Maths Test
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
1 Which is greater:
1(a) 7
or 0.3
25
[1 mark]
Answer
1(b) 2
or 60%
3
[1 mark]
Answer
2 Express the following as fractions in their simplest form:
2(a) 0.58
[2 marks]
Answer
2(b) 0.256
[2 marks]
Answer
3 Convert the following fractions to percentages
3(a) 6
10
[1 mark]
Answer
3(b) 32
50
[1 mark]
Answer
3(c) 3
5
[1 mark]
Answer
3(d) 13
20
[1 mark]
Answer
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4 The following table lists the equivalent fraction decimal percentages.
Complete the table below.
[4 marks]
Fraction Decimal Percent
77%
0.25
3
5
ሶ
33. 3%
0.1
75%
5 Esther has baked 32 cookies.
20% of the cookies are chocolate.
1
of the cookies are blueberry.
4
0.3 of the cookies are lemon.
The rest are plain.
5(a) How many cookies are plain?
[2 marks]
Answer
5(b) Next week Ether bakes cookies again in the same ratio.
This time ester bakes 60 cookies.
How many lemon cookies does she bake this week?
[1 mark]
Answer
6 Tom’s Grandma has £60 to give to her four grandchildren.
1
Tom gets of the amount, Alice gets 0.25 of the amount, John gets 20% of the
3
amount and Susan gets the rest.
6(a) Who receives the most amount of money
You must show your working
[2 marks]
Answer
6(b) Order the grandchildren from most to least, in terms of what they received.
[1 mark]
Answer
7 Four friends are order pizza from a take away.
The amount of pizza each person eats is shown as a fraction below.
Matthew eats 0.8 of a pizza
3
Lily eats of a pizza
4
George eats 77% of a pizza
Sam eats 82% of a pizza
7(a) Which person eats the most pizza?
You must show your workings.
[2 marks]
Answer
7(b) 4 pizzas are ordered in total.
How much pizza is left
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
[2 marks]
Answer
In July 2002, the population of Egypt was 69 million.
By July 2003, the population of Egypt had increased by 2%.
Work out the population of Egypt in July 2003.
.................. million
(Total 3 marks)
Bronze is made from copper and tin.
The ratio of the weight of copper to the weight of tin is 3 : 1
Work out the weight of copper in 280 grams of bronze.
........................... grams Q4
(Total 2 marks)
10. Cara's salary was increased from $28 250 to $29 832
(a) Work out the percentage increase in Cara's salary.
........................... %
(3)
Pedro's salary was increased by 5.2%.
After the increase, his salary was $28 141
(b) Work out his salary before the increase.
$ ...........................
(3)1
5. In a sale, normal prices were reduced by 35%.
(a) The normal price of a camera was £180
Work out the sale price of the camera.
£ .....................
(3)
(b) The normal price of a clock was reduced by £84
Work out the normal price of the clock.
£ .....................
(3)
(c) The sale price of a computer was £442
Work out the normal price of the computer.
£ .....................
(3)
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1. Show that -+-=-
3 5 15
@tal 2 marks)
I. Show that 3_ -,. � = I _!_
3 9 5
(Total 3 marks)
2 4 7
7. Show that
7 10
(Total 3 marks)
6. Show that
2 I II
-+-=-
3 4 12
(Total 2 marks) '·1
