Fractions: Master the Basics for Year 6 Maths

Question 1

Which fraction is different from the others?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

4/6

Answer

8/12

Answer

6/9

Question 2

A rectangular garden measures 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. A flower bed within the garden measures 2 feet by 3 feet. What fraction of the garden's area does the flower bed cover?

Accepted Answer

3/25

Answer

1/10

Answer

1/5

Question 3

You have a delicious pizza cut into 8 equal slices. You eat 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza have you eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/8

Answer

5/8

Answer

8/3

Question 4

Which fraction is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/5

Question 5

Which fraction shows 3 out of 8 equal parts?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

3/4

Answer

5/8

Answer

7/8

Question 6

Which of these is NOT a proper fraction?

Accepted Answer

3/3

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/5

Answer

4/7

Question 7

Which of these options shows a fraction equal to 1/2?

Accepted Answer

2/4

Answer

1/4

Answer

3/4

Answer

4/4

Question 8

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3 slices, what part of the pizza have you eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/8

Answer

1/4

Answer

6/8

Question 9

Which fraction is the largest?

Accepted Answer

4/9

Answer

1/3

Answer

2/5

Answer

3/7

Question 10

Which fraction is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/4

Answer

1

Question 11

Add the following fractions: 1/2 + 1/4

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

1

Question 12

Subtract the following fractions: 3/4 - 1/2

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/4

Answer

1

Question 13

Which of these is a mixed number?

Accepted Answer

1 1/2

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/4

Answer

3/7

Question 14

Which of the following fractions is greater than 1?

Accepted Answer

1 1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/4

Answer

5/8

Question 15

Which fraction is equivalent to 2/5?

Accepted Answer

4/10

Answer

1/4

Answer

3/10

Answer

1/2

Question 16

Compare the fractions 1/2 and 3/4.

Accepted Answer

3/4 is greater than 1/2

Answer

1/2 is greater than 3/4

Answer

They are equal

Question 17

Order the fractions 1/3, 1/2, and 2/3 from smallest to largest.

Accepted Answer

1/3, 1/2, 2/3

Answer

1/2, 1/3, 2/3

Answer

2/3, 1/3, 1/2

Question 18

Add the fractions 1/4 and 1/2.

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/6

Answer

5/4

Question 19

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. Sarah eats 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza has Sarah eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

3/5

Answer

5/8

Question 20

Arrange the following fractions in order from smallest to largest: 1/3, 1/4, 1/2

Accepted Answer

1/3, 1/4, 1/2

Answer

1/4, 1/3, 1/2

Answer

1/2, 1/4, 1/3

Answer

1/2, 1/3, 1/4

Question 21

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza have you eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/8

Answer

2/8

Answer

4/8

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a proper fraction?

Accepted Answer

5/5

Answer

1/3

Answer

3/4

Answer

7/8

Question 23

Simplify the fraction 12/36.

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

2/6

Answer

3/9

Answer

4/12

Question 24

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If Maria eats 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza has she eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/8

Answer

2/8

Answer

4/8

Question 25

Which of the following is a mixed number?

Accepted Answer

3 and 1/2

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/3

Answer

4/5

Question 26

Find the reciprocal of the fraction 3/5:

Accepted Answer

5/3

Answer

3/5

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/5

Question 27

A bag of marbles contains 1/2 red marbles, 1/4 blue marbles, and the rest are green marbles. What fraction of the marbles are green?

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

1

Question 28

Which of these fractions is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/5

Question 29

What is the total when you add a half and a quarter?

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/8

Question 30

What fraction is the same as 25 percent?

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

1/5

Answer

1/6

Answer

1/8

Question 31

What is the answer when you divide three-fifths by two-thirds?

Accepted Answer

5/6

Answer

3/10

Answer

6/10

Answer

9/10

Question 32

What is the opposite of two-thirds?

Accepted Answer

Three-halves

Answer

Two-thirds

Answer

One-sixth

Answer

Three-quarters

Question 33

Which of these is a mixed number?

Accepted Answer

Two and one-third

Answer

Half

Answer

Three-quarters

Answer

Five-sixths

Question 34

What is the fraction that is the same as one and a half?

Accepted Answer

Three-halves

Answer

Two-thirds

Answer

Three-quarters

Answer

Four-thirds

Question 35

What is half plus a quarter plus an eighth?

