Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

Core questions: 1 – 10
Extended questions: 11 – 14

Extended revision exercises: Number

Worksheet 5: Fractions

1 Round each of the following numbers to the accuracy shown in brackets

(a) 15.638 (1dp) (b) 383 452 345 (3sf) (c) 0.000 034 556 (2sf)
(d) 0.999 98 (3dp) (e) 32 453 (nearest 10) (f) 0.123 45 (nearest thousandth)
(g) 125 (nearest 10)

2 Write each of the following as an ordinary number.

(a) 5.3 × 106 (b) 9.56 × 1012 (c) 1.08 × 108 (d) 8.75 × 109
(e) 5.3 × 10–3 (f) 2.08 × 10–6 (g) 9.1 × 10–7 (h) 2.145 × 10–8

3 Write each of the following numbers in standard form.

(a) 65 000 000 (b) 34 800 000 000 (c) 0.000 19
(d) 0.000 000 127 (e) 12 000 (f) 0.0056
(g) 27 500 000 (h) 0.000 000 000 000 345

4 Simplify. Leave your answers in standard form.

(a) (4 × 102) × (2 × 105) (b) (7 × 10–3) × (4 × 10–1)
(c) (3.45 × 104) × (3 × 10–2) (d) (4.6 × 10–2) × (7.2 × 105)
(e) (9.5 × 1018) × (4.7 × 109) (f) (0.76 × 10–4) × (0.04 × 10–3)

5 Complete this table.

Fraction Decimal Percentage Fraction Decimal Percentage

1 7
3 12
0.77 4
1
35 5
1.4 9
20
0.125
60
37.5
75
95
0.68
0.33

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6 Evaluate:
2 2 5 3 3 7
(a)  (b)  (c) 3  4
5 7 8 4 8 10
2 2 5 2 5 3
(d) 3  2 (e)  (f) 
9 5 8 5 6 4
3 9 6 4 2
(g) 12 2 (h) 6 3 (i) 7  6
7 10 7 5 7
2 1 7 4 1 3
(j) 1  3 (k) 2  3 (l) 8 12
3 4 9 5 2 8
4 4 1 3
(m) 2 4 (n) 4 2 (o) 2  3
5 9 3 4
1 6 1 3
(p) 12  3 (q) of 80 (r) of 420
9 7 5 4
2 2
(s) of 112 (t) 3 of 600 (u) 25% of 94
7 5
(v) 8% of 96 (w) 12.5% of 1200 (x) 0.8% of 250

7 Express:
(a) 15 as a percentage of 60 (b) 36 as a percentage of 54
(c) 3.2 as a percentage of 0.8 (d) 67 as a percentage of 67
1 1
(e) 0.38 as a percentage of 0.94 (f) as a percentage of .
3 7

8 Increase:
(a) 100 by 70% (b) 25 by 12% (c) 11 by 3.5%
1
(d) 88 by % (e) $30 by 20% (f) 3 kg by 1%
4

9 Decrease:
(a) 50 by 25% (b) 800 by 3% (d) 88.8 by 20%
(d) 35 by 3.2% (e) $50 by 10% (f) 90 seconds by 33.3%

10 Estimate the value of each of the following.

(a) 6.1  2.9 (b) 14.6 × 2.7 (c) 46.2 ÷ 25.3 (d) 23.42

36.5  28.2 99.6

(e) 125 × 384 (f)  (g)  49.1 24.8 (h) 
29.9  4.8 143

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11 Sarah buys a bicycle on sale for $450. If this is 10% less than the normal price, find the normal price.

12 A factory in Bangladesh is forced to reduce its workforce by 15% down to 510 workers as a result of the
world-wide recession.
(a) How many people worked in the factory before the reduction?
(b) How many workers lost their jobs in this reduction?

13 The value of a car decreases by 12% per year. Peggy’s car is two years old and its value is now $3875.
(a) What was her car’s value when it was one year old?
(b) What was the original price of the car?
(c) If the value of a car decreases by x% per year and the original value of the car is $V, find a formula
(in terms of x, V and n) for the value of the car after n years.

14 The value of a painting increases by 2% per year. The painting was bought on January 1st 2008 for
$1800. During which year will the painting first be worth more than $2500?

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