CBSE Class 5 Maths MCQs Chapter 4 Parts and Wholes

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Class 5 Maths “Parts and Wholes” MCQs usually cover topics like fractions, how shapes are divided into parts (such as grids and circles), and how to compare different fractions. Students often see pictures where some parts are shaded, and they have to write the fraction for the shaded or unshaded part. The chapter also includes basic ideas of decimals and percentages. Questions may ask students to find equivalent fractions, add simple fractions like 1/2 + 1/4, or identify what part of a shape is coloured.

Class 5 Maths Chapter 4 MCQs Question with Solutions

Question: If a whole is divided into 4 equal parts, each part is called:

• a) One-fourth
• b) One-third
• c) One-half
• d) One-whole

Answer: a) One-fourth

Explanation: 1 whole ÷ 4 = ¼.

Question: Which fraction is bigger?

• a) 1/2
• b) 1/4

Answer: a) 1/2

Explanation: Half is more than one-fourth.

Question:  A circle is divided into 8 equal parts. If 3 parts are shaded, the fraction is:

• a) 3/8
• b) 5/8
• c) 8/3
• d) 1/3

Answer: a) 3/8

Explanation: Shaded/Total = 3/8.

Question: What is 1/2 + 1/4 ?

• a) 2/4
• b) 3/4
• c) 1/6
• d) 1

Answer: b) 3/4

Explanation: 1/2 = 2/4; 2/4 + 1/4 = ¾.

Question: Which of the following is an equivalent fraction of 1/2?

• a) 2/4
• b) 1/4
• c) 3/4
• d) 4/8

Answer: a) 2/4 and d) 4/8

Explanation: 1/2 = 2/4 = 4/8.

Question:  25% is equal to which fraction?

• a) 1/2
• b) 1/3
• c) 1/4
• d) 3/4

Answer: c) 1/4

Explanation: 25% = 25/100 = 1/4.

Question: How many halves make one whole?

• a) 1
• b) 2
• c) 3
• d) 4

Answer: b) 2

Question: What fraction of 10 is 5?

• a) 1/2
• b) 1/4
• c) 3/4
• d) 2/5

Answer: a) 1/2

Explanation: 5/10 = 1/2.

Question: A square is divided into 16 equal parts. If 8 parts are shaded, the fraction is:

• a) 8/16
• b) 1/4
• c) 1
• d) 4/8

Answer: a) 8/16

Explanation: 8 shaded out of 16 = 8/16 = ½.

Question: Which is the smallest fraction?

• a) 1/2
• b) 1/3
• c) 1/4
• d) 1/5

Answer: d) 1/5

Explanation: More equal parts means each part is smaller.

Question: 50% is same as:

• a) 1/4
• b) 1/2
• c) 3/4
• d) 1/5

Answer: b) 1/2

Question: If 6 parts out of 10 are coloured, the fraction is:

• a) 6/10
• b) 3/5
• c) Both a and b

Answer: c) Both a and b

Explanation: 6/10 reduces to 3/5.

Question: Which of these is a proper fraction?

• a) 5/3
• b) 3/3
• c) 2/3
• d) 4/2

Answer: c) 2/3

Explanation: A proper fraction is less than 1.

Question: Convert 0.5 to a fraction:

• a) 5/10
• b) 1/2
• c) Both a and b

Answer: c) Both a and b

Explanation: 0.5 = 5/10 = 1/2.

Question: 3/4 means:

• a) 3 parts out of 4
• b) 4 parts out of 3
• c) 3 wholes
• d) 1/3

Answer: a) 3 parts out of 4

Question: If a recipe needs 1/4 cup sugar and we double it, how much do we need?

• a) 1/2
• b) 3/4
• c) 1
• d) 2

Answer: a) 1/2

Question: Which is equal to 10/20?

• a) 1/2
• b) 2/3
• c) 3/4
• d) 5/20

Answer: a) 1/2

Explanation: 10/20 reduces to 1/2.

Question: 75% is equal to:

• a) 1/2
• b) 3/4
• c) 1/4
• d) 7/5

Answer: b) 3/4

Explanation: 75/100 = 3/4.

Question: 4/8 is equal to:

• a) 1/4
• b) 1/2
• c) 3/4
• d) 1/3

Answer: b) 1/2

Question: Which fraction is the largest?

