CHAPTER 4 “Ratio”

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1. The ratio of the volume of lemon soda to the volume of orange drink served at a gathering is 4 :
9. Altogether, 65 litres of drinks were served. Find the volume of lemon soda served.

2. A piece of rope is cut into three pieces in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. The longest piece of rope is 100
cm, so how long is the shortest piece of rope?

3. A roll of ribbon was cut into two pieces in the ratio 1 : 3. The longest piece was 120 cm. how
long was the roll of the ribbon?

4. To make waffles, Mrs. Wina mixed sugar, butter and flour in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If she used
200 grams of sugar, how much flour did she use?

5. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 5 : 3 : 4. The perimeter of the triangle is 96
cm. find the length of the longest side.

6. The number of red markers to the number of blue markers in a box is 1 : 5. If there are 72 red
red and blue markers altogether, how many red markers are there in the box?

7. Owen and Erick shared an amount of money in the ratio 4 : 7. Erick had $150 more than owen.
Find the amount of money they shared.

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8. The ratio of jennie’s money was 7 : 5 at first. After Jennie gave $10 to Karen, they had equal
amounts of money. How much money did jennie have at first?

9. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a science Club was 1 : 2 at first. After
another 12 boys joined the club, the ratio became 2 : 1.
a. How many girls were there now?
b. If another 12 girls joined the club, what would the new ratio of the number of boys to the
number of girls be?

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10. In a camp, there was 1 teacher for every 10 students. The number of girls was the
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number of boys. There were 40 more boys than girls.
a. How many children were in a camp?
b. How many teachers were in the camp?

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