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57. James saved $540 of his monthly salary. He spent the rest of his salary on food and transport in the ratio 5 : 2. If he spent 4 of his salary on transport, find his monthly salary. 108) mathematics Tutor 5 ‘Scanned with CamSeanner ranges, plum: erties, The ratio of the number of oranges to the 8 and strawberries . umber of plums was § ratio of the number O plums to the numt Of plums was 5 : 1. The ratio of Der of strawberr 7. Find the ratio of the number of orsngeetieny erries was 2.7. Find the 'e umber of plums to the number of strawberries Jane bought er of pl the number of straw Ans; —______ 59. The ratio of the number of children to the number of adults at a party was 5 : 3, The ratio of the number of men to the number of women was 5 : 7 If there were 420 children at the party, how many more women than men were there? d eS db ae SS Ans: _______ more women 60. Marc and Ryan shared some stickers in the ratio 3: 7. Ryan and Ethan shared some stickers in the ratio 1 : 2, If they had 192 stickers altogether how many more stickers did Ethan have than Marc? ‘Se Seanned with CamSeanner 61. Anna and Bobby shared some game cards in the ratio 3: 1. The ratio Ol Anna's game cards to Car's game cards is 1 : 4. If Carl had 22 more game: cards than Bobby, how many game cards did they have altogether? Ans’ game cards 62. The figure below shows a square ABCD which is divided into three parts, P. Q. and R. The ratio of Area P to Area Q is 2 : 1 and the ratio of Area Ql Area R is 3: 4. Find the ratio of Area P to Area Q to Area R. Ans: 63. The figure below is not drawn to scale. The ratio of the unshaded part of the square to the shaded part of the square is 3 : 4. The ratio of the unshaded part of the triangle to the shaded part of the triangle is 5 : 2. Find the ratio of the unshaded part of the square to the unshaded part of the triangle ‘Scanned with CamSeanner tow shows a rectangle PQRS which is divided into three parts, X, Y and Z. The ratio of Area X to Area Y is 2 : 3. The ratio of Area Y is 1. Given that the area of Z is 168 cm’, find the area of the P Ss x Q R Ans: cm? ‘Scanned with CamSeanner Amanda and Claire shared a bottle of beads in the ratio 3 : 4. After Amanda used z of the beads to make a bag and Claire gave away 30 beads, both girls had the same number of beads left. How many beads did both girls have altogether at first? ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 71. Zack had some blue marbles and 36 green marbles in the ratio 3: 2 After he gave away some blue marbles, the ratio of the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles became 2 : 3. How many blue marbles did he give away? %5e @ Ans: blue marbles 72. There were some pupils in a library. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls was 3 : 2. After another 40 boys entered the library and the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls became 4 : 1. How many girls were there in the library? ‘Scanned with CamSeannes 73. The ratio of the number of goldfish to the number of angeffish in a pet shop was 5 : 6, After 30 goldfish were sold, the ratio of the number of goldfish to the number of angelfish becomes 1: 2. How many goldfish and angelfish were there altogether in the shop at first? Ans: _____ goldfish and angelfish 74. A shopkeeper had a total of 437 bowls and plates. The ratio of the number of bowls to the number of plates was 5 : 14. (a) How many plates did the shopkeeper have? (b) After the shopkeeper sold some plates, he had twice as many plates as bowls left. How many plates were sold? Ans: (a)_______ plates (hy plates ers, The ratio of the number of .d some animal and flower stic Pei i ‘ckere to the number of flower stickers was 3 : 8 Affer she bought aaa animal stickers and 25 flower stickers, she had the same number 85 more How many flower stickers did she have at d flower stickers. cof animal an first? 