Fractions: Practice Set 2 - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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EP.M3B Fractions: Practice Set 2

GL ASSESSMENT GL-11PLUS-MATHS · Calculators not allowed · about 65 minutes
Total Marks
Name: _______________________________    Date: ____ / ____ / ______
Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.
1
Which of these is the fully simplified form of 16/24?
  • A) 8/12
  • B) 4/6
  • C) 3/2
  • D) 1/2
  • E) 2/3
(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)
2
Find the missing number: 5/8 = ?/32
  • A) 4
  • B) 20
  • C) 27
  • D) 37
  • E) 40
(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)
3
Which of these fractions is closest in value to 1/2?
  • A) 2/5
  • B) 3/8
  • C) 5/9
  • D) 5/12
  • E) 7/10
(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)
4
Write these fractions in order of size, smallest first: 2/5, 1/2, 3/10
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
5
Write 45/8 as a mixed number in its simplest form.
  • A) 5 1/8
  • B) 6 5/8
  • C) 5 5/8
  • D) 4 5/8
  • E) 5 4/8
(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)
6
Write 6 2/9 as an improper fraction.
(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)
7
Which of these fractions is NOT equivalent to 2/3?
  • A) 4/6
  • B) 6/9
  • C) 8/12
  • D) 10/16
  • E) 10/15
(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)
8
Work out 3/8 + 1/6, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)
9
Work out 11/12 - 5/8, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)
10
Work out 3 1/5 + 2 5/6, giving your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11
Work out 7 1/4 - 3 5/6, giving your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)
12
Work out 3/5 x 5/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  • A) 1/3
  • B) 8/14
  • C) 15/45
  • D) 1/9
  • E) 2/3
(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)
13
Work out 2 1/3 x 1 3/4, giving your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)
14
Work out 4/9 / 2/3, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  • A) 2/3
  • B) 8/27
  • C) 3/2
  • D) 12/18
  • E) 2/9
(Total for Question 14 is 1 mark)
15
Work out 3 3/5 / 1 1/5, giving your answer as a whole number.
(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)
16
At a market stall in Coventry, a jacket costs £96. Find 5/8 of £96.
  • A) £12
  • B) £40
  • C) £60
  • D) £72
  • E) £84
(Total for Question 16 is 2 marks)
17
A swimming lesson lasts 156 minutes in total across a half-term block. Find 7/12 of 156 minutes.
(Total for Question 17 is 2 marks)
18
Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  • A) 0.58
  • B) 0.625
  • C) 1.6
  • D) 0.65
  • E) 0.85
(Total for Question 18 is 1 mark)
19
Write 0.44 as a fraction in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 19 is 2 marks)
20
Write 9/20 as a percentage.
  • A) 9%
  • B) 20%
  • C) 45%
  • D) 90%
  • E) 29%
(Total for Question 20 is 1 mark)
21
Put these in order of size, smallest first: 0.6, 58%, 5/8, 7/10
(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)
22
A market stall in Newport sells 180 punnets of strawberries one Saturday. By midday, 2/5 of the punnets have been sold. Of the punnets that remain, 1/4 are sold during the afternoon. How many punnets are left unsold at the end of the day?
(Total for Question 22 is 4 marks)
23
2/7 of a number is 26. Find 3/4 of the same number.
(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)
24
Calculate (3/4 - 1/6) / (5/8 + 1/4), giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
(Total for Question 24 is 4 marks)
25
At a summer fete in Dundee, 3/8 of the visitors arrive before 11am. Of the visitors who arrive at 11am or later, 2/5 arrive between 11am and 1pm, and the rest arrive after 1pm. Given that 42 visitors arrive after 1pm, work out the total number of visitors at the fete.
(Total for Question 25 is 5 marks)
26
A sequence of fractions begins 1/3, 3/5, 5/7, 7/9, ... Write the next two terms, and give a rule for the nth term.
(Total for Question 26 is 3 marks)
Mark scheme · EP.M3B Fractions: Practice Set 2

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Question 13

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Question 16

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Question 19

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Question 21

Question 22

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Question 26