Fractions, Decimals & Percentages Word Questions

Arlo and Hugo have the same amount of water to drink.

Arlo drinks 30% of her water.

Hugo drinks 1/3 of his water.

Who drank more?

• Neither drank any water.
• They drank the same amount.
• Arlo drank more.
• Hugo drank more.

Albie drank 3/8 of his water.

What percentage of his water did Albie drink?

• 37.5%
• 12.5%
• 50%
• 25%

Roshni gets 95% in her maths test and 29/30 on her English test.

In which test did Roshni do better?

• Roshni did better in her maths test.
• Roshni did better in her English test.
• Roshni performed equally in both tests.
• Roshni did better in neither test.

Iris and Oscar have the same amount of fruit.

Iris eats 55% of her fruit.

Oscar eats 13/20 of his fruit.

Who ate more fruit?

• They ate the same amount
• Iris
• Oscar

Atticus eats 1/7 of his fruit.

What percentage of his fruit did Atticus not eat?

Gary says 18% is greater than 0.2.

Is Gary correct?

• Yes

• No

Sophie says 0.64 is less than 26/40.

Is Sophie correct?

• Yes

• No

Members of the maths club are competing to see who has finished most of their homework.

Nobi says she has completed 85% of the work.

Olaf says he has 3 of 19 questions left to do.

Fabio says what is left of his homework equates to 0.155 of the total work.

Who has the most work left to do?

• They all have the same amount of work to do

• Olaf
• Fabio
• Nobi

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