Multiplying fractions: GCSE and IGCSE Maths Practice
Operations with Fractions
Multiplying fractions
45 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE practice questions on Multiplying fractions, written specifically for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Instant marking with full worked solutions on every question.
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Question 12 marksGrade 3-4
Work out 32×83
What are the common mistakes in Multiplying fractions?
When a pupil makes one of these on Revision Workshop, the marking engine names the mistake and explains it, instead of just marking the answer wrong.
Adds the numerators and denominators of two fractions instead of multiplying them
Adds the numerators (3+2=5) and denominators (4+5=9) to get 5/9, instead of multiplying across to get 3/10.
Uses addition where the correct operation was multiplication
Added the two fractions (finding a common denominator) instead of multiplying them - "of" means multiply, not add
Cross-multiplies fractions where this was not the appropriate method
Cross-multiplied (as if dividing) instead of multiplying straight across: numerator times numerator, denominator times denominator
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There are 45 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Multiplying fractions, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.
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. Give your answer in its simplest form.
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Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators: 3×82×3=246M1
246=1/4 in its simplest form A1
Question 22 marksGrade 3-4
43 of a class are right-handed. 52 of the right-handed pupils wear glasses. What fraction of the whole class are right-handed pupils who wear glasses?
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Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators: 43×52=206
Question 32 marksGrade 3-4
74 of the pupils in a school walk to school. 21 of those who walk also sometimes cycle. What fraction of the whole school sometimes cycle?
Question 42 marksGrade 4-5
A water tank is 32 full. 53 of the water in the tank is used for irrigation. What fraction of the whole tank's capacity was used?
Question 52 marksGrade 4-5
97 of a school's pupils walk to school. 73 of those who walk also sometimes cycle. What fraction of the whole school sometimes cycle (among those who walk)?
Question 61 markGrade 5-6
ba=3, where a is an integer and b is a proper fraction.
Work out one possible pair of values of a and b.