Ratio
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Solve the problems below.
1. A bag of balloons was shared among Jack, Louis and Nick in the ratio
3:5:6.
(a) Express Jack's share as a fraction of Louis' share.
(b) What is Nick's share as a fraction of the total?
2. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 4:5. If there are 276 boys, find
the total number of students in the school?
3. The ratio of men to women in a food court is 4:3. The ratio of women to
children is 5:2. If there are 24 children, how many men are there?
4. The ratio of Nigel's savings to Kimberly's is 9:11. If Kimberly has $132,
how much do they have altogether?
5. The ratio of the sides of a triangle is 2:4:7. If the perimeter of the
triangle is 66.3cm, what is the length of the longest side?
6. A packet of instant coffee contains coffee powder, sugar and creamer in
the ratio 1:2:4. If the packet weighs 21.7g, how much sugar is there?
7. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5:6 and there are 3 more girls than
boys. If another 5 boys and 4 girls join the class, what is the new ratio of
boys to girls?
8. The area of a rectangle is 54 cm square. The ratio of the sides is 2:3.
Find the perimeter of the rectangle.
9. Limin has as many beads as Shufen. If Limin gives of her beads to
Shufen, what will be the ratio of Limin's beads to Shufen's?
10. The ratio of Yoko's money to Mary's is 9:5. After spending of her
money, Yoko had $35 more than Mary. How much money did Mary
have?
11.The ratio of apples to oranges in a lorry was 5:2. There were 248
oranges. How many apples were there?
12.During a football match, the ratio of men to women was 3:1. The ratio of
men to children was 5:1. If there were 2490 children, how many people
were at the football match?
13.A bundle of pens was shared among Mary, Limin and Yanyan in the
ratio 4:2:3. If there were 54 pens, how many pens did Mary get?
14.The ratio of the sides of a right-angled triangle is 3:4:5. If the shortest
side is 6cm, find the area of the triangle.
15.The ratio of Nigel's toys to Calvin's is 4:5. If Calvin has 6 more toys,
how many toys do they have altogether?
16.A fruit punch contained syrup, beer and water in the ratio 3:1:8. If 3
cups more of syrup than beer were added, how many cups of fruit
punch were made?
17.The ratio of girls to boys in a class is 2:5. There are 8 girls. How many
new girls must join the class so that there will be equal number of boys
and girls?
18. Andrew had as much money as Jeremy. He gave $24 to Jeremy and
the new ratio of Andrew's money to Jeremy's was 1:2. How much
money did Andrew have at the beginning?
19.The area of a rectangle is 24 cm² and the perimeter is 20cm. What is
the ratio of the length to the width?
20. The ratio of Michael's money to John's was 3:4. After spending of his
money, Michael had $14 less than John. Find
(a) The new ratio of Michael's money to John's.
(b) The amount of money Michael has left.