IITJEE Foundation Practice paper

RATIO AND PROPORTION AND UNITARY METHOD

class-7-Mathematics Number of Questions: 84
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There are 20 girls and 15 boys in a class.
(a) What is the ra o of number of girls to the number of boys?
(b) What is the ra o of number of girls to the total number of students in
the class?

4 : 3 and 4 : 9 3 : 4 and 4 : 7 4 : 3 and 4 : 7 4 : 3 and 7 : 3

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There are 1200 students in a school, out of which 800 are girls. Then
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the ra o of the number of boys to the number of girls is:
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3:2 5:2 1:2 4:3

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Find two equivalent ra os of 3 : 5
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6 : 10 and 9 : 15 6 : 12 and 9 : 15 6 : 10 and 10 : 15 8 : 10 and 9 : 15

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The cost of a dress was Rs. 600. If the price was increased in the ra o of
5:6, what is the new cost of the dress?
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Rs. 720 Rs. 650 Rs. 700 Rs. 800

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The weight of a box of items was 360 kgs. What would the new weight
be, a er removing a few items in the ra o of 12 : 10?
330 kgs 310 kgs 320 kgs 300 kgs

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Distances travelled by Suraj and Shekhar in an hour are 8 km and 10
km. Find the ra o of Suraj's speed to Shekhar's speed.

4:7 4:6 4:9 4:5

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5, 15, 25 15, 5, 20 5, 12, 25 10, 22, 15

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Find the ra o of 33 km to 121 km:
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3 : 11 7 : 11 3 : 14 3:7
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Find the ra o of 30 minutes to 1.5 hours:
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1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5

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Find the ra o of 55 paise to Rs. 1:
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11 : 20 13 : 20 11 : 23 11 : 25
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If we divided 150 marbles between Chethan and Raghu in the ra o 4 :
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125 and 25 100 and 50 50 and 100 25 and 125

12
680 chocolates were divided among Sakshi, Sana and Charan in the
ra o : : respec vely. Calculate the exact number of chocolates
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each of them would be ge ng respec vely.

400, 120, 160 300, 180, 200 500, 100, 80 480, 80, 120

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Find the ra o of 100 ml to 3 litres:

1 : 40 1 : 10 1 : 30 1 : 20

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Express the ra o 60 : 35 in the simplest form:
12 : 7 11 : 7 12 : 11 9:7

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Find two equivalent ra os of 2 : 3
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1 : 3 and 2 : 5 4 : 6 and 6 : 9 2 : 4 and 4 : 6 12 : 6 and 2 : 9
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9:8 9:7 8:9 9:5

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Two numbers are in the ra o 4 : 5 and their sum is 189. Find the
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85 and 105 84 and 105 84 and 100 84 and 110

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Two numbers are in the ra o 7 : 8 and their sum is 240. Find the
numbers.
 112 and 128 112 and 94 110 and 96 80 and 96

19
Divide Rs. 1458 between Kala and Deepa in the ra o 4 : 5
Kala's share = Rs. 640 , Deepa's share = Rs. 818
Kala's share = Rs. 548 , Deepa's share = Rs. 910
Kala's share = Rs. 638 , Deepa's share = Rs. 820
Kala's share = Rs. 648 , Deepa's share = Rs. 810

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Divide Rs. 1230 between Sudheer and Prabhu in the ra o 2 : 3

Sudheer's share = Rs. 490 , Prabhu's share = Rs. 740

Sudheer's share = Rs. 492 , Prabhu's share = Rs. 738
Sudheer's share = Rs. 482 , Prabhu's share = Rs. 748
Sudheer's share = Rs. 392 , Prabhu's share = Rs. 838

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Rs. 2000 Rs. 3000 Rs. 2500

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A radio is sold for Rs. 3,000. If the ra o of selling price to the cost price
is 3 : 2, what is the cost price of the radio ?
Rs. 2050
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Which ra o is greater 4 : 5 or 6 : 7?
6:7>4:5 6:7<4:5 6:7=4:5 We cannot compare both the ratios
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Two numbers are in the ra o 9 : 7. If the smaller number is 700, what is

the larger number?

900 300 700 500

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If the cost of 6 m cloth is Rs. 384. Find the cost of 7 m cloth.

Rs. 488 Rs. 418 Rs. 448 Rs. 348
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Pankaj earns Rs. 7500 in 15 days. How much will he earn in 20 days?
Rs.12,000 Rs.10,000 Rs.11,000 Rs.15,000

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If it has rained 340 mm in the last 4 days, how much will it rain the
en re week? Assume that the rain con nues to fall at the same rate
57.5 cm 59.5 cm 59.7 cm 59.2 cm

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Cost of of 3 kg sugar is Rs. 90.30. What will be the cost of 5.5 kg sugar?

Rs. 165 Rs. 167 Rs. 160.55 Rs. 165.55

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Shalini pays Rs. 8500 as the rent for 4 months. How much does she
have to pay for a whole year, if the rent remains the same?

Rs. 25,500 Rs. 24,500 Rs. 25,100

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Cost of 3 dozens of bangles is Rs. 42. How many dozens of bangles can
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be purchased for Rs. 56 ?

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4 dozens 3 dozens 2 dozens 5 dozens

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The weight of 64 books is 8 kg. What is the weight of 30 such books?
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3.50 kg 4.75 kg 3.70 kg 3.75 kg

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Gopi buys 10 pencils for Rs. 60 and Giri buys 6 pencils for Rs. 30. Who
bought the pencils at a cheaper rate?
 Giri got the pencils cheaper Gopi got the pencils cheaper
Both have got for the same price

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Vasu made 36 runs in 6 overs and Sumith made 56 runs in 8 overs. Who
made more runs per over?
Vasu Sumith Both scored equal runs Their scores cannot be compared

33
Divide 30 pens between Neeta and Seema in the ra o of 3 : 2

Neeta's share = 16, Seema's share = 14 Neeta's share = 12, Seema's share = 18
Neeta's share = 17, Seema's share = 13 Neeta's share = 18, Seema's share = 12

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Cost of 10 apples is Rs. 250, and cost of 5 oranges is Rs. 50. Find the
ra o of the cost of an apple to the cost of an orange.

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Two numbers are in the ra o 3 : 4. If the sum of the numbers is 168,
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find the numbers.

70 and 98 74 and 94 72 and 96 76 and 92

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The ra o of 4 days to 4 weeks is:

1:4 1:7 1:8 1:1

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If a : b : : c : d , then the correct statement is:

ab = cd b
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= ac ad = bc bcd = a
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If 0.75 : x : : 5 : 6 , then x is equal to ___
1 . 50 0. 9 9 15

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A comparison by ______ is called a ra o.
Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction

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In a propor on, the first and the fourth terms are called:
Means Medians Partitions Extremes

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The simplest form of the ra o 12 : 48 is:
1:3 1:4 1:5 2:3

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If x : 6 : : 1 : 3, then x = _____
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Answer true or false:

The ra o 3 : 5 is the same as the ra o 5 : 3.
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True False

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Answer true or false .
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The numbers 6, 10, 3, 5 form a propor on.

True False
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Answer true or false.
If we share Rs. 30 in the ra o 1 : 2 , the larger share is Rs. 18.
True False

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Answer true or false.
26 kg : 39 kg : : Rs. 200 : Rs. 300
True False

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If both the terms of a ra o are mul plied by 10, the value of the ra o
will:
Increase by 10 times Decrease by 10 times Increase by 100 times
Will remain the same

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Determine if the following are in propor on :
8, 24, 9, 27
In proportion Not in proportion
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Determine if 7, 42, 13, 78 are in propor on
In proportion Not in proportion
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Determine if 12, 48, 10, 40 are in propor on

In proportion Not in proportion
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Are 7, 49, 13, 39 in propor on?
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In proportion Not in proportion

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Determine if 48, 108, 16, 20 are in propor on
In proportion Not in proportion
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Determine if the following are in propor on:
32, 48, 70, 210

In proportion Not in proportion

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4 rolls of cellotape cost Rs. 48. At the same rate, the cost of 12 rolls of
cellotape would be:
Rs. 180 Rs. 152 Rs. 144 Rs. 204

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Weight of 40 books is 8 kg. What is the weight of 50 such books?

