diff --git a/question/type/multianswer/questiontype.php b/question/type/multianswer/questiontype.php
index a1f01f5554f..325aff85da0 100644
--- a/question/type/multianswer/questiontype.php
+++ b/question/type/multianswer/questiontype.php
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class qtype_multianswer extends question_type {
 
 // ANSWER_ALTERNATIVE regexes.
 define('ANSWER_ALTERNATIVE_FRACTION_REGEX',
-       '=|%(-?[0-9]+)%');
+       '=|%(-?[0-9]+(?:[.,][0-9]*)?)%');
 // For the syntax '(?<!' see http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlre.html#item_C.
 define('ANSWER_ALTERNATIVE_ANSWER_REGEX',
         '.+?(?<!\\\\|&|&amp;)(?=[~#}]|$)');
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ function qtype_multianswer_extract_question($text) {
             if ('=' == $altregs[ANSWER_ALTERNATIVE_REGEX_FRACTION]) {
                 $wrapped->fraction["{$answerindex}"] = '1';
             } else if ($percentile = $altregs[ANSWER_ALTERNATIVE_REGEX_PERCENTILE_FRACTION]) {
-                $wrapped->fraction["{$answerindex}"] = .01 * $percentile;
+                // Accept either decimal place character.
+                $wrapped->fraction["{$answerindex}"] = .01 * str_replace(',', '.', $percentile);
                 $hasspecificfraction = true;
             } else {
                 $wrapped->fraction["{$answerindex}"] = '0';
diff --git a/question/type/multianswer/tests/questiontype_test.php b/question/type/multianswer/tests/questiontype_test.php
index c1d46a5fe91..e06c2e9f336 100644
--- a/question/type/multianswer/tests/questiontype_test.php
+++ b/question/type/multianswer/tests/questiontype_test.php
@@ -298,11 +298,10 @@ class qtype_multianswer_test extends advanced_testcase {
             }
         }
     }
+
     /**
      *  Verify that the multiplechoice variants parameters are correctly interpreted from
      *  the question text
-     *
-     *
      */
     public function test_questiontext_extraction_of_multiplechoice_subquestions_variants() {
         $questiontext = array();
@@ -310,18 +309,18 @@ class qtype_multianswer_test extends advanced_testcase {
         $questiontext['itemid'] = '';
         $questiontext['text'] = '<p>Match the following cities with the correct state:</p>
             <ul>
-            <li>1 San Francisco:{1:MULTICHOICE:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
-            <li>2 Tucson:{1:MC:%0%California#Wrong~=Arizona#OK}</li>
-            <li>3 Los Angeles:{1:MULTICHOICE_S:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
-            <li>4 Phoenix:{1:MCS:%0%California#Wrong~=Arizona#OK}</li>
-            <li>5 San Francisco:{1:MULTICHOICE_H:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
-            <li>6 Tucson:{1:MCH:%0%California#Wrong~=Arizona#OK}</li>
-            <li>7 Los Angeles:{1:MULTICHOICE_HS:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
-            <li>8 Phoenix:{1:MCHS:%0%California#Wrong~=Arizona#OK}</li>
-            <li>9 San Francisco:{1:MULTICHOICE_V:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
-            <li>10 Tucson:{1:MCV:%0%California#Wrong~=Arizona#OK}</li>
-            <li>11 Los Angeles:{1:MULTICHOICE_VS:=California#OK~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
-            <li>12 Phoenix:{1:MCVS:%0%California#Wrong~=Arizona#OK}</li>
+            <li>1 San Francisco:{1:MULTICHOICE:=California#OK~%33.33333%Ohio#Not really~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
+            <li>2 Tucson:{1:MC:%0%California#Wrong~%33,33333%Ohio#Not really~=Arizona#OK}</li>
+            <li>3 Los Angeles:{1:MULTICHOICE_S:=California#OK~%33.33333%Ohio#Not really~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
+            <li>4 Phoenix:{1:MCS:%0%California#Wrong~%33,33333%Ohio#Not really~=Arizona#OK}</li>
+            <li>5 San Francisco:{1:MULTICHOICE_H:=California#OK~%33.33333%Ohio#Not really~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
+            <li>6 Tucson:{1:MCH:%0%California#Wrong~%33,33333%Ohio#Not really~=Arizona#OK}</li>
+            <li>7 Los Angeles:{1:MULTICHOICE_HS:=California#OK~%33.33333%Ohio#Not really~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
+            <li>8 Phoenix:{1:MCHS:%0%California#Wrong~%33,33333%Ohio#Not really~=Arizona#OK}</li>
+            <li>9 San Francisco:{1:MULTICHOICE_V:=California#OK~%33.33333%Ohio#Not really~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
+            <li>10 Tucson:{1:MCV:%0%California#Wrong~%33,33333%Ohio#Not really~=Arizona#OK}</li>
+            <li>11 Los Angeles:{1:MULTICHOICE_VS:=California#OK~%33.33333%Ohio#Not really~Arizona#Wrong}</li>
+            <li>12 Phoenix:{1:MCVS:%0%California#Wrong~%33,33333%Ohio#Not really~=Arizona#OK}</li>
             </ul>';
 
         $q = qtype_multianswer_extract_question($questiontext);
@@ -339,6 +338,16 @@ class qtype_multianswer_test extends advanced_testcase {
             } else if ($key == 9 || $key == 10 || $key == 11 || $key == 12) {
                 $this->assertSame($sub->layout, qtype_multichoice_base::LAYOUT_VERTICAL);
             }
+            foreach ($sub->feedback as $key => $feedback) {
+                if ($feedback['text'] === 'OK') {
+                    $this->assertEquals(1, $sub->fraction[$key]);
+                } else if ($feedback['text'] === 'Wrong') {
+                    $this->assertEquals(0, $sub->fraction[$key]);
+                } else {
+                    $this->assertEquals('Not really', $feedback['text']);
+                    $this->assertEquals(0.3333333, $sub->fraction[$key]);
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }