Mastering Fractions & Percentages: 5th Grade Challenge

A pizza was cut into 8 equal slices. If Sarah ate 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza did she eat? What percentage of the pizza is that?

• 2/8, 25%

• Fraction: 3/8, Percentage: 37.5%

• 5/8, 62.5%

• 1/4, 25%

A store is having a sale where 25% off is applied to all items. If a shirt costs $40, how much will you save?

• $5

• $10

• $20

• $15

Tom has 3/4 of a yard of fabric. He uses 1/2 of it to make a pillow. How much fabric does he have left in fractions and as a decimal?

• 1/2 yards and 0.5

• 1/4 yards and 0.25

• 5/8 yards and 0.625

• 3/8 yards and 0.375

In a class of 30 students, 60% are girls. How many girls are in the class?

• 24

• 15

• 18

• 12

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make half of the recipe, how much sugar do you need in fractions and as a decimal?

• 1/4 cup (0.25)

• 2/3 cup (0.667)

• 1/2 cup (0.5)

• 1/3 cup (0.333)

A book is 120 pages long. If you read 1/4 of the book, how many pages have you read? What percentage of the book is that?

• 40 pages, 30%

• 50 pages, 40%

• 20 pages, 15%

• 30 pages, 25%

Lily scored 85% on her math test. If the test had 40 questions, how many questions did she answer correctly?

• 34

• 30

• 40

• 25

A fruit basket contains 12 apples and 8 oranges. What fraction of the fruits are apples? What percentage of the fruits are oranges?

• Fraction of apples: 2/5; Percentage of oranges: 60%.

• Fraction of apples: 3/5; Percentage of oranges: 40%.

• Fraction of apples: 4/5; Percentage of oranges: 20%.

• Fraction of apples: 1/2; Percentage of oranges: 50%.

A car travels 150 miles on 3/4 of a tank of gas. How many miles can it travel on a full tank?

• 150 miles

• 200 miles

• 220 miles

• 180 miles

In a school, 1/5 of the students are in the band. If there are 200 students, how many students are in the band? What percentage of the students is that?

• 30 students, 15% of the students

• 50 students, 25% of the students

• 40 students, 20% of the students

• 20 students, 10% of the students