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First teaching 2023

First exams 2025

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Fractions Toolkit (CIE IGCSE Maths: Core)

Exam Questions

36 mins19 questions
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Write 60 over 105in its simplest form.

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Write down the fraction of the rectangle that is shaded.
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ii)
Find the percentage of the rectangle that is not shaded.
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Write a fraction which is equivalent to 3 over 5

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Write  28 over 140 as a fraction in its simplest form

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Shade five-eighths of this rectangle.

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Write down the fraction of the rectangle that is shaded.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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Write down a fraction that is equivalent to 7 over 12.

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i)
Write down a fraction equivalent to 1 over 15
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ii)
Find a fraction that is greater than 1 over 15 but less than 2 over 15.
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There are 12 brass instruments in an orchestra.

1 third are trumpets, 3 are trombones and the remainder are horns.

Find the number of horns.

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Records show that 3 over 14 of the population of a particular type of fish, called mullet, caught are underweight.

In one day, 168 mullet are caught.

Work out the expected number of mullet that are underweight.

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Nora makes a birthday cake.

Nora has a packet containing 250g of cherries.

She uses 7 over 10 of the cherries in the cake.

Find the mass of cherries she has left.

............................... g

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Georgiana is travelling by train from Redtown to Teignley.

The price of a ticket is $13.50.
Georgiana’s ticket price is reduced by one-third because she is a student.

Work out how much she pays for her ticket.

$ ............................. 

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A fuel tank holds 52 litres when full.
The tank is a quarter full.
Jim fills the tank with fuel that costs $2.18 per litre.

Work out how much Jim pays.

$ ................................................. 

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Saskia has $600.
She spends 1 fifth of the $600 on a coat and gives 1 third of the $600 to her son.

What fraction of the $600 does she have left?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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Jeff and his friends win a prize.
Jeff’s share is $160 which is begin inline style 5 over 11 end style of the prize.

Work out the value of the prize.

$ ..............................................

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Find a fraction that makes this statement true.

7 over 9 less than fraction numerator................ over denominator................ end fraction less than 8 over 9

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A car park has 880 spaces.

At 0600 one morning, 1 over 40 of the 880 spaces are filled.

By 0630, no cars have left the car park but another 1 fifth of the 880 spaces are filled.

Work out the fraction of the 880 spaces that are empty at 06 30.

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