Fractions, Decimals & Percentages (Edexcel GCSE Maths: Higher)

Exam Questions

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Mr Mason asks space 240 spaceYear 11 students what they want to do next year. 15 percent sign of the students want to go to college.
3 over 4  of the students want to stay at school.
The rest of the students do not know.
Work out the number of students who do not know.

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Sasha takes a music exam.
The table shows the result that Sasha can get for different percentages in her music exam.

Percentage

Result

50% - 69%

Pass

70% - 84%

Merit

85% - 100%

Distinction

Sasha gets 62 out of 80 in her music exam.

What result does Sasha get?
You must show your working.

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Karen got 32 out of 80 in a maths test.
She got 38% in an English test.

Karen wants to know if she got a higher percentage in maths or in English.
Did Karen get a higher percentage in maths or in English?

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Celina and Zoe both sing in a band.

One evening the band plays for space 80 spaceminutes.
Celina sings for 65 percent sign of the space 80 spaceminutes.

Zoe sings for 5 over 8 of the space 80 spaceminutes.
Celina sings for more minutes than Zoe sings.

Work out for how many more minutes.
You must show all your working.

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Prove algebraically that the recurring decimal 0.2 5 with bold. on top has the value 23 over 90

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Show that the recurring decimal 0.1 7 with bold. on top spaceequals space 8 over 45

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Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.3 8 with bold. on top equals space 7 over 18

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Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.2 6 with bold. on top equals space 4 over 15

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Use algebra to show that 4.5 with dot on top 7 with dot on top equals 4 19 over 33

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120 children go on an activity holiday.
The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is space 3 colon space 5. On Sunday, all the children either go sailing or go climbing. 16 over 25 of the boys go climbing.

Twice as many girls go sailing as go climbing.

Work out how many children go sailing on Sunday.

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The diagram shows three identical rectangles.

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5 over 8 of rectangle bold A is shaded.
80% of rectangle bold C is shaded.

What fraction of rectangle bold B is shaded?

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Circle the largest number.

0.5 with bold dot on top

0.55

0.545

0.5 4 with bold dot on top 5 with bold dot on top

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13a
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Write 1 third as a recurring decimal.

13b
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Write 1 over 30 as a recurring decimal.

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Write 5 over 6 as a recurring decimal.

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Mr Brown and his 2 children are going to London by train.

An adult ticket costs £24
A child ticket costs £12

Mr Brown has a Family Railcard.

Family Railcard gives
1 third off adult tickets
space 60 percent sign space off child tickets

Work out the total cost of the tickets when Mr Brown uses his Family Railcard.

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Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number.

0.2 4 with bold. on top 6 with bold. on top

0.24 6 with bold. on top

0.24 with bold. on top 6 with bold. on top

0.246

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Prove that the recurring decimal 0.3 with bold. on top stack 6 space with bold. on top space equals space 4 over 11

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Show that the recurring decimal 0.3 with bold. on top 9 6 with bold. on top equals space 44 over 111

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Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.4 with bold. on top 1 stack 7 space with bold. on top equals space 139 over 333

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The people working for a company work in Team bold A or in Team bold B.

number of people in Team bold A : number of people in Team bold B = 3 : 4

4 over 5 of Team bold A work full time.
24% of Team bold B work full time.

Work out what fraction of the people working for the company work full time.
Give your fraction in its simplest form.

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Alex makes 80 cakes to sell. He makes chocolate cakes, lemon cakes and fruit cakes where

number of chocolate cakes

:

number of lemon cakes

:

number of fruit cakes

=

3 space colon space 2 space colon space 5

Alex sells

all of the chocolate cakes

3 over 4 of the lemon cakes

7 over 8 of the fruit cakes

The profit he makes on each cake he sells is shown in the table.

Type of cake

Profit per cake he sells

chocolate

£ 2.00

lemon

£ 1.70

fruit

£ 2.40

Work out the total profit that Alex makes from the cakes he sells.

£.............................................

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Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.2 5 with bold dot on top 4 with bold dot on top = 14 over 55 

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Josh buys and sells books for a living.

He buys 120 books for £4 each.

He sells 1 half  of the books for £5 each.

He sells 40% of the books for £7 each.
He sells the rest of the books for £8 each.

Calculate Josh’s percentage profit.

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Ahmed, Behnaz and Carmen each have some money.
Ahmed has 20% more money than Behnaz.
Carmen has 7 over 8 of the amount of money that Behnaz has.

Carmen has 31.50 euros.
Work out how much money Ahmed has.