• a) 1/10
• b) 1/6
• c) 1/4
• d) 1/2

Answer: d) 1/2

Question: A pizza is cut into 6 equal slices. If Riya eats 2 slices, she ate:

• a) 1/6
• b) 2/6
• c) 1/3
• d) Both b and c

Answer: d) Both b and c

Explanation: 2/6 = 1/3.

Question: 20% of a whole is:

• a) 1/5
• b) 1/4
• c) 1/3
• d) 2/5

Answer: a) 1/5

Question: Which fraction shows 12 out of 100?

• a) 12/10
• b) 12/100
• c) 1/2
• d) 10/12

Answer: b) 12/100

• Add: 1/10 + 2/10 = ?

• a) 3/10
• b) 1/2
• c) 2/20
• d) 10/3

Answer: a) 3/10

Question:  What is the denominator in 7/9?

• a) 7
• b) 9
• c) 16
• d) None
• Answer: b) 9

Question: Which is a mixed number?

• a) 5/4
• b) 1 1/2
• c) 7/7
• d) 3/5
• Answer: b) 1 1/2

Question: Which decimal is equal to 1/10?

• a) 1.0
• b) 0.1
• c) 0.01
• d) 10.1
• Answer: b) 0.1

Question: 40% is equal to:

• a) 2/5
• b) 1/4
• c) 1/5
• d) 4/10

• Answer: a) 2/5 and d) 4/10

Explanation: 40/100 = 4/10 = 2/5.

Question: Which of these shows the whole shaded?

• a) 1/2
• b) 3/4
• c) 4/4
• d) 2/3

• Answer: c) 4/4

Explanation: 4/4 = 1 whole.

Question: If 9/12 is simplified, we get:

• a) 3/4
• b) 1/2
• c) 2/3
• d) 1/9

• Answer: c) 2/3

Explanation: Divide numerator and denominator by 3.

Question: Which is the correct fraction for “3 parts coloured out of 5”?

• a) 3/5
• b) 5/3
• c) 1/3
• d) 2/5
• Answer: a) 3/5

Question: 0.25 is equal to:

• a) 1/2
• b) 1/4
• c) 3/4
• d) 2/4

• Answer: b) 1/4

Explanation: 0.25 = 1/4.

Question: Add: 1/4 + 1/4 = ?

• a) 2/4
• b) 1/2
• c) Both a and b

• Answer: c) Both a and b

Explanation: 2/4 = 1/2.

Question: Which fraction is greater?

• a) 2/3
• b) 3/4
• Answer: b) 3/4

Question: A tank is filled up to 50%. What fraction is filled?

• a) 1/4
• b) 1/2
• c) 2/3
• d) 3/4
• Answer: b) 1/2

Question: 15/30 = ?

• a) 1/2
• b) 1/3
• c) 1/4
• d) 2/3
• Answer: a) 1/2

Question: How many quarters make one whole?

• a) 2
• b) 3
• c) 4
• d) 5
• Answer: c) 4

Question: 10% is equal to:

• a) 1/10
• b) 1/5
• c) 1/2
• d) 1/100

• Answer: a) 1/10

Explanation: 10/100 = 1/10.

Question: Which is the correct comparison?

• a) 1/3 > 1/2
• b) 1/2 > 1/3
• c) Both are equal
• Answer: b) 1/2 > 1/3

Question: If 2 out of 8 squares are shaded, the simplified fraction is:

• a) 2/8
• b) 1/4
• c) 1/2
• d) 4/8

• Answer: b) 1/4

Explanation: 2/8 reduces to 1/4.

Question: 5/5 is equal to:

• a) 0
• b) 1
• c) 5
• d) 1/5

• Answer: b) 1

Explanation: 5/5 is one whole.

Question: 0.75 is equal to:

• a) 3/4
• b) 1/2
• c) 1/4
• d) 7/10

• Answer: a) 3/4

Explanation: 0.75 = 75/100 = 3/4.

Question: Which is a unit fraction?

• a) 2/5
• b) 1/6
• c) 3/4
• d) 5/5

• Answer: b) 1/6

Explanation: A unit fraction has 1 as the numerator.

Question: Shade 60% of a square means shading:

• a) 6 out of 10 parts
• b) 3 out of 5 parts
• c) Both a and b

• Answer: c) Both a and b

Explanation: 6/10 and 3/5 both show 60%.

Question: Which is equal to 9/9?

• a) 1
• b) 9
• c) 3/2
• d) 1/9

• Answer: a) 1

Explanation: 9/9 = 1 whole.