RATIO & PROPORTIONS

WORKSHEET SOLUTIONS

Dis tan ce 9
FORMATIVE WORKSHEET Speed of Hamid  
Time 1
1. Number of girls = 20 Similarlym, Distance travelled by Akhtar = 12 km
Number of boys = 15 Time taken by Akhtar = 1 hour
Total number of students = 20 + 15 = 35 Speed of Akhtar =
(a) Ratio of number of girls to the number Dis tan ce 12
  12 km / hour
of boys = 20 : 15 Time 1
Now, Ratio of speed of Hamid to speed of
20 20  5 4
    4:3 9 93 3
15 15  5 3 Akhtar = 9 : 12 =    3: 4
12 12  3 4
(b) Ratio of number of girls to the total
number of students = 20 : 35 15
5. Consider, first ratio i.e.,
20 20  5 4 18
    4:7
35 35  5 7 15  3 5

2. Total number of students = 30 18  3 6
Number of students like football = 6
5
Number of students like cricket = 12 Hence, Second Ratio = .
6
Therefore, Number of students like tennis = Similarly, to get third ratio.
30 – 6 – 12 = 30 – 18 = 12
Multiply numerator and denominator by 2.
(a) Ratio of number of students like football
to number of students like tennis = 6 : 12 5  2 10

6  2 12
6 66 1
    1: 2
12 12  6 2 10
Hence, third ratio =
(b) Ratio of number of students like cricket to 12
total number of students=12 : 30
15 5 10 25
12 12  6 2 Now,   
    2:5 18 6 12 30
30 30  6 5
Thererfore, these are equivalent ratios.
3. In given figure : 6. (a) 81 to 108 = 81 : 108 =
Total Number of figures = 7 8 81  27 3
   3:4
Number of triangles = 3 108 108  27 4
Number of circles = 2 (b) 98 to 63 = 98 : 63 =
Number of squares = 2 98 98  7 14
   14 : 9
(a) Ratio of number of triangles to number 63 63  7 9
of circles = 3 :2 (c) 33 km to 121 km = 33 km : 121 km
(b) Ratio of number of squares to all the 33 km 33  11 3
figures = 2 : 7 =    3 :11
121 km 121  11 11
(c) Ratio of number of circles to all the
figures = 2:7 (d) 30 minutes to 45 minutes = 30 minutes :
45 minutes
4. Distance travelled by Hamid = 9 km
Time taken by Hamid = 1 hour 30 min utes 30  15 2
    2:3
45 min utes 45  15 3
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7. Seema’s earnings. =Rs. 1,50,000 10. (a) Present age of father = 42 years
Seema’s savings = Rs. 50,000 Present age of son = 14 years
She spends = Earnings – Savings  Required ratio = Age of father : Age of son
= Rs. 1,50,000 – Rs. 50,000 = Rs. 1,00,000
42  14 3
(a) Required ratio = Earnings : Savings  42  14    3:1
14  14 1
= Rs. 1,50,000 : Rs. 50,000
(b) When age of son was 12 years then, age
Rs 1500000 3 of father was 42 years – 2 years
= Rs. 50000  1  3:1 = 40 years
Hence Required Ratio
(b) Required ratio = Savings : Spending
= 40 years : 12 years
= Rs 50,000 : Rs 1,00,000
40 years 40  4 10
Rs 50,000 1 = 12 years  12  4  3  10 : 3
   1: 2
Rs. 1,00,000 2
(c) Age of father after 10 years
8. Total number of students = 1800
= 42 years + 10 years = 52 years.
Students who opted basketball = 750
Age of son after 10 years
Students who opted cricket = 800
= 14 years + 10 years = 24 years
Therefore, students who opted table tennis =
1800 – 750 – 800 = 250. Required ratio = 52 years : 24 years
(a) Required ratio = Students opting basketball 52  4 13
: students opting table tennis. =   13 : 6
24  4 6
750  250 3 (d) When, age of father = 30 years.
= 750 : 250 =   3:1
250  250 1
Since, 30 years is the age of father
(b) Required ratio = Students opting cricket before 12 years. (42 years - 30 years)
:Students opting basketball = 800 : 750 = Hence, Age of son = 14 years – 12
800 80 80  5 16 years = 2 years.
    16 :15
750 75 75  5 15
30  2 15
(c) Required ratio = Students opting basketball  Required ratio  30 : 2    15 :1
22 1
: total students = 750 : 1800
11. (a) Ratio of 15 to 45 = 15 : 45
750 75  15 5 15  15 1
=    5 :12    1: 3
1800 1800  15 12 45  15 3
9. As the ratio of breadth and length of a hall Ratio of 40 to 120 = 40 : 120
2 40  40 1
=2 : 5 = =   1: 3
5 120  40 3
2  10 20 Since 15 : 45 = 40 : 120
Hence, missing figure is : = 
5  10 50 Therefore, 15, 45, 40, 120 are in proportion.
[Multiply numerator and denominator by 10]
(b) Ratio of 33 to 121 = 33 : 121
2  20 40
Similarly,  33  11 3
5  20 100 =   3:11
121  11 11
[Multiply numerator and denominator by 20]
Ratio of 9 to 96 = 9 : 96
Breadth of hall
10 20 40 93 3
(in metres)   3: 32
=
Length of the 96  3 32
25 50 100
hall (in metres)
since, 33 :121  9 : 96
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Therefore, 33, 121, 9, 96 are not in  16 : 24 = 20 : 30
proportion.
 16 : 24 = 20 : 30
(c) Ratio of 24 to 28 = 24 : 28
21  3 7
24  4 6 (b) 21: 6   7:2
=   6:7 63 2
28  4 7
Ratio of 36 to 48 = 36 : 48 35  5 7
35 :10    7:2
10  5 2
36  12 3
=   3: 4  21: 6  35 :10
48  12 4
 21 : 6 :: 35 : 10
since, 24 : 28  36 : 48
Therefore, 24, 28, 36, 48 are not in 12  6 2
(c) 12 :18    2:3
proportion. 18  6 3
(d) Ratio of 32 to 48 = 32 : 48 28  4 7
28 :12    7:3
32  16 2 12  4 3
=   2:3
48  16 3  12 :18  28 :12
Ratio of 70 to 210 = 70 : 210 12 : 18 :: 28 : 12
70  70 1 8
=   1: 3 8:9   8:9
210  70 3 (d)
9
 32, 48  70, 210
24  3 8
24 : 27    8:9
 32, 48, 70, 210 are not in proportion. 27  3 9
(e) Ratio of 4 to 6 = 4 : 6  8 : 9 = 24 : 27

