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Fractions, decimals & percentages

Junior High 8 questions
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What fractions, decimals & percentages means

In this skill, you change a fraction, decimal or percentage into another form. This helps you compare amounts, solve word problems and check answers quickly.

What you will practise

  • Change simple fractions into percentages
  • Change decimals into percentages using place value
  • Change percentages into fractions in simplest form
  • Move between all three forms in one question

Before you start

You should already be comfortable with basic fractions, decimals and simplifying fractions. It also helps to know that percent means 'out of 100'.

Not confident yet? Work through Percentage of a number first.

Worked example

One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.

Question

What is 1/2 as a percentage?

  • 25%
  • 50%
  • 75%
  • 20%
Answer: 50%

Working: 1/2 = 0.5 = 50%.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Forgetting to multiply a decimal by 100 when finding a percentage.
  • Leaving fractions unsimplified after changing from a percentage.
  • Writing the percent sign with a decimal instead of the whole number form.
  • Mixing up 1/4 and 1/25 when changing between fraction and percentage.

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES Basic 7 to 9 syllabusBECE

This topic usually appears in Junior High School work on fractions, decimals and percentages before more applied percentage problems. It supports the kind of calculation and interpretation that may come up in the BECE.

Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.

Related skills

Other Percentages skills in Maths, at the same point in the course.

Other Maths topics

Picture Addition & SubtractionEarly NumeracyNumber BasicsSHS Core MathematicsUniversity MathematicsAlgebra

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Exams that assess fractions, decimals & percentages

Junior High work on this skill feeds directly into these exam papers. Each page lists the Maths topics that appear on it.

BECEBECE practice questionsFree BECE practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.GESGES practice questionsFree GES practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.WASSCEWASSCE practice questionsListed as a related subject on the WASSCE practice page.

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