Fractions: Edexcel International GCSE Maths questions

Every Edexcel International GCSE Maths exam question on 1.2 Fractions, 2019–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

All 123 questions on Fractions, as a list

June 2025 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q4 (6 marks): (a) Write 9 as a decimal. 10 (b) Write 3 as a percentage. 50 % Here is a shape made of squares. (c) Shade 5 of the shape. 8 (d) One of these fractions is not eq
June 2025 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q18 (3 marks): Show that 2 1 15 3 6 4 7 7
June 2025 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q3 (3 marks): Show that 2 1 15 3 6 4 7 7
June 2025 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (3 marks): Joseph has some counters in a bag. 7 of the counters are red 5 of the counters are blue The rest of the counters are green Joseph is going to take at random a c
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q5 (4 marks): (a) Write 0.6 as a percentage. % (b) Write 19 as a decimal. 100 (c) What fraction of this shape is shaded? Write your fraction in its simplest form.
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q13 (2 marks): Show that 3 1 19 7 4 28
June 2025, Paper 2 Foundation, Q6 (3 marks): (a) Write 19 5 as a mixed number. (b) Circle the two fractions that are equivalent. 19 4 20 28 5 20 5 24 35 9 (c) Write 0.3 as a fraction.
June 2025, Paper 2 Foundation, Q20 (3 marks): Show that 7 1 3 4 316 3 7 21
June 2025, Paper 2 Higher, Q3 (3 marks): Show that 7 1 3 4 316 3 7 21
November 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q15 (4 marks): Rema buys 140 plants. 35% of the 140 plants cost $6 each. 1 of the 140 plants cost $8 each. 4 The rest of the 140 plants cost $10 each. Work out the total cost
November 2024, Paper 2 Foundation, Q4 (7 marks): Here is a rectangle made of squares. (a) Shade 3 of the rectangle. 7 Here are five fractions. 33 18 16 21 12 43 24 20 27 16 (b) Write down the two fractions tha
November 2024, Paper 2 Foundation, Q17 (3 marks): Show that 15 2 3 3 3 7 16 4
November 2024, Paper 2 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 15 2 3 3 3 7 16 4
June 2024 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q2 (2 marks): (a) Write 0.13 as a fraction. (b) Write a number in the box to make the statement correct. 16 = 5 20
June 2024 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q19 (3 marks): Show that 2 1 5 1 4 3 4 9
June 2024 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q4 (3 marks): Show that 2 1 5 1 4 3 4 9
June 2024 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (4 marks): Bilpa, Claudia and David share 1200 euros. Bilpa gets 1 of the 1200 euros. 5 Claudia gets 42% of the 1200 euros. David gets the rest of the 1200 euros. Given th
June 2024, Paper 1 Higher, Q14 (5 marks): The combined savings of Abel and Bahira are 15 435 dinars. The savings of Bahira are 45% more than the savings of Abel. The savings of Bahira are 3 2 times the
June 2024, Paper 2 Foundation, Q6 (3 marks): There are 150 animals on a farm. Of these animals 19 are sheep 32 are goats 3 are dogs The rest of the animals are chickens. Write the number of chickens as a
June 2024, Paper 2 Foundation, Q20 (3 marks): Show that 2 4 7 × 3 1 9 = 8
June 2024, Paper 2 Higher, Q4 (3 marks): Show that 2 4 7 × 3 1 9 = 8
November 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q5 (4 marks): Here is a shape made of squares. (a) Shade 2 of the shape. 3 (b) Write 3 as a percentage. 10 % (c) Write 48 as a fraction in its simplest form. 150 (d) Write 46
November 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11 (5 marks): A rental company has 360 cars and some vans. The ratio of the number of cars to the number of vans is 3 : 5 4 of the cars are electric. 9 36% of the vans are el
November 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q22 (3 marks): Show that 3 3 2 2 12 7 3 7
November 2023, Paper 2 Higher, Q6 (3 marks): Show that 3 3 2 2 12 7 3 7
June 2023 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q4 (3 marks): Here is a shape made of squares. (a) Shade 4 5 of the shape. (b) Write 0.7 as a percentage. % (c) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest
June 2023 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q15 (2 marks): Show that 3 5 + 2 7 = 31 35