42 2  8 : 9 :: 24 : 27
=   2 :3
62 3 (e) 5.2 : 3.9 =
Ratio of 8 to 12 = 8 : 12 5.2 5.2  10 52  13 4
    4:3
84 2 3.9 39  10 30  13 3
=   2:3
12  4 3 3
3:4   3:4
 4 : 6 = 8 : 12 4

 4, 6, 8, 12 are in proportion.  5.2 : 3.9  3: 4

(f) Ratio of 33 to 44 = 33 : 44  5.2 : 3.9 :: 3 : 4
33  11 3 0.9 9  100
=   3: 4 (f) 0.9 : 0.36  
44  11 4 0.36 36  100
Ratio of 75 to 100 = 75 : 100
9  10 90  18 5
    5:2
75  25 3 36 36  18 2
=   3: 4
100  25 4
10  2 5
10 : 4    5: 2
 33 : 44  75 :100 42 2
 33, 44, 75, 100 are in proportion.  0.9 : 0.36  10 : 4

16  8 2  0.9 : 0.36 :: 10 : 4
12. (a) 16 : 24    2:3
24  8 3
13. (a) 40 persons : 200 persons
20  10 2
20 : 30    2:3 40 44 1
30  10 3 =    1: 5
200 20  4 5
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15  15 1  Ratios 25cm : 1m and Rs. 40 : Rs. 160

Rs. 15 : Rs. 75 =   1: 5 are in proportion.
75  15 5
Middle terms = 1m and Rs. 40
 40 persons : 200 persons
Extreme terms = 25cm and Rs. 160
= Rs. 15 : Rs. 5s
39  13 3
 This statement is true. (b) 39 litres : 65 litres =   3:5
65  13 5
(b) 7.5 litres : 15 litres =
62 3
7.5 75 75  75 1 6 bottles : 10 bottles =   3:5
    1: 2 10  2 5
15 15  10 150  75 2
 39 litres : 65 litres = 6 bottles : 10
55 1 bottles
5 kg : 10 kg =   1: 2
10  5 2  39 litres : 65 litres and : 10 bottles
 7.5 litres : 15 litres = 5 kg : 10 kg are in proportion

 This statement is true. Middel terms = 65 litres and 6 bottles

Extreme terms = 39 litres and 10 bottles
99  9 11
(c) 99 kg : 45 kg =   11: 5
45  9 5 22 1
(c) 2kg :80 kg    1: 40
80  2 40
44  4 11
Rs. 44 : Rs. 20 =   11: 5
20  4 5 25  25 1
25 g : 625 g    1: 25
 99kg : 45 kg = Rs. 44 : Rs. 20 625  25 25

