CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY

MATHEMATICS 0845

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

"It is important that learners become confident users of calculators"
STAGE 6 (GRADE 5)

 6 Nn16 Recognise and use decimals with up to three places in the context of measurement

 6 Nn21 Compare fractions with the same denominator and related denominators, e.g. with

 6 Nn22 Recognise equivalence between fractions, e.g. between s, s and s

 6 Nn23 Recognise and use the equivalence between decimal and fraction forms

 6 Nn24 Order mixed numbers and place between whole numbers on a number line

 6 Nn25 Change an improper fraction to a mixed number, e.g. to

 6 Nn26 Reduce fractions to their simplest form, where this is or a number of fifths or tenths

 6 Nn27 Begin to convert a vulgar fraction to a decimal fraction using division

 6 Nn28 Understand percentage as parts in every 100 and express as percentages

 6 Nn29 Find simple percentages of shapes and whole numbers

My sincere thanks to :
Ms Shailu Bhatia & Ms. Archana Shah, our Maths teachers for designing and editing this unit
Ms Shruti Verma for maintaining the blog

Suresh Goel
(Director)
Alliance World School
Noida , Delhi-NCR, India
 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-1
6 Nn16
Introduction of Decimals up to 3 digits

One whole packet of

chocolates

One whole packet of

Chocolates has

10 bars of chocolates

One bar of chocolate has 100 pieces

of chocolates

One piece of chocolate

One whole packet of chocolate = 10 bars

One bar = 100 pieces of chocolates
One whole packet of chocolates = 10 x 100 = 1000 pieces of chocolates
OR
1 piece of chocolate = One thousandth of whole
= of whole

= 0.001
6 Nn16 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-2
Equivalence of Decimals

1 bar 1 strip 1 piece

= 1/10 of whole = 1/100 of whole = 1/1000 of whole
∵ 1 bar = 10 strips = 100 pieces

∴ of whole = of whole = of whole

∴ = =
Or
One tenth = 10 hundredths = 100 thousandths
Or
0.1 = 0.10 = 0.100
6Nn 21 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-3

“Comparing fractions with the same denominator and related denominators”

Exercise 1

Compare the following fractions:

(i) (done for you)

Hence ( as both the fractions have the same denominator and 3< 5)

(ii)

First fraction

and the second fraction =

> or (done for you)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)
6Nn 22 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-4

Exercise 2
Recognize equivalence between the fractions:

()

(done for you)

(ii)
1 Whole

⁄ ⁄
Or

(iii)

(iv)

(iv)
6Nn 23 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-5
“R cog z h qu v l c b w c l fr c o for ”

Exercise 3

Change the following fractions to decimals:

(a)
(i) (done for you)

= 0.5

= 0.25

= 0.75

= 1.25

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(b) Change the following decimals to fractions:

(i) 0.25 (done for you)

0.25 =

(ii) 0.10
(iii) 1.5
(iv) 0.75
(v) 0.40
6Nn 24 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-6

“Or r mixed numbers and place between the whole numbers on a

u b rl ”
Exercise 4

(i)

as

0 1 2

Or

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)
6Nn25/26
Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-7

Exercise 5
a) Change the following improper fraction to a mixed number:
(i) = = + = (done for you)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

b) Reduce the following fractions to their simplest form:

(i) ; = =

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

A fraction is said to be in the simplest

form if there is no common factor
between numerator and denominator
except 1.
 6Nn 27 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-8

Exercise 6
Convert the following vulgar fractions to decimal fractions using division:
(i) = 0.5 2 1.0 0.5 (done for you)
1.0
X

(ii) = 0.125 8 1.000 0.125 (done for you)

8
20
16
40
40
X

(iii) = 0.3 10 3.0 0.3 (done for you)

3.0
X

(iv)

(v)

(vi)
6Nn 27 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-9
Exercise 7
“P rc g p r v ry ”
Express the following as percentages:

(i)

Or

(ii) ; What is the number which is multiplied by 3 to get 100 ?

= 100 ÷ 3 33.33
3 100.00
9
10
9
10
. ….. 9
10
33.3 % 9
Here 0.3 represents a recurring decimal 1
0.3 = 0.33333 . . . . . . . .

(iii)

(iv)

(v)
6 Nn29 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-10
Exercise 8
Find percentages of the shaded portions of the shapes :-

(i)

(done for you)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(done for you))

(v)
 6Nn 29 Fractions, Decimals and Percentage P-11
Exercise 9

Find the percentages of the following whole numbers:

(i) 25 % of 40

of

(ii) 50 % of 16

(iii) 10 % of 80

(iv) 28 % of 200

(v) 16 % of 25