75. ‘Scanned with CamSeanner The ratio of the number of jugs to the number of vases in a shop was 3-5 After the shop bought another 12 jugs, the ratio of the number of jugs to the number of vases became 3 : 4. How many jugs did the shop have in the end? Ans _— jugs 77. Ashopkeeper had some hairbands and hairpins in the ratio 1 : 3. After she bought 120 more hairbands, the ratio of the number of hairbands to the number of hairpins became 3 : 5. Find the total number of hairbands and hairpins the shopkeeper had at first ‘Ans: ______hairbands and hairpins 78. The ratio of the number of pencils to the number of pens a shopkeeper had was 4: 9. After half of the pens were sold, he had a total of 680 pencils and pens left. How many pencils did the shopkeeper have? Nuys ee ‘Scanned with CamSeanner =~ 79. The ratio of Daisy's beads to Sheila's beads is 1 : 3. After Sheila gave Daisy 12 beads, the ratio became 2 : 3. How many beads did Daisy have at first? o @ < Ans: eae 80. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a school hall was 2: 5. After 40 girls left and another 40 boys entered the hall, the ratio became 2 : 1. How many boys were there in the hall at first? Ang: SES ee 81. The ratio of Rita's money to Sandra's money was 5 : 9. Sandra had $68 more than Rita. How much must Sandra give to Rita so that each of them will have an equal amount of money? ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 83. The ratio of the number of green marbles to the number of blue marbles in a bottle was 5 : 2. After 24 green marbles and 24 blue marbles were put into the bottle, the ratio became 3 : 2. How many green marbles are there in the bottle in the end? 3,8 @®s Ans; ________ green marbles 84. The ratio of Andy's money to Bobby's money was 4 : 5. After each of them donated an equal amount of money to charity, the ratio became 1 : 3. If each of them donated $560 to charity, how much did Andy have at first? ‘Scanned with CamSeanner The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys at a party was 8 5 Alter 16 boys left and 14 girls joined the party, there was an equal number of boys and girls. How many boys were there at the party in the end? S. ‘Ans: —____ boys. 89. The ratio of the number of cupcakes to the number of tarts a bakery made was 4 : 7. After another 284 cupcakes and 56 tarts were made, there was an equal number of cupcakes and tarts. How many tarts were there in the end? ~ RNNIES BAKERY AADADRAALN Ans: tarts 90. Mr Tan spent $80 on some pencils, pens and erasers in the ratio 2:5: 1. The number of pencils was 3 times the number of pens. The number of erasers was half the number of pencils. The pencils were sold at 12 for $5. How many items did he buy altogether? ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 1 x _ Sandra and Sam shared the cost of a birthday cake for their mother in the ratio 2 : 5. Sandra used half of her money to pay for her share. Sam had $66 left after paying for his share. The ratio of Sandra's money to Sam's money at first was 1: 4. Find the cost of the cake. Ans: $2 a 92. The ratio of the number of adults to the number of children at a carnival was 7 : 12. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls was 5: 4. After 240 girls left the carnival and 240 boys joined the carnival, the umber of boys was twice the number of girls. How many adults were there at the carnival? adults Ans: Anne, Betty and Carol shared 96 sweets. Anne ate 2 of her sweets, Betty ate + of her sweets and Carol ate + of her sweets. They now have the 93, same number of sweets. (a) Find the ratio of Anne's sweets to Betty's sweets to Carol's sweets at first. (b) How many sweets did Anne eat? les ‘Scanned with CamSeanner =, Tom and Jerry shared a sum of money in the ratio 8 : 7. They bought a 3 camera and shared the cost in the ratio 6 : §. Tom used + of his money to pay for his share of the camera. Jerry had $90 left after paying for his share of the camer (a) How much was Tom's share of the money at first? Ans: (a) $___ (b) Find the cost of the camera (b) $. 95. Marc bought a bottle of marbles. He gave some away to his brothers and kept the rest. The ratio of the number of marbles given away to the number of marbles he kept was 7 : 5. His brothers, Tim and Joe shared the marbles in the ratio 8 : 3. If Tim received 105 more marbles than Joe, find the ratio of the number of marbles Tim received to the total number of marbles in the bottle at first 3 There were some 10-cent and 20-cent coins in a purse in the ratio 3:5. Thirty 10-cent coins were removed from the purse and exchanged for 20-cent coins of the same value. The 20-cent coins were then placed back into the purse. The ratio then became 1 : 6. Find the total value of the coins in the purse at first. Aa ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 