ID : us-6-Ratio-and-Proportion [1]

Grade 6
Ratio and Proportion
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Answer the questions

(1) What is the ratio of 420 m to 2.34 km?

(2) Jacob's car can travel 300 km using 20 liters of petrol, whereas Jonathan's car can travel 176 km using
22 liters of petrol. What is the ratio of the distances that the Jacob's car can travel using one liter to the
distance that Jonathan's car can travel using one liter of petrol?
(3) A ratio consists of two terms. If, the first one is called its antecedent, what is the second term called?
(4) Brandon buys a car after taking a loan from a bank. The loan has to be repaid in equal installments over
4 years. If Brandon has paid $8800 in 4 months, how much more money he needs to pay back to the
bank?
(5) Jessica travels 182 kms in 7 hours while Luke travels 203 kilometers in the same time. What is the ratio
of the speeds of Jessica and Luke?
(6) What are the extremes of the proportion 18:42::36:84?
(7) If, the cost of 8 kg maize is $339.6, then how many kg maize can be purchased with $1146.15?
(8) There are three possible modes of transportation in a state. We can travel by rail, by road, or by river.
The state has 2880 km of rail, 8520 km of road, and 13560 km of river. Taking the three ratios (distance
covered by the networks of rail:road, road:river, and rail:river), what is the value of the highest
consequent?
(9) What is the ratio of the length of a side of a square to its perimeter?
(10) Gabriel gets a salary of $13300 every month and he spends $10500 out of that. What is the ratio of the
money which he saves to the salary he gets?
(11) If the weight of 19 boxes of peanuts is 24.7 kg, then what will be the weight of 45 boxes?
(12) Find the value of x.
A) x:18::377:234 B) 14:5::x:65 C) 17:6::204:x

D) x:25::416:325 E) x:24::464:384 F) 27:x::54:46

(13) To write a ratio in its simplest form, what number should be used to divide both the antecedent and the
consequent?
(14) The parking lot of a mall has a capacity of 242 cars. On Saturday, the ratio of the empty parking spots
to occupied parking spots is 7:15. How many cars were parked there on that day?
(15) A college in a city have 550 female students and 300 male students. What is the ratio of the number of
male students to the total number of students in the college?

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Answers
(1) 7:39
(2) 15:8
(3) consequent
(4) $96800
(5) 26:29
(6) 18, 84
(7) 27 kg
(8) 113
(9) 1:4
(10) 4:19
(11) 58.5 kg

(12) A) 29 B) 182 C) 72

D) 32 E) 29 F) 23

(13) HCF (Highest common factor) or GCD (Greatest Common Divisor)

(14) 165
(15) 6:17

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