Opens your browser’s print dialog — choose “Save as PDF” as the destination.
Grade 5 · Worksheet
Fractions and percentages
Understanding fractions
- 1.
Ludvik shares 3 cakes equally between 5 friends. What fraction of a cake does each friend get?
- A3/5
- B5/3
- C3/8
- D1/5
- 2.
Work out 10 divided by 4. (This is the same as the fraction 10/4.)
- 3.
Work out 6 divided by 5. (This is the same as the fraction 6/5.)
- 4.
Find 4/3 of 12.
- 5.
Find 3/4 of 24.
- 6.
Find 5/8 of 16.
- 7.
Bella swims 2/5 of 800 metres. How far does she swim?
m - 8.
Find 4/5 of 20.
- 9.
Which of these is an improper fraction?
- A6/5
- B3/4
- C1/2
- D2/5
- 10.
Write the improper fraction 4/3 as a mixed number.
- A1 1/3
- B1 3/4
- C3 1/4
- D1 1/4
- 11.
Which is bigger, 3/4 of 20 or 4/3 of 12?
- A4/3 of 12
- B3/4 of 20
- Cthey are equal
- Dyou cannot tell
- 12.
When you find 3/4 of a number, the fraction is being used as an ___.
- Aoperator
- Bdenominator
- Cremainder
- Ddecimal
- 13.
Find 2/3 of 90.
- 14.
Find 3/4 of 16.
- 15.
In the fraction 6/5, which number is the numerator?
- A6
- B5
- C11
- D1
- 16.
Find 1/8 of 56.
- 17.
What number comes just before 921?
- 18.
Write this as a single number: 100 + 40 + 0
- 19.
What number comes just after 748?
- 20.
A sequence is 39, 51, 63, 75, … What is the next term?
Answer key
Fractions and percentages — Understanding fractions
- 1.A. 3/5
- 2.2.5
- 3.1.2
- 4.16
- 5.18
- 6.10
- 7.320 m
- 8.16
- 9.A. 6/5
- 10.A. 1 1/3
- 11.A. 4/3 of 12
- 12.A. operator
- 13.60
- 14.12
- 15.A. 6
- 16.7
- 17.920
- 18.140
- 19.749
- 20.87