97. Tim, Robby and Henry shared a packet of sweets equally. The ratio of the number of sweets eaten by Tim to Robby to Henry was 3: 7: 5. Robby ate all his sweets. Tim had 24 sweets left. (a) How many sweets did Henry eat? (al (b) Find the total number of sweets in the packet Ss. i ‘Ans: (a) _____ sweets (b) ____ sweets 98. A fruit seller had a basket of green and red apples. If he places 6 more 1 green apples into the basket, then there will be 1 as many green as red apples. If he removes 10 green apples from the basket, then the fatio of the number of green apples to the number of red apples is 3 : 20 (a) How many green apples were there in the basket at first? (b) Find the total number of apples in the basket at firs ae "Scanned with CamSeanner 99, Amy bought some paper and plastic files in the ratio 5: 2, Each paper file cost $3 and each plastic file cost $4. f she spent $207 altogether, how many paper files did she buy? Ans: _— paper files 100. a coin bank contains some 20-cent and 50-cent coins in the ratio 1: 3. If 'e total amount of money in the coin bank is $64.60, how many coins are there? Ane Se coin 101. A shopkeeper bought 30.6 kg of cashew nuts. He packed all of them into bags of 200 g and 500 g. The ratio of the number of small bags to the number of large bags was 7 : 4. How many small bags of cashew nuts did he pack? m ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 102. Bolinda and James shared some game cards in the ratio 2 5. after w buys 50 more game cards and James buys 20 more game cards, the becomes 3: 4. How many game cards did Belinda have at first? ‘Ans: _______ game cards 103. Sandra had some red and pink beads in the ratio 3 : 2. After she bought another 9 red beads and 36 pink beads, the ratio became 6 : 7. How many beads did Sandra have altogether at first? ed — Ans: beads 104, The ratio of Marc’s marbles to Paul's marbles at first was 3: 4. After Marc bought another 12 marbles and Paul lost 24 marbles, the ratio become 3: 2. How many marbles did Marc have at first? ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 17, 18, Marc and Joshua shared 24 marbles. If Marc received 6 more marbles than Joshua, find the ratio of Marc's marbles to Joshua’s marbles. (M)o2:5 (2) ae) (3) 5:3 (4) 5:8 S59 a Larry, Tom and Ben shared a packet of stickers in the ratio 2: 9: 4. After Tom gave some of his stickers to Larry and Ben, each of them had the same number of stickers. What fraction of Tom's stickers did he give away? a 2) % ] There were 54 pears and some red and green apples in a basket. The ratio of the number of apples to the number of pears was 7 : 3. The ratio of the number of red apples to the number of green apples was 2: 7. How many more green apples than red apples were there? (1) 63 (2) 70 (3) 98 (4) 100 (3) (4) ala vi ola ala ‘Scanned with CamSeanner me 20. The square below is divded into 4 parts, A, B, C and D. The ratio of Area A to Area B to Area C is 9 : 4: 3. The ratio of Area C to Area Dis 1: 2. Find the ratio of Area B to Area D. (43 22:3 (2) 3:2 (3) 3:4 (4) 4:5 (a ‘Scanned with CamSeanner 49. The ratio of Gina's age to Helen's age is 3 : 2. Eight years ago, the ratio was 5 : 2. How old is Gina now? “ Vv aN Ans: years old 50. The ratio of the number of Marc's stickers to the number of Ryan's stickers was 2 : 3. After Marc gave + of his stickers to Ryan, Marc had 12 stickers left. How many stickers did Ryan have in the end? ‘Scanned with CamSeanner Peter, Felix and Ronnie shared $486. Peter spent + of nis money, Fel 69, Pet ix and Ronnie sI his money, Felix spent 2 of his money and Ronnie spent + of his money. They now hi spent of his money a1 i 3 of hi y lave the same amount of money, (a) Find the ratio of Peter's share to Felix’s share to Ronnie’s share of the money at first. (b) How much did they spend altogether? Ans: (a) (b) 70. A school sold T-shirts in 3 different sizes, small, medium and large to raise money for charity. The price of the T-shirts are given in the table below. The number of small, medium and large T-shirts sold were in the ratio 7: 11: 15. If the amount collected from the sale of large-sized T-shirts was $175 350, find the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the T-shirts. Size Price: ‘Small $8 Medium $10 verge 84 e ‘Scanned with CamSeanner

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