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Fractions, Decimals & Percentages (Edexcel GCSE Maths: Foundation): Exam Questions

Exam code: 1MA1

56 mins28 questions
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1
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1 mark

Write 2 over 5 as a decimal.

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2
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i) Write 15% as a decimal.

[1]

ii) Shade 15% of this grid.

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[1]

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3
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3 marks

Complete the table.

Fraction

 

Decimal

 

Percentage

3 over 4

=

0.75

=

 

 

=

0.2

=

20%

2 over 25

=

 

=

8%

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4a
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Write 1 fourth as a decimal.

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4b
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1 mark

Write 36 over 124 as a fraction in its lowest terms.

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4c
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1 mark

Work out 5 over 8 of 128.

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5
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Write 3 over 4 as a decimal.

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6a
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i) Write 26% as a decimal.

[1]

ii) Write 0.48 as a fraction.

[1]

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6b
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3 marks

Write down

i) a fraction that is equivalent to 5 over 9.

[1]

ii) the 7th odd positive number,

[1]

iii) a decimal number that is larger than 0.0467 but smaller than 0.0468.

 [1]

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7
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Write 0.45 as a fraction in its simplest form.

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8
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Write 2 over 5 as a percentage.

............................%

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9
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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

3 over 4     72 percent sign     0.78     8 over 10

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10
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Write 0.3 as a fraction.

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11
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Write 42% as a decimal.

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

27%

5 over 17

0.268

7 over 29

............... less than.............. less than............ less than............. space s m a l l e s t

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2
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2 marks

Write these in order of size, starting with the smallest.

11 over 27

41%

0.4

16 over 39

................ space less than space................ space less than space................ space less than space................ space space space s m a l l e s t

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3
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1 mark

Choose the number with the largest value.

  • 0.3030

  • 1 third

  • 0.0330

  • 3 over 10

  • 33%

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4
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2 marks

Write these in order of size, starting with the smallest.

9 over 19

3 over 7

37%

0.43

............... less than space................ less than................ space less than space................ space space space space space s m a l l e s t

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5
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2 marks

Write these in order of size, starting with the smallest.

7 over 8

5 over 7

0.8

78%

................ less than space................ space less than space................ space less than space................ space s m a l l e s t

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6
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2 marks

Write the following in order, starting with the smallest.

3 over 4

0.749

76%

11 over 15

.................... space less than space.................... less than space.................... less than space.................... space space space space space s m a l l e s t

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7
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3 marks

Dev makes 600 cakes. 18% of the 600 cakes go to a hotel and 2 over 3 of the 600 cakes go to a supermarket.

Calculate how many cakes he has left.

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8
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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

18 over 20     91 percent sign     0.89     44 over 50

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9
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Write 3 over 8 as a percentage. Show your working.

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10
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3 marks

In a warehouse, there are the following quantities of 3 different types of flooring:

1 over 6 are rolls of carpet

8 over 15 are laminate flooring

The rest are tiles.

Calculate the percentage of the flooring that is tiles.

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1
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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

13 over 201

5.6%

0.065

5 over 89

.................... space less than space.................... space less than space.................... space less than space.................... space space space space space s m a l l e s t

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2
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3 marks

Gabriela designs the seating layout for a new theatre. There are three sections of seats, A, B and C.

Section A has 152 seats.
Section B has 12.5% more seats than Section A.
Section C has 3 over 8 of the number of seats in Section A.

i) Show that the number of seats in Section B is 171.

[1]

ii) Show that the total number of seats is 380.

[2]

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3
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2 marks

Write these numbers in order, smallest first.

22 over 7

3.142

333 over 106

3.1416

..................... space less than space..................... space less than space..................... space less than space..................... space space space space s m a l l e s t

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4
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2 marks

Write these in order of size, starting with the smallest.

5 over 27 space space space space space space space space space space space space space 18.4 percent sign space space space space space space space space space space space space space 1.83 cross times 10 to the power of negative 1 end exponent space space space space space space space space space space space space space 5 to the power of negative 1 end exponent

................. less than ................. less than ................. less than ................. 

      smallest                                                                             

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5
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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

5.7 space cross times space 10 to the power of negative 1 end exponent space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space 4 over 7 space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space square root of 0.33 end root space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space 57.2 percent sign

................... less than ................ less than ................ less than .................     smallest                                                                         

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

0.55 space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space 6 over 11 space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space 54 1 half percent sign

........................ less than ................. less than .................  smallest                                                        

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7
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2 marks

Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

7 over 9     4 over 5     17 over 20     78 percent sign

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