Mathematics: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Flashcards
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What is 3/4 divided by 1/2?
Answer: 3/2
Dividing by a fraction means multiplying by its reciprocal: 3/4 × 2/1 = 6/4 = 3/2.
Convert 0.625 to a fraction in lowest terms.
Answer: 5/8
0.625 = 625/1000, and dividing numerator and denominator by 125 gives 5/8.
A soldier completes 40% of a 25-mile march. How many miles remain?
Answer: 15 miles
40% of 25 = 10 miles completed, so 25 − 10 = 15 miles remain.
Which of the following is equivalent to 5/6?
Answer: 0.833...
5 ÷ 6 = 0.8333…, a repeating decimal.
What is 1/3 + 1/4?
Answer: 7/12
Common denominator is 12: 4/12 + 3/12 = 7/12.
A price dropped from $80 to $60. What is the percent decrease?
Answer: 25%
Decrease = $20; percent decrease = (20/80) × 100 = 25%.
Multiply 2.4 × 0.05.
Answer: 0.12
2.4 × 0.05 = 0.12; count two decimal places in the product.