Fractions Quiz

Arrange the given fractions in ascending order: 3/8, 5/6, 6/8, 2/4, 1/3

1. 3/8 < 2/4 < 5/6 < 1/3 < 6/8
2. 1/3 < 3/8 < 2/4 < 6/8 < 5/6
3. 5/6 < 1/3 < 6/8 < 2/4 < 3/8
4. 6/8 < 5/6 < 1/3 < 3/8 < 2/4

Answer: (b) 1/3 < 3/8 < 2/4 < 6/8 < 5/6

Ali uses his daily morning routine to burn 570 calories. If he uses running to burn 180 calories, skipping to burn one-third of the calories, and cycling to burn the rest. Find the ratio of the calories burned through cycling to the total calories burned.

1. 1/3
2. 20/57
3. 6/19
4. 2/3

Answer: (b) 20/57

If Rashid reads 80 pages in one hour and a book contains 500 pages. What is the time taken by Rashid to read 3 such books?

1. 75/8
2. 300/8
3. 75/4
4. 150/6

Answer: (c) 75/4

A Basket of fruits weighing 25 kg contains apples and oranges. If the weight of the apples in the basket is 3/8 of the total weight the cost of the apple is $35 per kg and the cost of oranges is $30 per kg. What is the total cost of oranges?

1. 3750/8
2. 3550/6
3. 3850/6
4. 3750/6

Answer: (a) 3750/8

In a store, a pen costs $7/12. The average amount spent by three friends on the pens was $97/4, whereas two friends spent $17/2 and $23/3. Determine how many pens the third friend brought.

1. 93
2. 95
3. 97
4. 101

Answer: (c) 97

If milk is available at $60 per litre and a cup of coffee requires 3/14 litres of milk. What is the cost of the milk in dollars that is required to make 20 cups of coffee?

1. 2591⁄7
2. 2581⁄7
3. 2551⁄7
4. 2571⁄7

Answer: (d) 2571⁄7

If Rose and Ryan are 30 km apart and travelling in opposite directions to meet at a point in between with different speeds of 4/3 km/h and 5/3 km/h, how much time is taken for them to reach?

1. 21/2 hours
2. 10 hours
3. 19/2 hours
4. 11 hours

Answer: (b) 10 hours

A bus takes seven hours to travel 180 km, but a train can do so in five. Determine Louis's travel time in hours if he chooses to go 1/3 of the trip by bus and 2/3 of the distance by train.

1. 17/6
2. 17/3
3. 19/6
4. 19/7

Answer: (b) 17/3

Based on the information provided, answer the given question. In a bookstore, the number of English and Spanish books sold for 4 consecutive years is provided below. In which year is the ratio of Spanish books sold to English books sold greater?

1. 2016
2. 2017
3. 2018
4. 2019

Answer: (d) 2019

Based on the information provided, answer the given question. The number of English and Spanish books sold in a bookstore for 4 consecutive years is given below. If the number of English books sold and number of Spanish books sold are interchanged then what is the sum of the ratio of Spanish books sold to English books sold in all 4 years ?

1. 16/3
2. 17/3
3. 16/5
4. 19/5

Answer: (a) 16/3