Interactive Exercises - Unit 7 Section 3: Fractions of Quantities

In this section we begin to use fractions in a more practical way.

Example Questions

(a) Find
1
of £30
5
(b) Find
4
of £30
5
To find one fifth of a number we divide the number by five.
Then, to find four fifths of a number, we first find one fifth of that number and then multiply this by four.
Look at the working in the box below.

Practice Question
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What is
3
of 28?
4

Exercises

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Question 1
Work out:

(a)
1
of 12
2
(b)
1
of 8
4
(c)
1
of 15
5
(d)
1
of 12
3
(e)
1
of 30
5
(f)
1
of 40
4
(g)
1
of 14
7
(h)
1
of 64
8
(i)
1
of 40
8
(j)
1
of 24
3
(k)
1
of 32
4
(l)
1
of 36
9

Question 2
Work out:

(a)
3
of 24
4
(b)
4
of 20
5
(c)
3
of 14
7
(d)
2
of 18
9
(e)
5
of 30
6
(f)
4
of 28
7
(g)
3
of 15
5
(h)
7
of 45
9
(i)
3
of 64
8
(j)
5
of 36
9
(k)
3
of 45
5
(l)
7
of 56
8

Question 3
In a test there are 30 marks. Nasir gets
3
of the marks.
5

How many marks does he get?

Question 4
In a school
1
of the pupils are girls. There are 382 pupils in the school.
2

How many girls are there in the school?

Question 5
In a class there are 32 pupils. Of these,
3
come to school by bus.
8

How many pupils come to school by bus?

Question 6
In a school,
3
of the pupils have pets. There are 510 pupils in the school.
10

(a) How many of them have pets?

(b) How many of them do not have pets?

Question 7
There are 20 houses in a street and
3
of them have satellite TV.
4

How many of these houses do not have satellite TV?

Question 8
Rachel has 360 stamps in her stamp collection. 
5
of these stamps are foreign.
8

How many foreign stamps does she have?

Question 9
Ben and Chris sell some toys at a car boot sale for £45.
They agree that Ben will have
2
of the money and Chris the rest.
5

How much does Ben get?
£
How much does Chris get?
£

Question 10
In a school there are 550 pupils. 
3
of the pupils are left-handed.
50

How many left-handed pupils are there in the school?

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