Name:.......................................................................
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
1.
Fill in the blanks so that the fractions are equivalent
(a)
(b)
1

4 8
(d)
1

4 16
(e)
3

8 16
(g)
(f)
(h)
(j)
1

3 24
(i)
3

5 15
(k)
4

6 12
1

4 12
2

6 18
2

3 9
2.
(c)
8

10 100
(l)
10

25 75
9

12 36
Fill in the blanks so that the fractions are equivalent
(a)
(b)
1
 
3 6 12
(c)
3


10 20 40
(d)
3


4 12 36
7


11 33 99
(e)
(f)
4


5 20 45
3


8 32 40
(g)
(h)
7


13 39 52
(i)
6


7 21 49
(j)
1


9 18 72
3


23 26 92
3. Fill in the blanks so that the fractions are equivalent
(a)
(b)
2 10

7
1 6

5
(d)
(c)
(e)
(g)
(f)
21
27 3

63

(j)
3
3
8
(h)
3

35 7
1 9

8
12

80
(i)
2 18

11
15

8 120
(k)
2 10 16



9
108
3 6 15
 


5
60 150
Can you tell which one is different?
Give a reason for your answer.
3
5
1
5
1.
20%
0·2
2.
3
12
40%
3.
0·6
8
12
60%
4.
2
16
4
32
12·5%
4
16
0·25
3
5
0·125
Would you prefer to have .............
1.
10% of $20 or ½ of $6?
2.
One-tenth of 1000 sweets or 0·5 of 300 sweets?
3.
0·2 of 150 pieces of gold or 50% of 30 pieces of gold?
4.
1 of 30c or 0·5 of 10c?
5
5.
10% of 200 nails or ¼ of 400 nails?
6.
0·3 of 60 pencils or
3
of 60 pencils?
10
Exercises
1.
Carol receives $5 pocket money. How much pocket money does
she get if she receives an increase of 15%?
2.
A man on a weekly wage of $210 receives an increase of 3.5%. A
woman on a weekly wage of $142 receives an increase of 5%. Who
receives the highest increase and what is the difference?
3.
A museum gives a discount of 10% of the normal price to everyone
who has a season ticket. How much does a person with a season
ticket pay for a book which costs $9.90?
4.
A shop bought a camera for $214 and sold it making a profit of
32%. Find out the selling price of the camera.
5.
Sean sells a car for $7395 making a loss of 13% of its cost price.
Find out the cost price of the car.
6.
A car tyre costs $22.50 without GST. How much will 4 tyres cost
including GST at 10%?
7.
95% of the school’s children are present today. If there are 640
children on the school register, how many children are present?
How many children are absent?