June 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q5 (3 marks): Here is a list of fractions. 4 3 2 12 7 5 8 3 15 10 One fraction from the list, when written as a decimal, is not a terminating decimal. (a) Write down this fra
June 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (4 marks): Haneul buys 120 packs of cherries. Each pack of cherries that Haneul buys costs 28 Malaysian ringgits. Haneul sells 4 5 of the 120 packs of cherries. He sells e
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q1 (4 marks): (a) Shade 4 5 of this shape. (b) Write 27 36 as a fraction in its simplest form. (c) Write 3 100 as a decimal. (d) Write 7 50 as a percentage. %
June 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q8 (3 marks): A hall has 26 rows of seats. There are 14 seats in each row. Annie sells tickets for 3 4 of the seats in the hall for a concert. She sells each ticket for 15 eu
June 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q17 (3 marks): Show that 4 2 11 3 8 3 5 9
June 2023, Paper 2 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 4 2 11 3 8 3 5 9
January 2023 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q7 (5 marks): (a) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest decimal. 0.5 0.54 0.45 0.504 0.405 (b) Write 0.08 as a percentage. % (c) Write 31 9 as a mixe
January 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q11 (4 marks): Asif has 200 beads. Asif gives 1 of the 200 beads to Bernadette. 4 Asif gives 2 of the 200 beads to Claudio. 5 Asif gives 43 beads to Derek. What fraction of th
January 2023 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (3 marks): Show that 4 2 3 ÷ 1 5 6 = 2 6 11
January 2023 (R), Paper 2 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 4 2 3 ÷ 1 5 6 = 2 6 11
January 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (4 marks): Sandeep sells 600 tickets for an event. He receives a total of $7200 from selling the tickets. 1 4 of the tickets sold are child tickets. The rest of the ticket
January 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q12 (4 marks): (a) Show that 7 8 – 5 12 = 11 24 (b) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 130 and 208 Show your working clearly.
January 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q13 (4 marks): There are 380 students in a Sixth Form. The students are either in the Upper Sixth or in the Lower Sixth. The number of students in the Upper Sixth is 20 fewer
January 2023, Paper 2 Foundation, Q16 (3 marks): Show that 3 5 7 ÷ 1 5 8 = 2 2 7
January 2023, Paper 2 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 3 5 7 ÷ 1 5 8 = 2 2 7
June 2022 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q4 (4 marks): (a) Write 0.7 as a fraction. (b) Write a number in the box so that the following statement is correct. 3 and 20 are equivalent fractions. 4 (c) Work out 3 5 of
June 2022 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q20 (4 marks): The language department of a college has 180 students. Each student studies exactly one of French, German, Italian or Spanish. 15 students study French. 45% of
June 2022 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q22 (3 marks): Show that 2 2 3 3 6 5 + = 3 4 12
June 2022 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q4 (4 marks): The language department of a college has 180 students. Each student studies exactly one of French, German, Italian or Spanish. 15 students study French. 45% of
June 2022 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q6 (3 marks): Show that 2 2 3 3 6 5 + = 3 4 12
June 2022, Paper 1 Higher, Q13 (5 marks): Antoine is going on holiday. He makes 3 separate payments to cover the total cost of his holiday. The following table shows how much money Antoine pays to the h
June 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q1 (7 marks): (a) Write 0.3 as a percentage. % (b) Write 29 100 as a decimal. (c) Write 17 20 as a decimal. (d) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest
June 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q8 (3 marks): Mairi has 200 flowers. Of these flowers 37 are white 25 are yellow 42 are pink The rest of the flowers are red. Express the number of red flowers as a fraction
June 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q20 (3 marks): Show that 5 1 3 − 2 6 7 = 2 10 21
June 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q24 (5 marks): Behnaz makes 300 celebration cards so that number of number of number of birthday cards : anniversary cards : congratulations cards = 7 : 5 : 3 2 5 of the birth