.......................euros

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Work out   0.70 4 with dot on top 8 with dot on top space minus space 0.001

Circle your answer.

0.70 3 with bold dot on top 8 with bold dot on top

0.703 8 with dot on top

0.703 8 with dot on top 3 with dot on top

0.703 8 with bold dot on top 4 with bold dot on top

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Convert 5 over 6 to a recurring decimal.

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3 marks

On a restaurant menu there are

22 main dishes, of which 4 over 11 are gluten-free
7 rice dishes, which are all gluten-free
5 naan breads, of which 40% are gluten-free.

This Meal Deal is on the menu.

Choose one main dish, one rice dish and one naan bread

How many of the possible Meal Deals are totally gluten-free?

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14a
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0.7 with bold dot on top space equals space 7 over 9

Use this fact to show that  0.0 7 with bold dot on top space equals space 7 over 90

14b
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Using part (a) or otherwise, convert  0.2 7 with bold dot on top to a fraction.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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James is taking three examination papers in Spanish. Here are his first two results.

Paper 1:   43 over 80         Paper 2:   38 over 65

Paper 3 is out of 95.
The marks in each of the three papers are added together.

Find the lowest mark that James needs in Paper 3 to achieve 60% of the total marks.

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On a plane, 2 over 5 of the passengers were British. 30% of the British passengers were men.
There were 36 British men on the plane. Find the total number of passengers on the plane.

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17a
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Without using a calculator, show that 0.1 with bold dot on top 9 with bold dot on top o can be written as 19 over 99.

17b
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Explain how 19 over 99 space equals space 0.1 with bold dot on top 9 with bold dot on top can be used to find 19 over 990 as a decimal and write down its value.

19 over 990 = ................

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18a
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Write 5 over 12 as a recurring decimal.

18b
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Convert 0. space 7 with dot on top 6 with dot on top to a fraction.

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1
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Express the recurring decimal 0.2 8 with bold. on top 1 with bold. on top as a fraction in its simplest form.

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2
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x space equals space 0.0 4 with bold. on top 5 with bold. on top

Prove algebraically that x can be written as 1 over 22

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Using algebra, prove that 0.1 3 with bold. on top stack 6 space with bold. on top cross times 0.2 with bold. on top  is equal in value to 1 over 33

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x space equals space 0.4 3 with bold. on top 6 with bold. on top

Prove algebraically that x can be written as 24 over 55

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Prove algebraically that the recurring decimal space 0.3 1 with bold. on top 8 with bold. on top can be written as 7 over 22

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Show that the recurring decimal 0.0 1 with bold. on top 5 with bold. on top space equals space 1 over 66

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Use algebra to show that the recurring decimal 0.28 1 with dot on top 3 with dot on top equals 557 over 1980

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0.4 space x with bold dot on top is a recurring decimal.

x is a whole number such that 1 space less-than or slanted equal to space x space less-than or slanted equal to space 9

Find, in terms of x, the recurring decimal 0.4 space x with dot on top as a fraction.
Give your fraction in its simplest form.
Show clear algebraic working.

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Use algebra to show that 0.3 2 with bold dot on top 4 with bold dot on top space equals 107 over 330

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5 marks

At a country park there is a house, a museum and a garden.

The table shows the prices per person to visit the park.

 

Price per person

Garden only

Free

House and museum

£12.50

House only

£8

Museum only

£7

One day, 480 people visit the park.

67 visit the garden only.
40% visit the house and the museum.
3 over 8 visit the house only.
The rest visit the museum only.

In total, how much do the 480 people pay to visit the park?
You may use the Venn diagram to help you.

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2 marks

Write these numbers in order of size.

15.6

3 square root of 23

2.1 to the power of 4

47 over 3

Start with the smallest.

Smallest...............................

Largest................................

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12
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3 marks

Prove algebraically that 2.7 5 with bold dot on top converts to the fraction 124 over 45

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Convert 0.1 7 with dot on top 2 with dot on top to a fraction in its lowest terms.

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Elsa divides a two-digit number by another two-digit number. She gets the answer 0.1 5 with dot on top

She says that there is only one possible pair of numbers that will give this answer. Is she correct? Show how you decide.

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Sally divided a two-digit number by another two-digit number. Her answer was 3.18181818...... .

Find two numbers that Sally could have used.

......................... and ..........................

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Write this list of numbers in order, smallest first.

square root of 35 ,  20 over 3,   2.5 squared ,  6.83

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Write 0.4 1 with dot on top 6 with dot on top as a fraction in its simplest form.
You must show full working in support of your answer.

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