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    Worksheet 14: Decimal Fractions

    Grade 8 Mathematics

    1. Fill in <, > or = for each of the following to make the statements true:

    a) 0,03 ________ 0,3 b) 4,15 ________ 4,51

    c) 0,562 ________ 0,561 d) 0,10 ________ 0,1

    e) 0,38 ________ 0,038 f) 3,86 ________ 3,861

    g) 0,08 ________ 0,080 h) ________ 0,3

    i) 0,3 ________ j) ________ 0,5

    2. Complete the following table by filling in the missing value appropriately:

    Number Round off to 1 decimal place Round off to 2 decimal places


    0,129
    2,583
    0,251
    1,072
    0,806
    1,995
    1,927
    2,117
    0,998
    1,613

    3. Do the following calculations without using your calculator:

    a) b) c)

    d) e) f)
    g) h) √ i) ( )

    j) k) l)

    m) n) ( ) o) √

    p) ( ) q) r)

    s) t) u) √

    4. Complete the table by filling in the missing values:

    Common Fraction in Simplest


    Percentage Decimal
    Form

    460%
    0,128

    1,5
    63,5%

    5. Mrs Ngwenya sets a test out of 46.

    a) What percentage did each of the following children get if their marks are given:

    i) Gwen 14 ii) Andiswa 27

    iii) Zanele 38 iv) Lesley 45

    v) Stacey 18

    b) What mark did these students get for their test if they got the following percentages:

    i) Ayanda 82% ii) Anele 39%

    iii) Marisa 63% iv) Mandla 56%

    v) Sizani 28%
    6. Sihle buys 5,748kg of potatoes, 0,53kg of onions, 0,776kg of cauliflower, 0,472kg of chicken,
    0,518kg of rice, 3,42kg of pap, 1,472kg of carrots and 2,704kg of meat.

    a) How much do Sihle’s groceries weigh?

    b) How much heavier are the potatoes than the pap?

    c) If it costs R39.99 per kg for the chicken, how did Sihle’s chicken cost?

    d) If each carrot weighs on average 0,012kg, how many carrots did Sihle buy?

    7. Zikhali spends of his pocket money on chewing gum, 0,546 of his pocket money on a pair
    of shoes and 28% of his pocket money on a present for his mom.

    a) What did Zikhali spend the most pocket money on?

    b) How much of his pocket money has Zikhali spent if he gets R300 for pocket money?

    c) How much pocket money does Zikhali have left?

    d) If Zikhali saves the rest of his pocket money, what percentage of pocket money did he
    save?

    8. Grace has 5m of grey ribbon. She cuts the ribbon into 0,03m pieces.

    a) How many pieces of ribbon will Grace have and how much ribbon will be left over?

    b) If Grace has white matching pieces for each grey ribbon that are 0,065m in length,
    how long was the white ribbon before Grace cut it up?

    9. Eloise is tiling her kitchen. She has a total of 12m2 to tile. Her tiles are 0,3m in length and
    0,7m in width.

    a) What area does one tile cover?

    b) How many tiles would Eloise need to purchase for her kitchen?

    c) If the tile company advises her to purchase an extra 15%, how many m2 of tiles should
    Eloise purchase? And how many tiles would this be?

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