Question Bank | Basic Operation

1.

Evaluate:
(a)

4 \frac{3}{7} - 1 \frac{7}{9}

......................... [2]

(b)

\frac{2}{3} \div 7 \frac{3}{4}

......................... [2]

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2.

Work out:
(a)

1.5 \div 3 \frac{3}{7}

......................... [2]

(b)

2.37 \times 3.1

......................... [2]

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3.

Find the fraction that is exactly half way between

\frac{4}{7}

and

\frac{5}{7}

, in its simplest form.

................................. [2]

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4.

(a) Work out:

11 - 3 \times 2 + \frac{3}{4}

of

24

................................. [1]

(b)

\frac{1}{1 - 3 {(0.5)}^{2}}

................................. [1]

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5.

Evaluate:
(a)

9 \times 2 + 20 \div 2

......................... [2]

(b)

2 \frac{5}{8} \div 1 \frac{1}{4}

......................... [2]

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6.

(a) Evaluate:

6 + 27 \div 3

......................... [2]

(b) Find the value of:

28 \div 3 \frac{1}{4}

......................... [2]

(c) Work out:

\frac{2}{3} - \frac{1}{4}

......................... [2]

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7.

Write

0.28

as a fraction in its lowest terms.

................................. [2]

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8.

Work out:
(a)

1.2 + \frac{1}{2}

......................... [2]

(b)

16 + 4 \div 2 - 1

......................... [2]

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9.

Arrange the following fractions in order of size starting with the smallest:

\frac{2}{3}

,

\frac{5}{6}

,

\frac{7}{9}

,

\frac{9}{12}

................................. [2]

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10.

Work out:
(a)

3 + 2 \times 7 - 4

......................... [2]

(b)

2 \frac{2}{3} - 1 \frac{1}{4}

......................... [2]

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11.

Write the numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest:

33 %

,

0.34

,

\frac{1}{3}

,

\sqrt{0.09}

.........., .........., .......... [2]

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12.

Evaluate:
(a) (i)

3 \frac{1}{6} \div 1 \frac{1}{2}

......................... [2]

(ii)

1 \frac{3}{5} \div 3

......................... [2]

(iii)

6.3 \times 0.07

......................... [2]

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13.

(a) Express

9 %

as a decimal.

......................... [2]

(b) Evaluate:

3 - 5 \times 2 + 8

......................... [2]

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14.

Evaluate:
(a)

\frac{2}{3}

of

69

......................... [2]

(b)

2 \frac{1}{3} - 1 \frac{2}{7}

......................... [2]

(c)

4 \frac{1}{2} + 27 \frac{1}{3} + 5

......................... [2]

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15.

Insert one pair of brackets in the following statement to make it true:

3 + 2 \times 4 \div 5 - 1 = 5

................................. [2]

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16.

(a) Work out:
(i)

2.5 \times 0.2

(ii)

\frac{2}{3} - \frac{3}{5}

(b) Evaluate:

25 - 4 \div 20 %

(a)(i) ......................... [2] (a)(ii) ......................... [2] (b) ......................... [2]

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17.

(a) Express

33 \frac{1}{3} %

as a fraction in its simplest form.

......................... [2]

(b) Write

2 \frac{2}{5}

as a decimal.

......................... [2]

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Basic Operations