Comparing fractions and percentages - quiz

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Comparing fractions and percentages - quiz

Level A

1. Look at the circle. What percentage has been shaded?

A) 50% B) 100% C) 1/2% 2. There are 100 little squares in this grid. What % is the shaded bit?

A) 75% B) 25% C) 1/4%

3. Three of these six eggs are cracked. What percentage of the eggs is cracked?

A) 3/6 B) 3% C) 50%

4. 50% written as a fraction would be...

A) 1/2 B) 1/4 C) 3/4

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5. 0.2 is the same as... A) 2% B) 20% C) 25%

6. 3/4 written as a decimal would be... A) 0.34 B) 0.43 C) 0.75

7. In a company, 1/4 of all the employees are women. What percentage of the workforce are women? A) 25% B) 50% C) 75%

8. Which of the following is not the same as 50%? A) 1/2 B) 0.5 C) 1.2

9. Which of the following is not the same as 1/4? A) 25/100 B) 0.25 C) 1.4

10. 0.3 is the same as... A) 3% B) 13% C) 30%

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Comparing fractions and percentages - quiz

Level B 1. Look at the circle. What percentage has been shaded?

A) 75% B) 25% C) 1/4% 2. There are 100 little squares in this grid. What % is the shaded part?

A) 1/10% B) 90% C) 10% 3. Here is the same shape again. What fraction is shaded?

A) 1/10 B) 9/10 C) 90/100 4. Using a calculator I need to find 1/5 of a quantity. How would I enter 1/5 on a calculator? A) 0.5 B) 0.15 C) 0.2

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5. I bought some ribbon 0.75 metres long. What fraction of a metre is this? A) 7/5 B) 5/7 C) 3/4

6. Which of the following is the smallest? A) 20% B) 0.1 C) 1/5

7. Which of the following is the largest? A) 75% B) 0.25 C) 1/5

8. 90% of people watch TV everyday. What fraction of people doesn't watch TV everyday? A) 1/10 B) 9/10 C) 90/100

9. At a college, 3 out of every 5 of the students are women. What percentage is this? A) 35% B) 30% C) 60%

10. 100% is the same as... A) 100 B) 0.100 C) 1

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Level C

1. Look at the circle. What percentage has been shaded?

A) 66.7% B) 100% C) 33.3% 2. My hair shampoo claims 33.3% is free. What fraction of my shampoo is free? A) 1/3 B) 1/33 C) 3/33 3. Neeru scored 30 out of 40 in a test. What was his mark as a percentage? A) 75% B) 30% C) 40% 4. The container was full up to the '1' mark. Then some of the juice was drunk. Estimate how much has gone.

A) 25% B) 75% C) 80% D) 20%

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Comparing fractions and percentages - quiz

5. Write 7/10 as a percentage

A) 70% B) 7% C) 700%

6. What is 1% as a fraction?

A) 1/10 B) 0.01 C) 1/100

7. On my computer I can view my work at 150% of the actual size. How many times bigger than normal size is this?

A) 1 1/50 times B) 1 1/2 times C) 1 1/20 times

8. My local DIY store has an offer where 10% is taken off all marked prices on one particular day. What fraction would I pay for my goods on that day?

A) 1/10 B) 1/90 C) 9/10

9. 1.5 is the same as

A) 15% B) 1.5% C) 150%

10. Compare the prices below. Which football is the cheapest 1, 2 or 3?

Football 1. Original price ?12, now with a 25% discount

Football 2. Half-price, cut down from ?14

Football 3. Was ?10 but now 20% cheaper!

A) Football 1. is the cheapest B) Football 2. is the cheapest C) Football 3. is the cheapest

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Comparing fractions and percentages - quiz

Answers Level A 1. Look at the circle. What percentage has been shaded?

The correct answer is: A. 50% It's a good idea to learn that 1/2 = 50% 2. There are 100 little squares in this grid. What % is the shaded bit?

The correct answer is: B. 25% Count the shaded squares - there are 25. As there are 100 squares in total this is 25/100. You can write this as 25% 3. Three of these six eggs are cracked. What percentage of the eggs is cracked?

The correct answer is: C. 50%. The box holds 6 eggs so the fraction of cracked ones is 3/6 = 1/2

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Comparing fractions and percentages - quiz

1/2 is the same as 50%, so the correct answer is 50%

4. 50% written as a fraction would be... The correct answer is: A. 1/2. To change 50% to a fraction put it over 100 - 50/100. This can be simplified to 1/2 .

5. 0.2 is the same as... The correct answer is: B. 20%. Multiply 0.2 by 100 to get 20%.

6. 3/4 written as a decimal would be... The correct answer is: C. 0.75 3 ? 4 = 0.75

7. In a company, 1/4 of all the employees are women. What percentage of the workforce are women? The correct answer is: A. 25% To change 1/4 to a percentage divide 1 by 4 and multiply by 100. (1 ? 4) x 100 = 25%.

8. Which of the following is not the same as 50%? The correct answer is: C. 1.2 1.2 is the same as 120%, not 50%

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