FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS

Student:___________________________________________________
1. Equivalent fractions
Write an equivalent fraction for 40 with a denominator of 21
a.
35
Work out the value of x so it is equal to: 8 20
b.
x 15
Work out if these two fractions are equivalent: 4 5
c.
12 15
d. What does it mean to say two fractions are equivalent?
2. Solve and simplify:
4 3 2

:
b. 8 5 7

18
6
2
a. 5
9
3

c. 3

e.

d. 4

3. Write the following as a single power:

a.

3 6

4

8

b. 3

12

18

=
c.

12

4. Solve and simplify:

18 4 1 1

2
a. 5 5 6 10
17 3 5

b. 2 2 3

1
2
4

c.

5. Every month, Ivn is paid and divides the money up as follows: One third goes
towards paying his rent, one quarter of what is left goes towards food, one fifth of
what is left goes towards paying for transport and the five eights that remain are
spent on his hobbies (music and reading etc). What fraction of Ivans monthly
payment is left to spend on his hobbies? If Ivan earns 1200 per month, how much
does he spend on each thing?
6. Scientific notation (Standard form):
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Some bacteria weighs 0.0000000000021 g. Express the weight of 100

a.
grams of bacteria in scientific notation. Then, express it in kilograms. El
peso de una bacteria es 0.0000000000021 g.
Express the distance between the Sun and the Earth (in meters), using
b.
scientific notation: 150.000.000 Km.
7. Approximate the following numbers to the nearest thousandth, hundredths and
tenths using rounding.
18, 71498
a.
0.07845
b.
8. Express the following numbers as a fraction, and indicate which type of decimal
numbers are they.
1.25
a.
14,
b.
5,2
c.
Fill in the gaps:
a) In the fraction

a
, a is called the _____________ and b is called the
b

_____________.
b)

2
3

is

read

as

____________________________and

_____________________________,

as

4
as ______________________.
14

c) There
are
three
types
of
___________________________________,

decimal
9.6

______________________________________, like 2.
______________, 45.369

7
4

numbers,
for

they
are:
example;

and ________________________

for example.

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