\,\text{of}\,\text{16}\,\text{km=}\dfrac{\text{11}}{\text{4}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ 16=44}\,\text{km}$

Therefore, car will cover a distance of $44$ km in $2\dfrac{3}{4}$ litres of petrol.

8. (a) (i) Provide the number in the box $___$, such that $\dfrac{\text{2}}{\text{3}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\text{=}\dfrac{\text{10}}{\text{30}}$ 

(ii) The simplest form of the number obtained in $___$ is _____.

Ans:

(i) The number inside the box should be $\dfrac{2}{3}\times =\dfrac{10}{30}$

(ii) The simplest form of the number obtained in $\dfrac{\text{5}}{\text{10}}\,\text{is}\,\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{2}}$

(b) (i) Provide the numberin the box $ ___$ , such that $\dfrac{3}{5}\times =\dfrac{24}{75}$.

(ii) The simplest form of the number obtained in $___$ is______.

Ans:

(i) The number inside the box should be $\dfrac{3}{5}\times =\dfrac{24}{75}$

(ii) The simplest form of the number obtained in $\dfrac{\text{8}}{\text{15}}\,\text{is}\,\dfrac{\text{8}}{\text{15}}$

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Maths Chapter 2 Fractions and Decimals Exercise 2.3

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