Using Fractions and Decimals E3 (CDA948) : Name ……………………………………………………………

FRACTIONS

1.Joe has four birthday cakes to share between his 24 guests. Joe doesn’t eat cake, but wants tocutthem up so that each guest gets an equal piece.

a. How should he cut them up? ………………………………………

b. What fraction is each piece of cake? …………………………………..

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These pizzas have been cut up for a party. If there are 20 guests, how many pieces will each person get and what fraction of a pizza is this?

3. Natalie, Jenny, Steve and Karina paid £12 for their taxi. They shared this equally between them.

a. How much did Jenny pay?

b. How much did Steve pay?

c. What fraction did each pay?

d. What fraction did Jenny and Steve together pay? ______

4.Put the following fractions in order of size from the biggest to the smallest:

1/3 1/21/10 1/8 1/6

Use the images below to help you. You may find it helps to draw some fractions

5. Put the following fractions in order of size from the smallest to the largest:

1/4 1/51/21/3

Use the images below to help you. You may find it helps to draw some fractions

6.

Sian is organising her wedding, she fancies having carrot cake in the evening. If 48 people are invited, how should she cut up the cakes so that everyone has an equal piece? Demonstrate this by drawing lines on the cakes. What fraction of a cake will everyone receive? ______

Will there be any cake left over?______What fraction of a cake is this?______

7. Depending on how many friends we ask, one pizza will only go so far. What fraction of a pizza will people get if you invite different numbers? Label the images below.

8. What fraction of the full container makes each of these measures?

9. Draw a line to join the pairs of equivalent fractions

10.MEASUREMENT – fill in the gaps using either a measurement or a fraction as appropriate.

a.500cm is equivalent to ______of a metre.

b.______cm is equivalent to one quarter of a metre.

c.750m is the same as ______km.

d.______ml is equivalent to ¼ of a litre.

e.If a standard bottle of wine holds 750ml, ______has been drunk, leaving 250ml.

f.One eight of a kilogram bag of flour is used by a chef to thicken a sauce. How many grams of flour has he used? ______. What fraction is left? ______. How many grams is this? ______

11.TIME - Answer the following questions

a.15 minutes is the same as what fraction of an hour? ______

b.Half an hour is equivalent to as how many minutes? ______

c.How many minutes are there in 1/5 of an hour? ______

d.How many minutes are there in 2/5 of an hour? ______

e.What fraction of an hour is 45 minutes? ______

DECIMALS

12.

Rank these decimals in order of size from smallest to largest:

a.8.258.218.3

b.0.120.0990.1

c.2.6 1.972.61

d.2.7 2.070.27727

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Using Fractions and Decimals E3 (CDA948) : Name ……………………………………………………………

13. Weigh and measure the packages and envelopes provided by your tutor.

  1. Record these measurements on the table below and calculate the cost of posting from the information given by Royal Mail on their website. (
  2. Work out the additional cost of first class for each item then calculate the cost of sending all these parcels either first or second class. Add this information to the table.

Package / Length (cm) / Width (cm) / Thickness (cm) / Weight
(kg) / Letter/Large letter/
Small Parcel/ Medium Parcel / Cost / Difference in cost per item
1st / 2nd
Total Costs /Savings

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Using Fractions and Decimals E3 (CDA948) : Name ……………………………………………………………

Planning a school Christmas party

You have been asked to plan a Christmas party for 28 infants and to prepare a budget for the head teacher to approve.

  • The head teacher wants to see a budget for the food and party hand-outs (plus anything else you feel you need) before giving you the go ahead.
  • You have already found the cost of several items (see pages provided) and you may look some other item costs up online if you feel they are essential. You must however remember that he will want to see sensible ideas and costs. First work out an estimate of the costs before you work out the exact amount.
  • First decide on what you need to do and how you will approach this task. You also need to think about how you will present your final information.
  • Write a brief plan and your ideas out below, explaining what calculations you will need to carry out and how you will present your information.

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