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

Exam code: 1MA1

1 hour32 questions
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Write 25 as a decimal.

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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Complete the table.

Fraction

 

Decimal

 

Percentage

34

=

0.75

=

 

 

=

0.2

=

20%

225

=

 

=

8%

4a
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Write 14 as a decimal.

4b
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Write 36124 as a fraction in its lowest terms.

4c
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Work out 58 of 128.

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Write 34 as a decimal.

6a
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i) Write 26% as a decimal.

[1]

ii) Write 0.48 as a fraction.

[1]

6b
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Write down

i) a fraction that is equivalent to 59.

[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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Write 0.45 as a fraction in its simplest form.

8
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Write 25 as a percentage.

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

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

34     72%     0.78     810

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Write 0.3 as a fraction.

11
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Write 42% as a decimal.

12
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Write 0.6 as a percentage.

13
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Write 0.29 as a fraction

14
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Write 0.6 as a percentage.

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

27%

517

0.268

729

...............<..............<............<............. smallest

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

1127

41%

0.4

1639

................ < ................ < ................ < ................   smallest

3
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Here are four fractions.

13          1724          56          712

Write these fractions in order of size.

Start with the smallest fraction.

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Choose the number with the largest value.

  • 0.3030

  • 13

  • 0.0330

  • 310

  • 33%

5
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Write these in order of size, starting with the smallest.

919

37

37%

0.43

...............< ................<................ < ................     smallest

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

78

57

0.8

78%

................< ................ < ................ < ................ smallest

7
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Write the following in order, starting with the smallest.

34

0.749

76%

1115

.................... < ....................< ....................< ....................     smallest

8
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3 marks

Dev makes 600 cakes. 18% of the 600 cakes go to a hotel and 23 of the 600 cakes go to a supermarket.

Calculate how many cakes he has left.

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

1820     91%     0.89     4450

10
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Write 38 as a percentage. Show your working.

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

16 are rolls of carpet

815 are laminate flooring

The rest are tiles.

Calculate the percentage of the flooring that is tiles.

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

13201

5.6%

0.065

589

.................... < .................... < .................... < ....................     smallest

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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 38 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]

3
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Write these numbers in order, smallest first.

227

3.142

333106

3.1416

..................... < ..................... < ..................... < .....................    smallest

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

527             18.4%             1.83×101             51

................. < ................. < ................. < ................. 

      smallest                                                                             

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

5.7 × 101                    47                    0.33                   57.2%

................... < ................ < ................ < .................     smallest                                                                         

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

0.55                 611                 5412%

........................ < ................. < .................  smallest                                                        

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Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

79     45     1720     78%