0580.C1.4.01 — proper fractions.: past paper questions

Real questions on 0580.c1.4.01 — proper fractions.

The newest 20 of 28 written questions. Open one to see it on the real paper.

1. 0980/11 · October/November 2025 · Q18[2]
   18 Work out $\frac{11}{18}-\frac{2}{9}$. Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
2. 0980/21 · October/November 2025 · Q11[2]
   11 Write $0.\dot{2}\dot{4}$ as a fraction in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
3. 0980/42 · May/June 2025 · Q8[1]
   8 Calculate. $\frac{2.1^2-1.9}{0.5}$See it on the paper →
4. 0980/12 · May/June 2024 · Q8[3]
   8 Jonah has $750. He spends $\frac{1}{4}$ of this money on travel, and some of this money on food. He now has $437.50$ . Work out the fraction of the $750$ he spends on food.See it on the paper →
5. 0980/11 · October/November 2023 · Q2[1]
   2 Write down the value of the 8 in the number 58 317.See it on the paper →
6. 0980/21 · October/November 2023 · Q12[4]
   12 Write $0.4\dot{2}$ as a fraction in its simplest form. You must show all your working.See it on the paper →
7. 0980/12 · May/June 2023 · Q14[4]
   14 **Without using a calculator**, work out $\frac{4}{7}÷1\frac{5}{21}$. You must show all your working and give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
8. 0980/22 · May/June 2023 · Q7[3]
   7 **Without using a calculator**, work out $\frac{4}{7}÷1\frac{5}{21}$. You must show all your working and give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
9. 0980/22 · May/June 2023 · Q22[3]
   22 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form. $$\frac{5}{3x+2}+\frac{4}{2x-1}$$See it on the paper →
10. 0980/11 · October/November 2022 · Q13[2]
    13 **Without using a calculator**, work out $\frac{1}{3}+\frac{5}{6}$. You must show all your working and give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
11. 0980/41 · October/November 2022 · Q2f[2]
    (f) Write $0.3\dot{7}$ as a fraction. You must show all your working.See it on the paper →
12. 0980/32 · May/June 2022 · Q1a(ii)[1]
    Antonio has a shop near the beach. (ii) 15 of the ice creams he sells on Friday are vanilla. Work out the fraction of ice creams he sells on Friday that are vanilla. Give your answer in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
13. 0980/42 · May/June 2022 · Q1d[1]
    (d) Write $0.\dot{2}\dot{7}$ as a fraction.See it on the paper →
14. 0980/21 · October/November 2021 · Q7[3]
    7 Without using a calculator, work out $1\frac{5}{6}+\frac{2}{5}$. You must show all your working and give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
15. 0980/31 · October/November 2021 · Q3f(ii)[2]
    360 people go on a school trip to one of four places. Some of the information is shown in the table. | | Adventure park | Botanic gardens | Wildlife centre | Red castle | Total | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Boys | 65 | 12 | | 36 | | | Girls | | 9 | 62 | | 163 | | Staff | 15 | 3 | | | 37 | | Total | 144 | 24 | 121 | 71...See it on the paper →
16. 0980/12 · May/June 2021 · Q18[3]
    18 **Without using a calculator**, work out $\frac{2}{3}÷1\frac{3}{7}$. You must show all your working and give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
17. 0980/22 · May/June 2021 · Q11[1]
    11 Write $0.\dot{0}\dot{4}$ as a fraction in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
18. 0980/32 · May/June 2021 · Q4a[1]
    (a) Put a ring around the fraction that is equivalent to $\frac{7}{12}$. $\frac{35}{62}$ $\frac{20}{36}$ $\frac{49}{84}$ $\frac{82}{144}$ $\frac{64}{110}$See it on the paper →
19. 0980/32 · May/June 2021 · Q4c[1]
    (c) Write $0.724$ as a fraction in its simplest form.See it on the paper →
20. 0980/32 · May/June 2021 · Q4e[3]
    (e) Ruth uses three-quarters of a bag of flour to make one cake. Work out the number of bags of flour she needs to buy to make 7 cakes.See it on the paper →

What examiners said

This question was answered very well. Only a small minority did not score. A few candidates did not give the exact answer and rounded to 5 or 5.0, which is not an acceptable answer when the value is exact.

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0980/42 Q8 (Cambridge)

Very few candidates had difficulty with this question. Most recognised that the 8 had a value of 8000 and gave a correct answer in figures or in words. A tiny minority gave an incorrect place value, usually either tens, hundreds or thousandths.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0980/11 Q2 (Cambridge)

Many good responses were seen for this question. Most responses correctly converted the mixed number to an improper fraction and many went on to show the correct method for the division of fractions. Some responses confused the two methods of invert and multiply and division with a common denominator. Some who had a fully correct method did not simplify their answer.

— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0980/12 Q14 (Cambridge)