:Equivalents
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Approach: Independent  Level: Year 8
Focus:   Conversions among fractions, decimals and percentages
Resources: Answer booklet
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Questions / instructions:

Fill in the empty boxes so that each row has an equivalent percentage and decimal.
The first one is done for you.
     
% responses
2005
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Y8
Fraction
Percentage
Decimal
1/2
50%
0.5
  
1/10
10%
 
77
.1
77
1/3
33.33% or 33%
30
.333 or .3
45
3/5
60%
44
 
.6
43
3/3
100%
   
66
   
1 or 1.0
 
55
5/4
125%
   
23
   
1.25
 
21
     
Total score:
10
 
13
 
8–9
 
15
6–7
 
17
4–5
 
15
2–3
 
23
0–1
 
18

Commentary:
Students were successful on simple conversions such as to 10% or .1 . They had difficulty, however, with conversions such as to 125% or 1.25. Roughly one in eight students got them all correct.
 
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