Ratio - Proportion

Ratio: Comparison of two or more qualities or quantities.

Proportion: Equality of two or more ratios.
Type-1 Type-2
A C A B
=D =C
B B

A-1st proportion A-1st proportion

B-2nd proportion B-2nd proportion
C-3rd proportion C-3rd proportion
D-4th proportion
R n m- Initial quantity
* Remaining Quantity of initial liquid = m[1 − m] ; R-Replacing quantity
n- Number of times done

1) A:B= 2:5; B:C= 3:4; A: B: C = ?

1)4:7:11 2)15:20:31 3)8:16:21 4)6:15:20

2) A:B = 4:5; B:C = 3:4; C:D = 1:3; A:B:C: D=?

1)60:12:15:20 2)12:15: 20:60 3) 15:8:7:12 4) 4:5:6:9

3) 2A = 3B=4C; A:B:C=?
1)4:3:2 2) 6:4:3 3)1:2:3 4) 5:4:3

4) A = ¼ ; B = 1/6 ; C= 1/8 ; A:B:C =?

1) 10:9:5 2) 2:4: 7 3) 6:9:13 4) 6:4:3

5) A: B= 2:5 B: C= 10:3 C:D = 6:5; A:D:?

1)8:5 2)6:5 3) 7:9 4) 4:9

6) x:y= 3:1, 𝑥 3 -y³ : x³+𝑦 3 = ?

1)17:15 2)12:7 3)4:7 4)13:14

7) A: B: C = 2:3:4; A/B: B/C : C/A =?

1) 4:12:15 2) 13:12:20 3)8:9:24 4)6:10:21

8) X:Y=2:3 ; 2:X=4:8 ; Y=?

1) 8 2) 6 3) 4 4) 9

9) ₹94 is dividing among two persons such that the 5th part of first person and 8th part of second person
are in the ratio 3:4. Find the first person share?
1) ₹30 2) ₹40 3) ₹50 4) ₹60

10) In a school, the ratio of boys and girls is 4:5. When 100 girls leave the school, the ratio becomes 6:7.
How many boys are there in the school?
1)1000 2)900 3)960 4)1200

11) Among 132 examinees, the ratio of pass to fail is 9:2. Had 4 more Students passed, then the ratio of
pass to fail will be?
1) 20:7 2)14:9 3) 30:11 4) 28:5

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12) The ratio of number of boys and girls is 7:5 and total students are 720 in a school. How many more girls
should be admitted to make the ratios 1:1?
1) 60 2) 120 3) 90 4)80

13) In a school the ratio of boys to girls is 4:3 and ratio of girls to teacher is 8:1. Find the ratio of students to
teacher?
1)48:9 2) 72:7 3 ) 56:3 4) 63:22

14) Find the 4th proportion to 3, 12 and 4?

1)24 2)16 3)18 4) 10

15) Find the third proportion to 16 and 4?

1)5 2) 4 3) 1 4) 2

16) Find the mean proportion to 25 and 36?

1)30 2) 50 3) 40 4) 20

17) What should be subtracted from 15, 28, 20 and 38 so that obtained numbers may be in proportion?
1) 6 2) 2 3) 8 4) 4

18) If three numbers ate in the ratio 3:2:5 and sum of their squares is equal to 1862, then find the middle
one?
1)15 2) 16 3)17 4)14

19) One half of a contain number is equal to 40% of second number, Find the ratio of two numbers?
1)9:10 2)6:7 3)4:5 4) 3:4

20) The students in 3 sections are in the ratio 2:3:5. If each section is increased by 60 students, the ratio
becomes 4:5:7. What is the total number of students in three sections before increment?
1)300 2)400 3)500 4) 600

21) If the incomes of A and B are in the ratio 5:9 and their expenditures are in the ratio 2:7, If each Saves
6800, Find the expenditure of A?
1)2400 2)5000 3)3200 4)4100

22) A mixture Contains milk and water in the ratio 3:4.on adding 21 Liter of water the ratio becomes 2:5.
Find the quantity of milk in the mixture?
1) 12ltr 2) 27ltr 3)15ltr 4) 18ltr

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