P5 MATHS

Ratio

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1. Town A is 15 km away from the market. Town B is 24 km away from the market. What is the
ratio of the distance from Town A to the market to the distance from Town A to Town B?

24 km Town B
market
15 km
Town A

2. The table below shows the postage for mail to England.

Types of mail Postage
Postcards $0.80
Letters $1.45
Parcels up to 200 g $5
Parcels up to 500 g $9

(a) What is the ratio of the postage for a postcard to the postage for a letter?

(b) What is the ratio of the postage for a 200-g parcel to the postage for a 300-g parcel?

(c) What is the ratio of the postage for 3 postcards to the postage for a 450-g parcel?

5 : 9
4 : 15 ÷100 ÷100 5 : 13
500 : 900
÷60 ÷60 ÷3 ÷3
240 : 900 200-g parcel : 300-g parcel 15 : 39
postcards : parcel (b) 5 : 9 16 : 29 39 km.
The postage for 3 postcards is $2.40. ÷5 ÷5 The distance from Town A to Town B is
80 : 145
3 × $0.80 = $2.40 postcard : letter 15 + 24 = 39
4 : 15 2. (a) 16 : 29 (c) 5 : 13 Solutions:  1.

Taken from Learning Maths Book 5A

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Ratio

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1.

What is the ratio of the number of triangles to the number of squares to the number of
crosses?

2.

A B C

2  4  3 

What is the ratio of the capacity of container A to the capacity of container C to the total
capacity of the three containers?

2 : 3 : 9
2 : 3 : (2 + 4 + 3) 3 : 6 : 5
A : C : total triangles : squares : crosses
2:3:9 2. 3:6:5 Solutions:  1.

Taken from Learning Maths Book 5A

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Ratio

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1. The admission charge to a concert is shown below.

Adult $57
Child $24
Senior citizen $42

What is the ratio of the price of an admission ticket for a senior citizen to the price of an
admission ticket for an adult to the price of an admission ticket for a child?

2.
12 cm 8 cm

16 cm

What is the ratio of the length of the longest side to the length of the shortest side of the
triangle shown above?

2 : 1 : 19 : 8
14
÷8
÷8 ÷3 ÷3 ÷3
16 : 8 42 : 57 : 24
longest : shortest senior citizen : adult : child
2:1 2. 14 : 19 : 8 Solutions:  1.

Taken from Learning Maths Book 5A

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Mental Maths: Adding Unlike Fractions

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Find the value of ​  1  ​ + ​ 5 ​.
10 6
STRATEGY
Step 1: To find the denominator of the answer,
10 × 6 = 60 [multiply both denominators]

Step 2: To find the numerator of the answer,

(1 × 6) + (5 × 10) = 6 + 50 [multiply each numerator by the denominator
= 56 of the other fraction and add the products]

​ ___
1  ​ + __ ​ 56  ​
​ 5 ​= ___
10 6 60

Do these sums mentally.

Do not reduce the answers to the lowest terms.

1. __
​ 1 ​ + __
​ 5 ​ = 6. __
​ 3 ​ + __
​ 5 ​ =
4 8 4 9

2. __
​ 2 ​ + ___
​  7  ​ = 7. ___
​  4  ​ + ___
​  6  ​ =
5 12 11 12

3. __
​ 1 ​ + __
​ 2 ​ = 8. ___
​  6  ​ + __
​ 7 ​ =
2 3 10 9

4. __
​ 3 ​ + __
​ 1 ​ = 9. __
​ 5 ​ + __
​ 2 ​ =
7 4 8 6

5. __
​ 1 ​+ __
​ 3 ​ = 10. ​ __
6 ​ + __
​ 5 ​ =
6 7 7 9

32 60 6 28 42 36 132 90 48 63
​   ​   3. __
​   ​   2. ___
Solutions:  1. ___ ​   ​   5. ___
​   ​   4. ___ ​    ​  7. ____
​   ​   6. ___ ​   ​   9. ​ ___ ​   10. ​ ___ ​ 
​   ​   8. ____
28 59 7 19 25 47 114 124 46 89

Taken from Mental Mathematics Book 5

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