June 2022, Paper 2 Higher, Q4 (3 marks): Show that 5 1 3 − 2 6 7 = 2 10 21
June 2022, Paper 2 Higher, Q8 (5 marks): Behnaz makes 300 celebration cards so that number of number of number of birthday cards : anniversary cards : congratulations cards = 7 : 5 : 3 2 5 of the birth
January 2022 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (8 marks): (a) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number. 0.47 0.4 0.74 0.477 0.407 (b) Write 0.7 as a fraction. (c) Write 30 as a fraction of 4
January 2022 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q5 (5 marks): (a) Work out 4 5 of 80 (b) Write 9 20 as a decimal. Here are four fractions. 1 2 3 4 3 9 8 11 When written as a decimal, one of these fractions will give a term
January 2022 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q16 (4 marks): (a) Show that 3 27 4 8 32 9 (b) Show that 5 3 11 6 8 24
January 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q3 (5 marks): Here is a rectangle made from squares. (a) Shade 0.7 of the rectangle. (b) Write down the value of the 2 in the number 3.289 (c) Write 5 8 as a decimal. (d) Wri
January 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (5 marks): (a) Write 39 150 as a percentage. % There are 30 dogs staying in some boarding kennels. 12 of the dogs are brown. (b) What fraction of the dogs in the boarding
January 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q19 (5 marks): Sarah makes and sells mugs. One day she makes 150 mugs. Her total cost for making these mugs is £1140 Of these mugs 2 5 are small mugs 32% are medium mugs and t
January 2022, Paper 1 Higher, Q4 (5 marks): Sarah makes and sells mugs. One day she makes 150 mugs. Her total cost for making these mugs is £1140 Of these mugs 2 5 are small mugs 32% are medium mugs and t
January 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q1 (3 marks): The diagram shows a square and its diagonals. (a) Shade 1 4 of the square. Here is a rhombus. (b) What fraction of the rhombus is shaded? (c) Write 0.9 as a fra
January 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q7 (3 marks): 8 of the members of a squash club are children. 5 6 of these children are right-handed. What fraction of the members of the squash club are right-handed childre
January 2022, Paper 2 Foundation, Q17 (3 marks): Show that 6 3 4 ÷ 2 4 7 = 2 5 8
January 2022, Paper 2 Higher, Q2 (3 marks): Show that 6 3 4 ÷ 2 4 7 = 2 5 8
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q1 (6 marks): Here are five fractions. 2 3 5 7 8 8 9 25 28 40 Two of the fractions in the table are equivalent to 1 5 (a) Put a tick () in the box underneath each of these t
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (4 marks): (a) Show that 3 1 6 = ÷ 10 4 5 (b) Show that 5 3 1 - = 6 4 12
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q15 (4 marks): There are 54 fish in a tank. Some of the fish are white and the rest of the fish are red. Jeevan takes at random a fish from the tank. The probability that he t
November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q3 (4 marks): There are 54 fish in a tank. Some of the fish are white and the rest of the fish are red. Jeevan takes at random a fish from the tank. The probability that he t
November 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q10 (6 marks): (a) Write 25 as a fraction of 145 Give your fraction in its simplest form. (b) Work out 9 as a percentage of 25 % The cost of 16 sandwiches of the same type is
June 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10 (3 marks): (a) Write these fractions in order of size. Start with the smallest fraction. 3 1 7 5 8 4 20 16 There are only green beads and red beads in a bag. The ratio of
June 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q5 (6 marks): Here is a shape made of squares. (a) Shade 3 5 of the shape. (b) Which one of these fractions is not equivalent to 4 7 ? 70 8 40 14 400 700 14 17 20 35 (c) Writ
June 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q16 (3 marks): Show that 2 4 7 ÷ 1 1 8 = 2 2 7
June 2021, Paper 2 Higher, Q2 (3 marks): Show that 2 4 7 ÷ 1 1 8 = 2 2 7
January 2021 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (6 marks): Here is a shape made of squares. (a) Shade 3 5 of the shape. (b) Write 36 120 as a fraction in its simplest form. (c) Write these fractions in order of size. St
