GRE Math : Fractions

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Example Questions

Example Question #433 : Arithmetic

Simplify.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

With the numerator having more decimal spots than the denominator, we need to move the decimal point in the numerator two places to the right.

Then in the denominator, we move the decimal point also two to the right. Since there's only one decimal place we just add one more zero.

Then we can reduce by dividing top and bottom by .

Example Question #434 : Arithmetic

Simplify.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since there are four decimal places, we shift the decimal point in the numerator four places to the right.

For the denominator, since there is no decimal point, we just add four more zeroes.

Then reduce by dividing top and bottom by .

Example Question #21 : Fractions

What is  of ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We need to convert the sentence into a math expression. Anytime there is "of" means we need to multiply. Let's first convert the decimal to a fraction. We need to move the decimal point two places to the right.

Since  is the same as  we can add two more zeroes to the denominator.

 

We can reduce the  to a  and the  to a .

Then reduce the  to  and the  to .

.

Then dividing  into  and we get 

Example Question #436 : Arithmetic

 of  is . What is ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We need to convert this sentence into a math expression. Anytime there is "of" in a sentence it means we need to multiply. Let's convert  into a decimal which is .

Thus our mathematical expression becomes:

.

 Divide both sides by .

 

Move decimal point two places to the right. The numerator will become . Then simplify by dividing top and bottom by .

 

Example Question #11 : Decimals With Fractions

Solve for .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Let's convert the decimal into a fraction.

 

If we multiply everything by , we should have an easier quadratic.

 

Remember, we need to find two terms that are factors of the c term that add up to the b term. 

 This is the only value.

Example Question #441 : Arithmetic

Evaluate.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Let's actually simplify the top of the fraction.  divides into .

We should have: 

.

Then move the decimal two spots to the right and add two zeroes to the denominator.

 

Let's actually multiply top and bottom by  to get:  .

Now we want to eliminate those zeroes. By dividing, the decimal point in the numerator moves to the left three places to get an answer of  or .

Example Question #21 : Fractions

Evaluate and express in a fraction.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since each decimal has two digits, we can convert easily to integers.

 

Then multiply top and bottom by  to get: 

 is reduced to  and  is reduced to  

Then  and  can be divided by  to get  and  respectively.

Example Question #21 : Decimals With Fractions

Convert ... to a fraction. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Let  be . Let's multiply that value by . The reason is when we subtract it, we will get us an integer instead and the repeating decimals will disappear. 

If we subtract, we get .

Divide both sides by  and we get .

If you divide by  on top and bottom, you should get the answer. Otherwise, just divide top and bottom by  three times based on the divisibility rules for . If the sum is divisible by , then the number is divisible by .

Example Question #21 : Fractions

Quantity A:

Quantity B: 

Possible Answers:

Quantity B is greater.

The relationship cannot be determined.

Quantity A is greater.

The two quantities are equal.

Correct answer:

The two quantities are equal.

Explanation:

To compare these two quantities, we'll want to simplify Quantity A.

The fraction

may be a bit daunting; let's convert it to scientific notation:

Now multiply the non-ten terms, and the ten terms (add the exponents together):

Now cancel like factors in the numerator and denominator:

The two quantities are equal.

Example Question #445 : Arithmetic

Simplify the fraction:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To begin, it can be useful to convert the values in the fraction

into a modified scientific notationnotation:

Now multiply the ten terms (adding exponents together) and the non-ten terms:

From here, reduce the terms, subtracting the bottom tens exponent from the top tens exponent:

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