CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Extended E1.4 Fractions Decimals and Percentages Questions

Practise converting recurring decimals to simplest fractions and expressing monetary or numerical amounts as reduced fractions or percentages.

Exam points

assign the recurring decimal to a variable and multiply to align repeated digits
subtract the aligned equations, solve for the variable and simplify the resulting fraction
write one amount as a fraction of another and cancel common factors to lowest terms

[Maximum number: 2]

Write $ 24.60 as a fraction of $ 2870.

Give your answer in its lowest terms.

$\frac{3}{350}$
B1 for correct fraction not in lowest terms.

[Maximum number: 1]

Write $0.\dot{2}\dot{7}$ as a fraction.

$\frac{27}{99}$ oe fraction

[Maximum number: 1]

Write the recurring decimal $0.\dot{2}\dot{7}$ as a fraction.

$\frac{3}{11}$
oe fraction

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