January 2021 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q16 (3 marks): Show that 3 1 5 × 1 5 6 = 5 13 15
January 2021 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 3 1 5 × 1 5 6 = 5 13 15
January 2021 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q6 (4 marks): Mikhal has 1200 grams of cake mixture. He is going to make 3 cakes, cake A, cake B and cake C. 4 15 of the weight of the cake mixture will be used to make cake
January 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q4 (5 marks): (a) Write 0.57 as a fraction. (b) Write 0.02 as a percentage. % (c) Write 72 84 as a fraction in its simplest form. (d) Write 22 5 as a mixed number. (e) Work o
January 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q16 (2 marks): Show that 5 3 11 − = 6 8 24
January 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q17 (4 marks): Pieter owns a currency conversion shop. Last Monday, Pieter changed a total of 20 160 rand into a number of different currencies. He changed 3 10 of the 20 160
January 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (4 marks): Pieter owns a currency conversion shop. Last Monday, Pieter changed a total of 20 160 rand into a number of different currencies. He changed 3 10 of the 20 160
January 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q4 (5 marks): A rectangle is made from 30 small coloured square tiles. There are yellow tiles, blue tiles and red tiles. 30% of the rectangle is made from yellow tiles. 1 3 o
January 2021, Paper 2 Foundation, Q24 (3 marks): The people working for a company work in Team A or in Team B. number of people in Team A : number of people in Team B = 3 : 4 4 5 of Team A work full time. 24%
January 2021, Paper 2 Higher, Q10 (3 marks): The people working for a company work in Team A or in Team B. number of people in Team A : number of people in Team B = 3 : 4 4 5 of Team A work full time. 24%
November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q1 (5 marks): Here is a shape made of squares. (a) Shade 1 6 of the shape. (b) Change 19 5 into a mixed number. 7 11 of a class walk to school. (c) What fraction of the class
November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q13 (3 marks): Find which is larger 32% of 450 or 2 5 of 375 You must show all your working.
November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q17 (3 marks): Show that 3 3 7 2 11 × = 4 9 12
November 2020 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 3 3 7 2 11 × = 4 9 12
November 2020 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q9 (7 marks): (a) Work out 16 ÷ 4 + 3 × 8 (b) Find the cube root of 5832 (c) Write 85% as a decimal. (d) Write these fractions in order of size. Start with the smallest fract
November 2020 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q11 (2 marks): Show that 5 3 19 + = 12 8 24
November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (9 marks): (a) Write 24 40 as a fraction in its simplest form. (b) Write 1 5 as a decimal. There are only blue bricks and white bricks in a box. The ratio of the number of
November 2020, Paper 2 Foundation, Q5 (5 marks): (a) Write these decimals in order of size. Start with the smallest decimal. 0.9 0.035 0.003 0.539 0.5 (b) Write 0.6 as a percentage. % (c) Write 60 7 as a mixed
November 2020, Paper 2 Foundation, Q15 (2 marks): Show that 2 11 8 = ÷ 5 20 11
January 2020 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q15 (3 marks): Show that 3 1 5 × 2 5 8 = 8 2 5
January 2020 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q2 (3 marks): Show that 3 1 5 × 2 5 8 = 8 2 5
January 2020 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q4 (5 marks): Here is a shape made from squares. (a) What fraction of this shape is shaded? (b) Write 23 5 as a mixed number. (c) Write 0.23 as a fraction. (d) Write 2 5 as a
January 2020 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q14 (6 marks): Iona buys a box of cereal. The cereal in the box weighs 0.75 kg. Each helping of the cereal eaten by Iona has a weight of 40 g. (a) Write 40 g as a fraction of
January 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q2 (4 marks): The bar chart shows information about the weight, in millions of tonnes, of bananas produced by each of four countries in 2016 30 25 20 Bananas 15 (millions of
January 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q6 (5 marks): (a) Write 1 4 as a decimal. (b) Write 34 10 as a mixed number in its simplest form. (c) Show that 3 15 4 ÷ = 4 16 5
