:Equivalents
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Approach: Independent Level: Year 8  
Focus: Conversion among fractions, decimals and percentages. 
Resources: None.
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% responses
2001 ('97)
y8
Questions / instructions:
Fill in the empty boxes so that each row has an equivalent fraction, percentage and decimal.

  
 
Common Fraction
Percentage
Decimal
   1.
1/2
 
 
50
 
 
0.5
79 (77)
67 (65)
   2.
1/5
 
 
20%
 
 
0.2
53 (50)
69 (61)
   3.
2/5
 
 
40
 
 
0.4
35 (31)
64 (59)
   4.
1/4
 
 
25
 
 
0.25
59 (56)
52 (44)
   5.
1/10
 
 
10
 
 
0.1
51 (47)
63 (61)
   6.
3/4
 
 
75%
 
 
0.75
57 (54)
63 (58)
 
Total score:
12
24 (21)
9–11
22 (20)
6–8
17 (16)
3–5
16 (18)
0–2
21 (25)
Commentary:
On average, 59 percent of year 8 students succeeded with each conversion, 4 percent more than in 1997. Although this improvement was slight, it occurred for all 12 conversions.
 
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