10 kg 8 kg 7 kg 12 kg

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12 post cards cost Rs. 11.25. Then what will be the cost of 20
postcards?
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Rs. 18.75 Rs. 16.50 Rs. 17 Rs. 19

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Form a propor on using the numbers 30, 16, 12 and 40:
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30 : 16 : : 12 : 40 12 : 40 : : 30 : 16 12 : 16 : : 30 : 40 12 : 16 : : 40 : 30

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If the first, second and fourth terms of a propor on are 24, 21 and 14
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respec vely, what is the third term then?

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16 15 17 18
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The first, second and third terms of a propor on are 5, 7 and 40
respec vely. What is the fourth term then?

53 56 54 52

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Determine if the following are in propor on:
63, 72, 18, 48

In proportion Not in proportion

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Determine if the following are in propor on:
21, 56, 30, 75

In proportion Not in proportion

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Find the value of x in the propor on 51 : 85 : : 57 : x
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95 90 80 50
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Find the value of x in the propor on 7 : 42 : : x : 78
25 12 13 20
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Find the value of x in the propor on x : 10 : : 16 : 20
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15 5 6 8
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State whether this is true or false:
5 : 7 : : 40 : 56
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State whether this is true or false:
0.5 : 0.45 : : 110 : 99
True False

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State whether this is true or false:
24 : 80 : : 10 : 90
True False

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The ra o of the income to the expenditure of a family is 5 : 4. Find the
savings if the income is Rs. 25,000.

Rs. 5,000 Rs. 5,500 Rs. 4,000 Rs. 4,500

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The ra o of the length of a school ground to its width is 5 : 2. Find its
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length if the width is 40 metres.
140 m 110 m 105 m 100 m
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Is the statement '40 persons : 200 persons = Rs. 15 : Rs. 75' true ?
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True False
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Is the statement '7.5 litres : 15 litres = 5 kg : 10 kg' true ?

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True False
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Is the statement '32 m: 64 m = 6 sec : 12 sec' true?
True False

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Is the statement '45 km : 60 km = 12 hours : 15 hours' true?
True False

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Kedar has 9 balloons and Ankit has 12 balloons. What is the ra o of the
number of balloons with Kedar to the number of balloons with Ankit?
3:2 3:4 4:3 5:3

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The length and breadth of a room are 50 m and 30 m respec vely.
What is the ra o of the length of the room to its breadth?

5:3 3:5 2:3 3:2

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What does 5 : 15 : : 10 : 30 mean?
5 10 5 30 5 15 5 10
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15 30 10 15 30 10 10 30
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Ramani travelled a distance of 15 km in an hour. What is the distance
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travelled by her in 5 hours, if she travels at the same speed?

70 km 75 km 65 km 80 km
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Ravi travelled 8 km in 2 hours and Sunil travelled 6 km in 1 hour. What
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will be the distances travelled by Ravi and Sunil, with the same speed; in
3 hours?
Ravi travels 12 km, Sunil travels 18 km Ravi travels 10 km, Sunil travels 18 km
Ravi travels 12 km, Sunil travels 12 km Ravi travels 14 km, Sunil travels 18 km
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1230 oranges must be distributed among 3 fruit markets A, B, C such
that; A gets as many oranges as B and the ra o of the number of
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oranges of B and C is 8

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markets A, B and C respec vely.

A = 200, B = 410, C = 620 A = 280, B = 200, C = 750 A = 600, B = 450, C = 180

A = 240, B = 360, C = 630

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The prices of a table and a chair were in the ra o 15 : 6. If the table
costed Rs. 6,300 more than the chair, find out the price of the table.
Rs. 10,500 Rs. 12,600 Rs. 10,600 Rs. 14,200

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What is the mean propor on, if the first propor onal is 9 and the third
propor onal is 16?
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A sports car moves 250 km in 30 minutes. How much distance would it
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have covered in a dura on of 3 hours?

1200 km 1150 km 1250 km 1500 km
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6 bags of clothes weigh 3 kg. What will the weight of 50 such bags be?
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15 kg 25 kg 35 kg 30 kg
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15 shirts can be s tched using a cloth of length 45 meters. How many

such shirts can be s tched using a cloth of length 600 meters?
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100 150 200 250

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