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.
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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
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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?
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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
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X, Y and Z. The ratio of Area X to Area Y is 2 : 3. The ratio of Area Y is
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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?
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12 beads, the ratio became 2 : 3. How many beads did Daisy have at first?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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(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
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cost $3 and each plastic file cost $4. f she spent $207 altogether, how many
paper files did she buy?
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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?
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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
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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was 5 : 2. How old is Gina now? “
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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?
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69, Pet ix and Ronnie sI his money, Felix
spent 2 of his money and Ronnie spent + of his money. They now hi
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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.
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