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4024/12 Oct/Nov 2023, Question 3: Converting Fractions to Decimals

Cambridge O Level Mathematics 4024 · Paper 12 (Non-calculator) · Non-calculator · 3 marks

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The question, in short

Three short arithmetic tasks: find a midpoint between a fraction and a percentage, round a decimal, and evaluate a cube root.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

Find the decimal value exactly halfway between 3/5 and 68%.

  1. 13/5 = 0.6 and 68% = 0.68
  2. 2(0.6 + 0.68) ÷ 2 = 0.64

Answer0.64

Part (b) · 1 mark

Write 4.073 82 rounded to 3 decimal places.

  1. 14.073|82: next digit 8 rounds up
  2. 24.074

Answer4.074

Part (c) · 1 mark

Evaluate the cube root of 64.

  1. 14 × 4 × 4 = 64
  2. 2∛64 = 4

Answer4

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