Ch-5 - Practice Questions - Answer-Key
Ch-5 - Practice Questions - Answer-Key
Session: 2023-24
IGCSE-1
CHAPTER-5: FRACTIONS, PERCENTAGES & STANDARD FORM
ANSWER-KEY
Assignment-1
1 a b c d e ×5, f ×2, g ×5, h ×4,
2 a = = b = =
c = = = =
d = = = =
3 a b c d e f g h i j
4 a,, b,, c,, d,,
5 a + b . Largest denominator is smallest unit fraction. Diagrams may be used but must be
based on equal-sized areas.
6 a2 b1 c1 d3 e4 f3 g2 h2 i2 j2 k1 l3
7 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
8 Check that students are proficient at using their calculator buttons.
9 = 3 , = 3 , = 3 ; so is the biggest since and are both less than .
10 Any mixed number that is between 7.375 and 7.57..., e.g. 7 .
Assignment-2
1 a b c d e f g h i j k l
2 a 0.87 b 0.25 c 0.33 d 0.05 e 0.01 f 0.72 g 0.58 h 0.175 i 0.085 j 0.682 k 1.5 l 1.32
3
Percentage Fraction Decimal
10% 0.1
20% = 0.2
30% 0.3
40% = 0.4
50% = 0.5
60% = 0.6
70% 0.7
80% = 0.8
90% 0.9
4 55%
5 16%
6 23%
7 69%
8 a 75% b 40% c 35% d 12% e 86% f 37.5%
9 a 23% b 87% c 9% d 23.5% e 180% f 234%
10 a 17/20 b 0.85 c 85% d 43 or more
Assignment-3
1 a 0.23 b 0.7 c 0.04 d 1.2
2 a 38% b 80% c 7% d 150%
3 a $50 b $12 c 212 kg d 63 cm e $18.48 f 177.5 g g $0.72 h 304 m i $2.52 j $9.80 k
13.6 l l $297.60
4 208
5 Y7: 240, Y8: 230, Y9: 210, Y10: 220, Y11: 200; No, it did not reach the target.
6 378 tonnes iron, 63 tonnes chromium, 9 tonnes carbon
7 a $7 b $14.35 c $42
8 $600
9 After a reduction of 10%, the prices are 90% of the original; after a further reduction of 10%, the prices
are 81% of the original, so this is not a reduction of 20%.
Assignment-4
1 a $84 b $165 c 920 m d 400 kg e $54.60 f $39.60 g 141.6 cm h $46.72 i 1017.5 g j
$123.84
2 $33 800
3 Yes; clock: $21.15, wallet: $17.86, towel: $15.04, bookmark: $7.52, total $61.57
4 $15
5 a $18 b $120 c 63 kg d 440 m e $247 f 60 cm g 232 g h $327.25 i 12 kg j $39.69
6 $6384
7 2112
8 $459
9 No, shirt: $24; suit: $104; shoes: $33.60; total $161.60, which is more than he has received for
Christmas.
10 Cheaper: for example,
$100 + 10% = $100 + $10 = $110
$110 – 10% = $110 – $11.00 = $99.00
Assignment-5
1 a 20% b 25% c 10% d 75% e 80% f 46% g 33.3% h 30% i 67.5% j 23.8%
2 a 60% b 40%
3 29.3%
4 Yes, in each case. a 66.7% profit b 50.0% profit c 50.0% profit
d 66.6% profit
5 Paul 33.3%, Val 39.2%. Val has the greater percentage increase.
Assignment-6
1 a 10 b 12 c 6 d 30 e 10 f 6 g 6
h 35
2 a $200 b 40 kg c 150 m d 18 l
e 24 minutes f 84 km
3 a 15 b 10 c 9 d 45
4 16
5 $48
6 10 hours
7 a 12 cm b 52 cm
8 a $160 b $640
9 Top Sofa ($600)
Assignment-7
1 a b c d e
2 a b c d e
3 a b c d e
4 a b c d e
5 a b c d e1
6 a b c d e
7 a b c d e f g h i j k l m1 n1 o1
8 a3 b8 c1 d1 e7 f 5 g2 h2
9 a b 36
10
Assignment-8
1 a b c d e f g
h i j
2
3
4 a3 b2 c2 d2 e5 f4
g 4 h 12
5 of 4 = 2
6 a b1 c1 d e2 f1
g4 h4 i4 j2 k1 l
7 48
8 10
9 4
10 a 9 b 18 c5 d2 e f1
Assignment-9
1 a 350 b 41.5 c 0.0057 d 14.6
e 0.0389 f 4600 g 270 h 86 i 4600
j 397 000 k 0.003 65 l 705
2 a 7.8 × 102 b 4.35 × 10–1 c 6.78 × 104
d 7.4 × 109 e 3.078 × 1010 f 4.278 × 10–4 g 6.45 × 103 h 4.7 × 10–2 i 1.2 × 10–4
j 9.643 × 101 k 7.478 × 101
l 4.1578 × 10–3
3 a 2.4673 × 107 b 1.5282 × 104
c 6.13 × 1011 d 9.3 × 107, 2.4 × 1013
e 6.5 × 10–13
4 1000
5 20 000
6 40
Assignment-10
1 a 2.8 × 1016 b 3.5 × 1013 c 2.4 × 104
d 1.05
2 a 3 × 104 b 3 × 103 c 5 × 106
d 1.4 × 10–1
3 a 2 × 102 b 4 × 102 c 4 × 1010
4 a 1.6 × 1013 b 4 × 10–2 c 2.08 × 107
d 1.92 × 107 e 2.5 × 101
5 a 8 × 10–5 b 5 c 2.4 × 10–2
d –1.6 × 10–2 e 2 × 10–1
6 800 million
7 Any value between 1.000 000 01 × 106 and 5 × 106, i.e. any value of the form
a × 106 where 1 < a < 5.
8 a 1.68 × 1010 b 1.93 × 103
Assignment-11
1 a b c
2 a b c
3 a b c
d
4 a b c
d
6 a b 9 or 10
7 a b c