R3 express one quantity as a fraction of another, where the fraction is less than 1 or... Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Maths, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. To express a as a fraction of b, you write

   • a - b
   • a/b
   • a + b
   • b/a

2. Expressing 5 out of 20 as a fraction in simplest form gives

   • 1/4
   • 1/15
   • 1/5
   • 4/5

3. What does a fraction greater than 1 indicate about its quantities?

   • Numerator is zero
   • Denominator is larger
   • Numerator is larger
   • Both are equal

4. Expressing 7 as a fraction of 14 in simplest form gives

   • 2/7
   • 1/2
   • 1/7
   • 2/1

5. Expressing 9 as a fraction of 6 in simplest form gives

   • 6/9
   • 1/2
   • 3/2
   • 2/3

6. When is a fraction strictly less than 1?

   • Numerator is larger
   • Numerator is smaller
   • Denominator is one
   • Both are equal

7. As a fraction of 20, 15 is

   • 3/5
   • 3/4
   • 4/3
   • 1/4

8. Simplifying 18/24 gives

   • 1/3
   • 2/3
   • 9/10
   • 3/4

9. Ahmed has £24 and Ben has £40. Ahmed's money as a fraction of Ben's is

   • 3/5
   • 5/3
   • 2/5
   • 3/8

10. Out of 30 students, 18 walk to school. The fraction who walk is

    • 3/5
    • 5/3
    • 2/5
    • 18/12

11. A bag contains 4 red and 12 blue balls. Red as a fraction of blue is

    • 3
    • 1/4
    • 1/3
    • 1/2

12. 250 g is what fraction of 1 kg?

    • 1/3
    • 1/4
    • 4
    • 1/5

13. 45 cm as a fraction of 1.5 m is

    • 1/3
    • 3/10
    • 9/10
    • 3/1

14. 3 km as a fraction of 750 m is

    • 4
    • 3/4
    • 2.25
    • 1/4

15. 17 as a fraction of 5 is

    • 5/12
    • 5/17
    • 12/5
    • 17/5

16. 80 cm as a fraction of 40 cm is

    • 2
    • 1/80
    • 1/2
    • 40

17. Quantity A is 5/8 of quantity B. If B is 24, then A is

    • 12
    • 30
    • 19.2
    • 15

18. 0.6 as a fraction of 1.5 in lowest terms is

    • 5/2
    • 2/5
    • 3/5
    • 2/3

19. The improper fraction 7/3 written as a mixed number is

    • 2 3/7
    • 2 1/3
    • 1 2/3
    • 3 1/7

20. A car travels 240 km. A second car travels 180 km. The first car's distance as a fraction of the second is

    • 4/7
    • 4/3
    • 1/3
    • 3/4

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