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One quantity as a fraction of another worksheet — GCSE Foundation

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One quantity as a fraction of another worksheet — GCSE Foundation

Maths · GCSE Foundation · R3 · One quantity as a fraction of another · 15 questions

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1.A journey to school takes 12 minutes. A journey to the gym takes 20 minutes. Write the time for the journey to school as a fraction of the time for the journey to the gym, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)2/5
(b)5/3
(c)3/8
(d)3/5
2.A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. A lorry travels 160 miles in 4 hours. Write the car's average speed as a fraction of the lorry's average speed, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)3/2
(b)3/4
(c)9/8
(d)2/3
3.A box holds 60 crayons. 25 of the crayons are broken and the rest are unbroken. Write the number of unbroken crayons as a fraction of the number of broken crayons. Give your answer in its simplest form.
(a)5/7
(b)2/5
(c)7/12
(d)7/5
4.A parcel of flour has a mass of 750 g. A sack of flour has a mass of 4 kg. Write the mass of the parcel as a fraction of the mass of the sack. Give your answer in its simplest form.
(a)15/8
(b)3/20
(c)16/3
(d)3/16
5.A sunflower is 140 cm tall. A tomato plant is 80 cm tall. Write the height of the tomato plant as a fraction of the height of the sunflower, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)7/4
(b)3/7
(c)4/11
(d)4/7
6.A laptop bag has a mass of 2.4 kg. A school bag has a mass of 3.6 kg. Write the mass of the laptop bag as a fraction of the mass of the school bag, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)2/3
(b)2/5
(c)1/3
(d)3/2
7.A necklace uses 22 blue beads and 8 red beads. Write the number of blue beads as a fraction of the number of red beads. Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
(a)2 5/8
(b)2 3/11
(c)1 3/8
(d)2 3/4
8.A charity receives £360 in donations in January and £480 in donations in February. Write the amount received in January as a fraction of the amount received in February, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)3/4
(b)1/4
(c)4/3
(d)3/7
9.In a fruit bowl, the number of bananas is 3/4 of the number of apples. There are 16 apples in the bowl. Write the number of apples as a fraction of the number of bananas. Give your answer in its simplest form.
(a)3/4
(b)4/3
(c)4/7
(d)4/1
10.There are 84 passengers on a double-decker bus. 35 of the passengers are adults and the rest are children. Write the number of adults as a fraction of the number of children. Give your answer in its simplest form.
(a)2/7
(b)5/12
(c)5/7
(d)7/5
11.A novel has 312 pages. A comic has 48 pages. Write the number of pages in the novel as a fraction of the number of pages in the comic, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)11/2
(b)13/2
(c)2/13
(d)13/15
12.A cookery class lasts 45 minutes. A double lesson at school lasts 2 hours. Write the length of the cookery class as a fraction of the length of the double lesson. Give your answer in its simplest form.
(a)3/8
(b)45/2
(c)8/3
(d)9/40
13.A tin of beans has a mass of 400 g. A tin of soup has a mass of 500 g. Write the mass of the tin of beans as a fraction of the mass of the tin of soup, giving your answer in its simplest form.
(a)1/5
(b)4/5
(c)5/9
(d)5/4
14.A coach journey is 372 miles in total. After a stop, the coach has travelled 217 miles. Write the distance still to travel as a fraction of the total journey. Give your answer in its simplest form.
(a)5/12
(b)5/7
(c)145/372
(d)7/12
15.The length of ribbon A is 5/12 of the length of ribbon B. Write the length of ribbon B as a fraction of the length of ribbon A.
(a)12/5
(b)5/12
(c)12/7
(d)7/12

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