Accepted Answer

One

Answer

One-third

Answer

Half

Answer

Three-quarters

Question 36

Which fraction is equal to 2/4?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

2/8

Answer

3/6

Answer

4/8

Question 37

Compare the fractions 1/3 and 1/4. Which fraction is larger?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Answer

They are equal

Question 38

Add the fractions 1/2 and 1/4. What is the result?

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/8

Question 39

Subtract the fraction 1/3 from 1/2. What is the difference?

Accepted Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

1/5

Answer

2/3

Question 40

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If I eat 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza have I eaten?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

4/8

Answer

5/8

Answer

6/8

Question 41

Which of the following fractions is greater than 1?

Accepted Answer

9/10

Answer

3/4

Answer

5/6

Answer

7/8

Question 42

Simplify the fraction 6/12. What is the simplest form?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

2/6

Answer

3/4

Answer

4/6

Question 43

Which mixed number is equivalent to the fraction 5/2?

Accepted Answer

2 1/2

Answer

1 1/2

Answer

3 1/2

Answer

4 1/2

Question 44

Subtract 1/3 from 1.

Accepted Answer

2/3

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/3

Answer

2/6

Question 45

Express the fraction 3/8 as a decimal.

Accepted Answer

0.375

Answer

0.5

Answer

0.75

Answer

1

Question 46

A farmer owns 1/2 of an acre of land. He plants 1/4 of the land with wheat. What fraction of the land is planted with wheat?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/4

Question 47

Which fraction is greater: 1/4 or 3/8?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/4

Answer

They are equal

Question 48

Which of the following is a mixed number?

Accepted Answer

1 1/2

Answer

1/3

Answer

2/5

Answer

3/4

Question 49

What is the fraction form of half?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

1/5

Answer

2/5

Answer

5/10

Question 50

Which fraction is shown in the image: [Insert image of a fraction circle with 1/3 shaded]?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/3

Question 51

Which of the following is NOT a step to simplify a fraction?

Accepted Answer

Multiplying both the numerator and denominator by the same number

Answer

Finding common factors

Answer

Dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number

Answer

Putting the fraction in its lowest terms

Question 52

How can the fractions 1/2 and 2/4 represent the same value?

Accepted Answer

Both 1/2 and 2/4 represent half of a whole.

Answer

1/2 is greater than 2/4.

Answer

1/2 is smaller than 2/4.

Answer

1/2 and 2/4 cannot be equal because they have different numerators.

Question 53

Add these fractions: 1/2 + 1/4. Remember that when adding fractions with the same denominator, you can add the numerators and keep the denominator.

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/6

Answer

3/8

Question 54

What is the best estimate of 7/12? Estimating means finding a number that is close to the actual value.

Accepted Answer

0.70

Answer

0.50

Answer

0.60

Answer

0.80

Question 55

What is the difference between three fifths and one tenth?

Accepted Answer

Two fifths

Answer

One fifth

Answer

Three fifths

Answer

Four fifths

Question 56

Which fraction represents three out of eight?

Accepted Answer

Three eighths

Answer

Three fourths

Answer

Three sixths

Answer

Four eighths

Question 57

What is the simplest form of six twelfths?

Accepted Answer

One half

Answer

Two thirds

Answer

Three fourths

Answer

Four fifths

Question 58

Which of the following is equivalent to the fraction 3/5?

Accepted Answer

6/10

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/3

Answer

4/7

Question 59

Order the fractions from smallest to largest: 1/3, 1/2, 1/6

Accepted Answer

1/6, 1/3, 1/2

Answer

1/2, 1/3, 1/6

Answer

1/3, 1/6, 1/2

Answer

1/6, 1/2, 1/3

Question 60

Which of the following is NOT a fraction?

Accepted Answer

0.5

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/4

Answer

5/10

Question 61

Which fraction is **not** equivalent to 1/2?

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

2/4

Answer

3/6

Answer

4/8

Question 62

What is the sum of 1/2 and 1/4?

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/8

Answer

5/4

Answer

1/2

Question 63

What is the simplest form of the fraction 6/12?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

4/8

Answer

2/6

Answer

3/4

Question 64

Which fraction represents the shaded part of the image below? [Image of a circle divided into 8 equal parts, with 3 parts shaded]

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Answer

2/8