4:02E Rates and ratios
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Study Guide.
Simplify the ratios.
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(a) 1m 1
‘The ratio of John’s weight to Andrew's is
56 kg, how much does John weigh?
(b) The ratio of profit to cost price on sales at a store is 2:3. Find the cost
price for an item if the store’s profit is $200.
is cut into two pieces whose lengths have the ratio
(c) A piece of string i
34, Find the length of the longer piece, if the shorter is 27 cm long.
: 4. If Andrew's weight is
(a) $9000 is divided between Tom and James in the ratio 4:5. How much
does each receive?
(b) The sizes of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2:3:5. Find the size
of the smallest angle.
(c) A 450 m rope is cut so that the lengths are in the ratio 4:5, Find the
length of the larger part.
(a) Write the quantities 10 kg and $2 as a rate in its simplest form,
(b) 16 kg of tomatoes are sold for $10. What is the cost per kilogram?
(c) A plumber charges a householder $44 per hour to fix the plumbing
in a house. Find the charge if it takes him 43 hours.
Change each rate to the other equivalent rate.
(a) 2500 mL/$ =... L/$
(b) 1-5 km per hour =... m per second
(c) 72 litres per hour =. . . millilitres per minuteDiagnostic Test 1:02E Rates and ratios
1 (a) 2:3 (b) 5:2 (c) 4:1 2 (a) 70 kg (b) $300 (c) 36 cm 3 (a) Tom, $4000; James, $5000 (b) 36°
(c) 250 m 4 (a) 5 kg/$ (b) 62-5c/kg (c) $198 5 (a) 25 L/$ (b) 0-416 m/s (c) 1200 mL/min
6 (a) 5-2 m (b) 10 cm (c) 42 m 7 (a) 26 cm (b) 50 em (c) 21 m