A Peek Beyond the Point — Quiz

Q1. Ravi reads on a ruler that the length is 34 one-tenths. What is the same length in mixed form?

• A. 3 and 4/10
• B. 34 and 1/10
• C. 4 and 3/10
• D. 34 and 10/10

Q2. How is the improper fraction 41/10 read aloud, according to of Ganita Prakash?

• A. Forty-one and one-tenth
• B. Forty and one-tenth
• C. Forty-one tenths or forty-one one-tenths
• D. Four point one

Q3. Arrange these lengths in increasing order: 4 1/10, 4/10, 41/10, 41 1/10.

• A. 4/10, 41/10, 4 1/10, 41 1/10
• B. 4/10, 4 1/10, 41/10, 41 1/10
• C. 4 1/10, 4/10, 41/10, 41 1/10
• D. 41 1/10, 41/10, 4 1/10, 4/10

Q4. On the scale a length is marked as 1 + 1/10 + 4/100 units. Which of these expressions represents the same length?

• A. 11/4
• B. 1 14/100
• C. 1.14 only and not in fractional form
• D. 114/10

Q5. Three different meanings of '705'. Which of these meanings corresponds to the decimal form 70.5?

• A. 7 hundreds, 0 tens and 5 ones
• B. 7 tens, 0 units and 5 tenths
• C. 7 units, 0 tenths and 5 hundredths
• D. 7 ones and 5 thousandths

Q6. Following the place-value method the decimal form of '2 ones, 3 tenths and 5 hundredths' is

• A. 23.5
• B. 0.235
• C. 2.35
• D. 2.305

Q7. Priya measures a pencil as 5.6 cm. Using the rule that 1 cm equals 10 mm, this length in millimetres is

• A. 56 mm
• B. 5.6 mm
• C. 60 mm
• D. 5060 mm

Q8. Since 1 m equals 100 cm, what is 15 cm written as a fraction of a metre, in decimal form?

• A. 1.5 m
• B. 15.0 m
• C. 0.015 m
• D. 0.15 m

Q9. Using the rule 1 paisa equals 1/100 rupee, what is 75 paise written in rupees as a decimal?

• A. Rs 7.5
• B. Rs 0.075
• C. Rs 0.75
• D. Rs 75.0

Q10. Asks: which decimal number is greater — 1.23 or 1.32?

• A. 1.23 is greater
• B. Both are equal
• C. 1.32 is greater
• D. Cannot be compared because both have decimals

Q11. Zara writes 0.2, 0.02 and 0.002 on the board and says all three are equal. Which of the following is correct?

• A. All three are equal because each starts with zero
• B. Only the first two are equal
• C. All three are different
• D. 0.02 and 0.002 are equal

Q12. Find the sum 29.19 + 9.91, using the column method on

• A. 38.10
• B. 39.10
• C. 38.20
• D. 39.20

Q13. Find the difference 17 - 16.198 using the column method on

• A. 0.802
• B. 1.198
• C. 0.198
• D. 0.812

Q14. Question 16(c) asks for the decimal form of 1/4. The correct decimal is

• A. 0.4
• B. 0.14
• C. 0.25
• D. 0.025

Q15. Question 16(d) asks for the decimal form of 3/4. The correct decimal is

• A. 0.75
• B. 0.34
• C. 0.43
• D. 0.075