Year 8 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 percentages worksheet.
Year 8 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Convert each value.
1.Write 62.5% as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer:
- 62.5% =
- Simplify:
2.Write 0.1 as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer:
- 0.1 =
- Simplify:
3.Write as a decimal.
Answer: 0.125
- 1 ÷ 8 = 0.125
4.Write 0.5 as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer:
- 0.5 =
- Simplify:
5.Write as a decimal.
Answer: 0.2
- 1 ÷ 5 = 0.2
6.Write 0.7 as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer:
- 0.7 =
- Simplify:
7.Write 0.6 as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer:
- 0.6 =
- Simplify:
8.Write 0.4 as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer:
- 0.4 =
- Simplify:
9.Write as a percentage.
Answer: 37.5%
- = 0.375
- 0.375 × 100 = 37.5%
10.Write 0.125 as a percentage.
Answer: 12.5%
- 0.125 × 100 = 12.5%
11.Write 0.04 as a percentage.
Answer: 4%
- 0.04 × 100 = 4%
12.Write 1 as a percentage.
Answer: 100%
- 1 = 1
- 1 × 100 = 100%
13.Write 25% as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer:
- 25% =
- Simplify:
14.Write as a percentage.
Answer: 48%
- = 0.48
- 0.48 × 100 = 48%
15.Write 2% as a decimal.
Answer: 0.02
- 2 ÷ 100 = 0.02
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