2025 – Year 8 Cycle Test 2

Chapter 3 Revision
Worksheet A

1 Rewrite the following with a denominator of 12.

1 5 24
a 3 ____________ b 6 ____________ c 36

54
40 81
d 72 ____________ e ___________ f
24 108

2 Rewrite the following fractions in simplest form.

5 18 88
a 20 ____________ b 30 ____________ c 56

3 Evaluate the following.

2 4 1 5 1 5
− 3 +1 4 −2
a 3 7 b 2 9 c 4 6

2 4 8 2 7 3
1 ×1 ÷ 1 ÷2
d 5 5 e 3 9 f 8 11
4 Evaluate the following.

5 2 8  1 1  2
− − − + −  −1 − −2 
a 6 7 b 9  6 c 2  3

3 4 11  3  7  1
− ÷ × −  −2 ÷ −1 
d 7 5 e 12  8  f 10  5 

5 Convert the following decimals to fractions in their simplest form.

a 0.225 _______________________ b 3.68

6 Convert the following fractions into decimals by finding an equivalent fraction

whose denominator is a power of 10.

3 87
a 5 _______________________ b 50

7 Calculate:

a 8.3 – 5.42 b 17.09 + 10.6 + 8.523 c 6.35 ÷ 100

d 9.76 × 1000 e 4.28 × 3.9 f 7.476 ÷ 1.2

8 Convert the following fractions to decimals by dividing the numerator by the
denominator.
3 5
a 8 _______________________ b 4 _______________________

9 Express the following fractions as recurring decimals.

2 6
a 9 _______________________ b 11 _______________________

10 Write the following fractions as decimals, correct to two decimal places.

2 7
a 7 _______________________ b 12 _______________________

11 Estimate answers by first rounding each given number to the nearest whole.

a 4.89 – 1.06 + 12.345 b 15.9 × 9.78

c 359.9 ÷ 4.089 d 123.456 – 43.678

12 Estimate answers by first rounding each given number to the one decimal place.

a 3.453 + 6.456 – 7.89 b 12.89 ÷ 0.34

c 145.99 × 1.99 d 145.99 × 19.99
Worksheet B

1 Convert the following percentages to fractions or mixed numbers in their

simplest form.

a 62.5% _______________________ b 375% _______________________

2 Convert the following fractions and mixed numbers into percentages.

4 1
2
a 5 _______________________ b 3

3 Convert the following percentages to decimals.

a 80.9% _______________________ b 164% _______________________

4 Convert the following decimals to percentages.

a 0.732 _______________________ b 4.8 _______________________

5 Express:

a 18 as a percentage of 60 b 70cm as a percentage of 2.5 m

6 Find:

2
66 %
a 3 of 123 b 140% of 75

7 Find the new value when:

a $65 is increased by 20% b $180 is decreased by 45%

8 Find the selling price when a:

a $490 painting is discounted by 30%

b $175 antique chair is marked up by 8%

9 Calculate the percentage change (profit/loss) when:

a $24 becomes $54 b $80 becomes $68

10 If 18% of an amount of money is $36:

a how much is 75% of that amount? b what is the full amount of money?
11 A television has been discounted by 40%. If the sale price was $72, what was the
original price?

12 Morgan incorrectly wrote the length of timber as 45.6 cm instead of 46.5 cm.
Calculate the percentage error in this situation to 2 decimal places.
Chapter 3: Fractions, decimals and percentages

Worksheet A Answers

4 10 8
1 a 12 b 12 c 12
9
d 12
20 9
e 12
f 12

1 3 4
1
2 a 4 b 5 c 7

2 1 5
5 1
3 a 21 b 18 c 12

13 33
2
d 25 e 12 40 f

5 1 1
−1 −1 1
4 a 42 b 18 c 6

15 11 1
− − 2
d 28 e 32 f 4

9 17
3
5 a 40 b 25

6 a 0.6 b 1.74

7 a 2.88 b 36.213 c 0.0635

 d 9760 e 16.692 f 6.23

8 a 0.375 b 1.25

9 a 0. 2 b 0. 54

10 a 0.29 b 0.58

11 a 16 b 160 c 90
d 79

12 a 2.1 b 43 c 292
d 2920
Worksheet B Answers

5 3
3
1 a 8 b 4

1
233 %
2 a 80% b 3

3 a 0.809 b 1.64

4 a 73.2% b 480%

5 a 30% b 28%

6 a 82 b 105

7 a $78 b $99

8 a $343 b $189

9 a 125% profit b 15% loss

10 a $150 b $200

11 $120

12 –1.94% error