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EP.M97 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions in Context

GL ASSESSMENT GL-11PLUS-MATHS · Calculators not allowed · about 55 minutes
Total Marks
Name: _______________________________    Date: ____ / ____ / ______
Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.
1
Work out 2/3 of 9.
(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)
2
Calculate 3/4 x 2/5.
  • A) 3/20
  • B) 3/10
  • C) 5/8
  • D) 1/2
  • E) 9/20
(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)
3
A cake recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of sugar. You make 2/3 of the recipe. Work out how much sugar you need.
(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)
4
A wooden board is 2.4 m long. You need 5/8 of its length for a shelf. Calculate the length of the shelf.
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
5
A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. Sophie eats 3/4 of the pizza. How many slices does she eat?
  • A) 5
  • B) 4
  • C) 6
  • D) 7
  • E) 3
(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)
6
Emma paints 2/5 of a fence. She then paints 3/7 of the remaining unpainted part.
(a)What fraction of the whole fence does she paint in the second stage?(1)
(b)What fraction of the fence is now painted in total?(1)
(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)
7
A bag contains 2 1/2 kg of flour. A baker uses 3/4 of the bag for a batch. How much flour does the baker use?
(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)
8
What is 4/9 of 63?
  • A) 27
  • B) 28
  • C) 24
  • D) 36
  • E) 32
(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)
9
A ribbon 3 m long is cut into pieces each 2/3 m long.
(a)How many full pieces of length 2/3 m can be cut from the ribbon?(1)
(b)How much ribbon is left over?(1)
(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)
10
A jar contains 7/8 litre of juice. Tom drinks 3/5 of the juice. He then pours the remaining juice equally into 4 glasses. Work out the volume in each glass.
(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11
A tall jug contains 1 3/4 litres of squash. You pour 2/3 of the jug into a bowl. How much squash, in litres, is in the bowl?
(Total for Question 11 is 2 marks)
12
A gardener has 3 1/2 kg of compost. He uses 2/5 of it on one bed and then shares the remainder equally between 3 pots. Work out how much compost each pot receives.
(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)
13
A crate contains 4 1/2 litres of syrup. The syrup is bottled into small bottles of 3/10 litre. How many full bottles can be filled?
(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)
14
A chef mixes 3/5 of a 2 1/2 kg bag of flour with 1/3 of a 1 3/4 kg bag of flour to make a blend. Work out the total mass of the blend. Give your answer as an improper fraction and as a mixed number.
(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)
15
A baker has 2 3/4 kg of dough. He uses 5/6 of it to make loaves. He then divides the remaining dough equally into 3 rolls. Work out the mass of dough in each roll, in kilograms.
(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)
16
A paint can contains 6 litres. 2/3 of the paint is used on the walls. Then 3/5 of the remaining paint is used on the doors. The rest is poured into small tins each holding 1/8 litre. How many full tins are filled and how much paint is left over (give the leftover as a fraction of a litre)?
(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)
Mark scheme · EP.M97 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions in Context

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