January 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (4 marks): Kamal sells 240 ice creams for a total of $640 1 3 of the ice creams he sells are large. The cost of each large ice cream he sells is $3.80 All the other ice cr
January 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q18 (6 marks): 120 children go on an activity holiday. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 5 On Sunday, all the children either go sailing or go clim
January 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q5 (6 marks): 120 children go on an activity holiday. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 5 On Sunday, all the children either go sailing or go clim
January 2020, Paper 2 Foundation, Q19 (3 marks): Show that 4 2 3 4 8 7 + = 3 5 15
January 2020, Paper 2 Higher, Q3 (3 marks): Show that 4 2 3 4 8 7 + = 3 5 15
June 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q3 (7 marks): (a) Write 0.72 as a fraction. Give your fraction in its simplest form. (b) Write 3 4 as a percentage. % (c) Work out 65% of 720 (d) Write these numbers in order
June 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q12 (3 marks): Three bags, A, B and C, each contain some marbles. A B C There is a total of 75 marbles in the three bags. 1 5 of the marbles are in bag A. There are 4 more mar
June 2019 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q18 (3 marks): Show that 53 -23 = 212
June 2019 (R), Paper 2 Higher, Q2 (3 marks): Show that 5 2 3 í 3 4 = 2 11 12
June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q5 (4 marks): There are 12 481 people at a concert. 8906 of these people are adults. The rest of the people are children. 3 5 of the children are boys. Work out the number of
June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q9 (7 marks): (a) Write these fractions in order of size. Start with the smallest fraction. 7 4 1 29 10 5 2 40 (b) Show that 8 15 + 3 10 = 5 6 (c) Show that 4 2 3 ÷ 1 1 9 = 4
June 2019, Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 4 2 3 ÷ 1 1 9 = 4 1 5
June 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q5 (5 marks): (a) Which one of these fractions is equivalent to 5. ? 20 8 16 2 10 24 12 20 Here is a shape made of squares. (oy Shade 5 of the shape. (c) Wite → as a percenta
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q2 (4 marks): (a) Write these fractions in order of size. Start with the smallest fraction. 1 1 3 1 6 10 4 2 (b) Write 1 4 as a decimal. (c) Write 1 5 as a percentage. % 5 (d
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q16 (3 marks): Show that 12 2 3 4 5 + = 3 4 12
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Foundation, Q17 (4 marks): There are 60 children in a club. In the club, the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 1 3 of the girls play a musical instrument. 5 4 5 of
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q1 (3 marks): Show that 12 2 3 4 5 + = 3 4 12
January 2019 (R), Paper 1 Higher, Q2 (4 marks): There are 60 children in a club. In the club, the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 1 3 of the girls play a musical instrument. 5 4 5 of
January 2019 (R), Paper 2 Foundation, Q3 (6 marks): (a) Shade 3 7 of the rectangle. (b) Write 23 3 as a mixed number. (c) Find 2 5 of 60 cm. cm Claude says that 1 6 is exactly halfway between 1 4 and 1 8 (d) Is C
January 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q1 (7 marks): (a) Write these numbers in order of size. Start with the smallest number. 73 138 36 219 89 (b) Write in figures the number two thousand and eighteen. (c) Write
January 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11 (4 marks): Benson was on holiday in Kenya for 70 days. He was in Nairobi for 2 7 of this holiday. He was in Mombasa for 1 5 of this holiday. He was in Kisumu for 4 9 of th
January 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q1 (5 marks): (a) Write 23 100 as a decimal. (b) Write 0.7 as a percentage. % (c) Write 1 as a decimal. 5 (d) Shade 75% of this diagram. 21% of the people on a train are asle
January 2019, Paper 2 Foundation, Q8 (7 marks): (a) Write 19 5 as a mixed number. There are 84 animals in a field. 10 of the animals are horses. 45 of the animals are sheep. The rest of the animals are cows.

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