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CSEC Mathematics

FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS

1. Using a calculator or otherwise, calculate the 6. Calculate the exact value of:
exact value of: 1  1 
a. 4  1  3  (Jun 2005)
5  9 
a. (2.67 x 4.1) – 1.32. (Jan 2013)
b. 0.03 x 10.3
b. 5.25  0.015 c. 6 (3 – 1.47) (Jun 1988)

c. 6.5025 7. Find the exact value and write your answer

to 1 decimal place:
d. 3.142 x 2.2362 (May 2014) 7.5
a. 2.55 x 6.3 - (Jun 1987)
1.25
4 1
1 
5 3
e. 8. Give your answer to 2 significant figures:
2
2 0.023
5 a. (Jun 1990)
0.351
1.5625   0.32  (May 2013) 0.0402
2
f. b. (Jun 1998)
0.71
g. (12.8)2 – (30  0.375) (Jan 2015) 9. Determine the exact value of:
1 2
1 
2. Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest a. 2 5
term: 2 3
4 
1 2 5 4
3  2.89
5 3 (May 2012) b. 2.52 - (give answer for b to 2
4 17
2
5 significant figures) (May 2010)
3. Evaluate: May 2015

May 2015 10. Simplify:

4. Using a calculator or otherwise, determine (May 2015).
the exact value of:
1 1 2
2 1 11. Farmer Dan used of his land for
a. 4 8 9
1
4 1 7
2 oranges, for apples, for mangoes and the
6 18
b. 3.96 x 0.25 - 0.0256 (May 2011) remainder for grapes.
c.  5.8 2

 1.02  2.5 (Jan 2011)
a. Calculate the total fraction of the land used
5. Write your answer as a decimal to 2 for all fruits except grapes.
significant figures:
2 b. What fraction of the land was used for
 4 2  1 grapes?
a.  4  2   1  (June 1989)
 5 3  3 3
12. Mark spends of his monthly income on
8
2 5
5 3 1
7 7 (June 1992) housing. Of the remainder, he spends on
b. 3
4
42 food and saves what is left.
5

a. Calculate the fraction of his monthly income

1 1
3 1 spent on food.
3 5
c. (Jan 1990)
1 1
3 1 b. Calculate the fraction of his monthly
3 5
income that he saved.

Prepared by K. Walker Sept. 2015

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Prepared by K. Walker Sept. 2015