Grade 4 · Math · Unit 10 of 16
Fractions, Decimals & Percent
One amount, three ways to write it
What your child practises
The same part of a whole can be written as a fraction (35/100), a decimal (0.35) or a percent (35%). Children learn that percent means out of 100 and link tenths and hundredths to decimals.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 4N5.2, 4N6.1 · converting between fractions with tenths and hundredths, decimals, and percent
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Write 0.63 as a percent.
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63 %
Hint: Move the decimal point two places to the right: 0.01 is 1%.
Question 2
Which one is the greatest?
- 85%
- 0.95
- 70/100
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0.95
Hint: Write each one as a number out of 100, then compare.
Question 3
Write 6/10 as a decimal.
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0.6
Hint: Tenths: 1/10 is 0.1.
Question 4
Which fraction is the same as 30%?
- 3/5
- 3/4
- 2/5
- 3/10
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3/10
Hint: 30% is 30/100. Share the top and bottom by the same number to get 3/10.
Question 5
Which decimal is the same as 50%?
- 50
- 0.05
- 5
- 0.5
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0.5
Hint: 50% is 50 out of 100, or 0.5.
Question 6
What percent is the same as 28/100?
- 28%
- 2.8%
- 82%
- 72%
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28%
Hint: Percent means out of 100, so 100 parts becomes 100%.