3/10 of the money in a charity box is £18. Work out the total amount of money in the box.
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
5
Sam gives 2/5 of his stickers to Mia and has 12 stickers left. How many stickers did Sam start with?
A) 15
B) 20
C) 18
D) 24
E) 30
(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)
6
Priya has 73 sweets. She shares them equally between 8 friends. How many sweets does each friend get and how many sweets are left over?
(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)
7
What is 1/6 of 30?
A) 6
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
E) 8
(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)
8
A water tank is 5/8 full and contains 40 litres of water. What is the capacity of the tank in litres?
(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)
9
Find 2/5 of 60.
A) 20
B) 24
C) 30
D) 12
E) 18
(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)
10
A school collects 240 items. One third are books. One quarter of the remaining items are games. How many games were collected?
(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11
3/7 of a number is 18. What is the number?
A) 21
B) 42
C) 36
D) 49
E) 54
(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)
12
A 200 g packet of nuts is opened. 2/5 of the packet is eaten. How many grams are left?
(Total for Question 12 is 2 marks)
13
A jar contains 120 marbles. 2/5 of them are red. How many marbles are not red?
(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)
14
Find 1/8 of £3.20.
A) £0.20
B) £0.40
C) £0.80
D) £1.00
E) £0.60
(Total for Question 14 is 1 mark)
15
Sanaa eats 3/8 of a pizza and Ben eats 1/4 of the same pizza. What fraction of the pizza remains?
(Total for Question 15 is 2 marks)
16
If 1/5 of a number is 14, what is the number?
A) 54
B) 65
C) 70
D) 75
E) 80
(Total for Question 16 is 1 mark)
17
A coach makes 5 trips. On each trip it is 4/5 full. Altogether 240 passengers are carried. How many seats does the coach have?
(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)
18
A farmer has 50 eggs. He packs them into boxes of 6 eggs. How many full boxes can he fill?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 6
E) 10
(Total for Question 18 is 1 mark)
19
A number when divided by 7 gives remainder 4. The number is less than 50 and is the greatest possible such number. Find it.
(Total for Question 19 is 2 marks)
20
There are 8 pens each filled with 7 animals and 5 animals left unpened. What fraction of the total animals are in the filled pens? Also state the total number of animals.
(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)
Mark scheme · EP.M95 Fractions of Amounts and Remainders
Question 1
B1 correct option C (10) cao
Answer: C) 10 (2/5 of 25 = 2 x 5 = 10)
Question 2
B1 correct option A (36) cao
Answer: A) 36 (3/4 of 48 = 48 x 3/4 = 36)
Question 3
M1 3/8 of 64 obtained (24) oe
A1 final answer 29 cao
Answer: 29
Question 4
M1 method to divide £18 by 3/10 seen (eg £18 x 10/3 = £60) oe
A1 £60 cao
Answer: £60
Question 5
B1 correct option B (20) cao
Answer: B) 20 (12 is 3/5 so total = 12 ÷ 3/5 = 12 x 5/3 = 20)