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1 The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7.

Find the size of the largest angle in this triangle.

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[Total: 3]

2 Antonio buys tubs of ice cream for his shop in the ratio vanilla : chocolate = 11 : 7.
He buys 28 tubs of chocolate ice cream.

Work out how many tubs of vanilla ice cream he buys.

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[Total: 2]

3 Share $608 in the ratio 4 : 5 : 7.

$ ...................................................

$ ...................................................

$ ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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4 Alex, Bobbie and Chris share strawberries in the ratio Alex : Bobbie : Chris = 3 : 2 : 2.
Chris receives 12 strawberries.

Calculate the total number of strawberries shared.

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[Total: 2]

5 On one journey, all 56 seats on a bus are filled.

The ratio of adults to children on this journey is adults : children = 5 : 3.
The cost for an adult ticket is $2.80 .
The cost for a child ticket is of the adult cost.

Work out the total cost of the tickets for this journey.

$ ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

6 The diagram shows three congruent regular pentagons and a triangle.

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y°
NOT TO
SCALE

x°

(a) Work out the value of x.

Give a geometrical reason for your answer.

x = .................... because .................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................................... [2]

(b) Work out the value of y.

Give a geometrical reason for your answer.

y = .................... because .................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................................... [3]

(c) Find the ratio x : y.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

.................... : .................... [1]

[Total: 6]
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7 Of the 852 workers in a company, the ratio part-time workers : full-time workers = 5 : 7.

Calculate the number of full-time workers.

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[Total: 2]

8 Indrani and Jagad share some money in the ratio Indrani : Jagad = 7 : 9.

Calculate the percentage of the money that Indrani receives.

................................................... % [2]

[Total: 2]

9 The table shows the numbers of tigers reported to be living in the wild in the year 2014 in some countries.

Country Number

India 2226

Indonesia 371

Nepal 198

Bangladesh 106

(a) Using the table,

(i) find the number of tigers in Nepal as a percentage of the number of tigers in Bangladesh,

................................................... % [1]
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(ii) find the ratio tigers in Bangladesh : tigers in Indonesia : tigers in India, giving your answer
in its simplest form.

.................... : .................... : .................... [2]

(b) Five years later, the number of tigers reported in India was 2967.

Find the percentage increase in the population of tigers in India.

................................................... % [2]

(c) The number of tigers in India in the year 2014 is approximately 30.48% greater than in the year 2010.

Find the number of tigers in India in the year 2010.

Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

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[Total: 8]

10 Alex is building a house.

The materials cost times the cost of the land.

The wages cost times the cost of the land.

(a) Show that the ratio of costs, in its simplest form, is land : materials : wages = 4 : 6 : 5.

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(b) The wages cost $47 500.

Show that the total cost of land, materials and wages is $142 500.

[2]

(c) Work out the cost of

(i) the land,

$ ................................................... [2]

(ii) the materials.

$ ................................................... [1]

(d) Alex borrows $28 000 for 6 years at a rate of 5.5% per year compound interest.

Calculate the amount he repays at the end of the 6 years.

Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

$ ................................................... [3]
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(e) When Alex sells the house, he makes a profit of 27% on the $142 500.

Calculate the selling price of the house.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 12]

11 A bag contains 132 sweets.

The sweets are shared between Beatrix and Volker in the ratio Beatrix : Volker = 5 : 7.

Work out the number of sweets they each receive.

Beatrix ...................................................

Volker ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

12 A recipe uses 550 g of flour to make 8 cakes.

Work out the amount of flour needed to make 360 cakes.

Give your answer in kilograms.

................................................... kg [3]

[Total: 3]
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NOT TO
Bag A Bag B Bag C SCALE
850 g 950 g 1250 g
55 cents 60 cents 80 cents

Work out which bag of flour is the best value.

Show all your working.

Bag ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

14 A bag contains yellow balls, pink balls and green balls only.

The ratio yellow balls : pink balls : green balls = 7 : 3 : 5.

There are 42 yellow balls in the bag.

Work out the total number of balls in the bag.

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[Total: 2]