Fractions and Decimals
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Fractions and Decimals: example questions & answers
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What is 1/4 of 20?
- A4
- B5✓
- C10
- D15
Answer: 1/4 of 20 = 20 ÷ 4 = 5.
What is 1/2 of 30?
- A10
- B15✓
- C20
- D25
Answer: 1/2 of 30 = 30 ÷ 2 = 15.
What is 0.5 as a fraction?
- A1/3
- B2/3
- C1/4
- D1/2✓
Answer: 0.5 = 5/10 = 1/2.
What is 3/4 as a decimal?
- A0.25
- B0.50
- C0.75✓
- D0.90
Answer: 3/4 = 0.75.
A pizza is cut into 8 slices. Sarah eats 2 slices. What fraction does she eat?
- A3/8
- B6/8
- C1/2
- D1/4✓
Answer: Sarah eats 2/8 = 1/4 of the pizza.
What is 1/3 of 15?
- A3
- B5✓
- C10
- D12
Answer: 1/3 of 15 = 15 ÷ 3 = 5.
What is 0.25 as a fraction?
- A1/4✓
- B2/3
- C1/3
- D1/2
Answer: 0.25 = 25/100 = 1/4.
A book has 200 pages. You read 1/4 of it. How many pages did you read?
- A25
- B50✓
- C75
- D100
Answer: 1/4 of 200 = 200 ÷ 4 = 50 pages.
What is 2/3 as a decimal (rounded to 2 decimal places)?
- A0.33
- B0.50
- C0.67✓
- D0.75
Answer: 2/3 = 0.6666... ≈ 0.67.
What is 0.5 + 0.25?
- A0.30
- B0.50
- C0.75✓
- D0.90
Answer: 0.5 + 0.25 = 0.75.
What is 1.5 + 2.3?
- A3.6
- B3.7
- C3.8✓
- D3.9
Answer: 1.5 + 2.3 = 3.8.
What is 3.6 - 1.2?
- A2.2
- B2.3
- C2.4✓
- D2.5
Answer: 3.6 - 1.2 = 2.4.
A piece of material is 2.5 metres long. Another is 1.3 metres. What is the total length?
- A3.6 metres
- B3.9 metres
- C3.7 metres
- D3.8 metres✓
Answer: 2.5 + 1.3 = 3.8 metres.
What is 2/5 as a decimal?
- A0.25
- B0.4✓
- C0.5
- D0.75
Answer: 2/5 = 0.4.
What is 1/5 of 25?
- A3
- B5✓
- C10
- D15
Answer: 1/5 of 25 = 25 ÷ 5 = 5.
A shop has 60 items. 1/3 are red. How many are red?
- A15
- B20✓
- C30
- D40
Answer: 1/3 of 60 = 60 ÷ 3 = 20 red items.
What is 4.5 + 2.7?
- A7.1
- B7.2✓
- C7.3
- D7.4
Answer: 4.5 + 2.7 = 7.2.
What is 5.6 - 3.2?
- A2.2
- B2.3
- C2.4✓
- D2.5
Answer: 5.6 - 3.2 = 2.4.
Which is larger: 3/4 or 0.7?
- A3/4✓
- BCannot determine
- CThey are equal
- D0.7
Answer: 3/4 = 0.75, which is larger than 0.7.
What is 0.1 + 0.2 + 0.3?
- A0.5
- B0.6✓
- C0.7
- D0.8
Answer: 0.1 + 0.2 + 0.3 = 0.6.
A recipe uses 0.5 kg of flour and 0.3 kg of sugar. What is the total?
- A0.8 kg✓
- B0.6 kg
- C0.9 kg
- D0.7 kg
Answer: 0.5 + 0.3 = 0.8 kg.
What is 2/4 of 24?
- A8
- B10
- C12✓
- D14
Answer: 2/4 = 1/2, so 1/2 of 24 = 24 ÷ 2 = 12.
What is 0.75 as a fraction?
- A3/4✓
- B1/2
- C2/3
- D4/5
Answer: 0.75 = 75/100 = 3/4.
A fabric is 1.8 metres long. How much is 1/2 of it?
- A0.8 metres
- B0.6 metres
- C1.0 metre
- D0.9 metres✓
Answer: 1/2 of 1.8 = 1.8 ÷ 2 = 0.9 metres.
What is 10.5 - 4.3?
- A5.2
- B6.1
- C6.2✓
- D6.3
Answer: 10.5 - 4.3 = 6.2.
In a class of adult learners the ratio of women to men is 3:2. What fraction of the class are men?
- A2/5✓
- B2/3
- C3/5
- D1/2
Answer: The parts add up to 5 and the men make up 2 of those parts, so the men are 2/5 of the class.
A fruit drink is made with 1 part juice to 3 parts water. What percentage of the drink is juice?
- A33%
- B30%
- C25%✓
- D75%
Answer: The parts add up to 4 and the juice is 1 of them, so the juice is a quarter of the drink, which is 25%.
At a depot the ratio of full-time staff to part-time staff is 5:3. What fraction of the staff work part-time?
- A3/5
- B3/8✓
- C5/8
- D1/3
Answer: The parts add up to 8 and the part-time staff make up 3 of those parts, so they are 3/8 of the staff.
In a car park, 3 out of every 5 cars run on diesel and the rest run on petrol. What is the ratio of diesel cars to petrol cars?
- A3:2✓
- B3:5
- C5:3
- D2:5
Answer: If 3 cars in every 5 are diesel then the other 2 are petrol, so diesel to petrol is 3:2.
In a shop, 60% of customers pay by card and the rest pay in cash. Written in its simplest form, what is the ratio of card payments to cash payments?
- A2:3
- B5:3
- C3:5
- D3:2✓
Answer: 60% pay by card and the remaining 40% pay cash, and dividing 60:40 by 20 gives a simplest form of 3:2.
Round 38.67 to the nearest whole number.
- A38.5
- B40
- C38
- D39✓
Answer: The digit after the decimal point is 6, which is 5 or more, so round up: 38.67 rounds to 39.
What is the place value of the digit 3 in the number 5.03?
- AHundredths✓
- BTenths
- CUnits
- DThousandths
Answer: The 3 is two places after the decimal point, so it is in the hundredths place. The 0 is in the tenths place.
Order these numbers from smallest to largest: 2.5, 2.05, 2.55, 2.15
- A2.15, 2.05, 2.5, 2.55
- B2.05, 2.5, 2.15, 2.55
- C2.05, 2.15, 2.5, 2.55✓
- D2.55, 2.5, 2.15, 2.05
Answer: Write each one with two decimal places: 2.50, 2.05, 2.55, 2.15. Comparing them gives 2.05, 2.15, 2.50, 2.55.
Round 0.456 to 1 decimal place.
- A0.45
- B0.5✓
- C0.46
- D0.4
Answer: Look at the second decimal place, which is 5. Since it is 5 or more, round up: 0.456 rounds to 0.5.
Round 12.345 to 2 decimal places.
- A12.34
- B12.3
- C12.4
- D12.35✓
Answer: Look at the third decimal place, which is 5. Since it is 5 or more, round up: 12.345 rounds to 12.35.
What is 3/4 as a percentage?
- A75%✓
- B80%
- C34%
- D30%
Answer: 3/4 = 0.75, and 0.75 × 100 = 75%. Or: 3/4 × 100 = 75.