Ratios Answers

1a) 3 43 : 1 21 = 4 3 43 : 4 1 21 = 15 : 6 [ 1 mark ]
= 5 : 2 [ 1 mark ]
[ 2 marks available in total ]

b) 5 + 2 = 7 parts
1 part : 2800ml 7 = 400 ml
y ellow paint = 400 ml 5 = 2000 ml
blue paint = 400 ml 2 = 800 ml
[ 2 marks available in total - 1 mark for finding the amount of 1 part, 1 mark for finding the
correct amounts for both yellow and blue paint ]


2) Money shared in ratio 4x + 10 : 2x + 5 : 5x + 3
( 4x + 10 ) + ( 2x + 5 ) + ( 5x + 3 ) = 150
11x + 18 = 150
11x = 132
x = 12
Edmund : ( 4 x 12 ) + 10 = 58
Susan: ( 2 12) + 5 = 29
Peter: (5 12) + 3 = 63
[ 4 marks available - 1 mark for forming equation from ratios, 1 mark for finding the value of
x, 1 mark for the correct amount for the other two people ]

3) Call the number of black olives b and the number of green olives g.
b : g = 5 : 11 and b 3 : g 1 = 3 : 7 [ 1 mark for both ]
b 5 b3 3
g = 11 and g1 = 7 [ 1 mark for both ]
11b = 5g and 7 ( b 3 ) = 3(g 1 )
11b 5g = 0 [1] and 7b 3g = 18 [2] [ 1 mark ]
[1] 3 : 33b 15g = 0 [3]
[2] 5 : 35b 15g = 90 [4] [ 1 mark for both]
[4] [3] : 2b = 90
b = 45 [ 1 mark ]
Sub into [1]: ( 11 45 ) 5g = 0
5g = 495, so g = 99 [ 1 mark ]

[ 6 marks available as shown above ]

Simultaneous equation may have been used.