 This statement is true.  2kg :80 kg  25g : 625 g

32  32 1  2kg : 80 kg and 25 g : 625 g are not in

(d) 32m : 64m    1: 2 proportion.
64  32 2
200 ml
66 1 (d) 200 ml : 2.5 litre = 2.5 litre =
6 sec :12 sec    1: 2
12  6 2
200 ml
 32 m : 64 m  6 sec :12 sec 1 litre  1000 ml
2.5  1000 ml
 This statement is true.
200  10 2
45  15 3    2 : 25
(e) 45 km : 60 km    3: 4 25  1000 25
60  15 4
42 2
12  3 4 Rs. 4 : Rs. 50 =   2 : 25
12 hours :15 hours    4:5 50  2 25
15  3 5
 200 ml : 2.5 litre = Rs. 4 : Rs.50
 45 km : 60 km  12 hours :15 hours
 200 ml : 2.5 litre and Rs. 4 : Rs. 50
 This statement is not true. are in proportion.
14. (a) 25 cm : 1 m = Middle terms = 2.5 litre and Rs. 4
Extreme terms = 200 ml and Rs. 50
25 cm 25 cm
 1m  100 cm 15. The ratio of the number of biscuits received by
1m 1 100 cm
Ali and Ram is 2 : 3 = 8 : 12. The ratio of the
number of biscuits received by John and Ram
25  25 1
=   1: 4 is 5 : 4 i.e., the ratio of the number of biscuits
100  25 4 received by Ram and John 4 : 5 = 12 : 15
40  40 1  The ratio of the number of biscuits received
Rs 40 : Rs. 160 =   1: 4 by Ali, Ram and John is 8 : 12 : 15 respectively.
160  40 4
 25 cm : 1m = Rs. 40 : Rs. 160

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 The number of biscuits received by Ali = 20. (a) Cost of 5 kg of wheat = Rs. 30.50
20
8
 700  160 the number of biscuits 30.50
35 Cost of 1kg of wheat = Rs.
5
15 20
received by John =  700  300 30.50
35 Cost of 8kg of wheat = Rs. 8
5
The number of biscuits received by Ram =
20 3050 610  8 4880
12  8    Rs. 48.80
 700  240 100  5 100 100
35
(b) In Rs. 30.50, wheat can be purchased = 5 kg
16. p : q : r = 1: 2 : 3
In Re. 1, wheat can be purchased
 r+q:r–q=5:1
But r – q = 5 5
= kg
30.50
 r + q : 5 = 5 : 1 = 25 : 5
In Rs. 61, wheat can be purchased
 r + q = 25
But r – q = 5  5  5  100
=  61 kg   61
 2r = 30  30.50  3050
r = 15 and q = 25 – 15 = 10
30500
 kg  10 kg
q : p + q + r = 2 : (1 + 2 + 3) 3050
 10 : p + q + r = 2 : 6 = 1 : 3 = 10 : 30 21. In 30 days, the temperature dropped = 15
 The sum of p, q and r = 30 degrees
17. Cost of 7m of cloth = Rs. 294 In 1 day, the temperature dropped

294 15
294 Cost of 1m of cloth = Rs. = degrees
7 30
In 10 days, the temperature dropped
294
Cost of 5m of cloth = Rs. 5
7 15 150
=  10 deg rees  deg rees
= Rs. 42 × 5 = Rs. 210 30 30
18. In 10 days Ekta earns = Rs. 1500 = 5 degrees.
22. Rent for 3 months = Rs. 7500
1500
In 1 day Ekta earns = Rs.
10 7500
Rent for 1 month = Rs.
In 30 days Ekta earns = 3
1500 7500
Rs.  30  Rs. 150  30  Rs. 4500 Rent for 12 months = Rs.  12
10 3
19. In 3 days, it has rained = 276mm [1 year = 12 months]
276 = Rs. 2500 × 12 = Rs. 30000
 cm [1 cm = 10 mm]
10
 Rent for a whole year = Rs. 30000
276 1 23. In Rs. 60, the banana can be purchased = 4
In 1 day, it has rained =  cm
10 3 dozens
In 7 days, It has rained = In Re. 1 the banana can be purchased
276 1 92 644 4
  7 cm   7  cm  64.4 cm = dozens
10 3 10 10 60
 In one full week it will rain In Rs. 12.50 the banana can be purchased =
= 64.4 cm = 644 mm.

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28. Cost of 20 metres of cloth = Rs. 1500
 4 
  12.50  dozens 1500
 60 
 Cost of 1 metre of cloth= Rs.  Rs.75
20
50  50 
 dozens    12  bananas 1 dozen  12  Cost of 12 metres of cloth
60  60 
= Rs. (75  12) = Rs. 900
600 29. (i) To know the distance covered by the bus
 bananas  10 bananas in 7 hours, we first find the distance
60
covered by it in unit time (1 hour)
24 : Weight of 72 books = 9 kg
Distance covered by the bus in 5 hours
9 = 550 km
Weight of 1 book = kg
72 Distance covered by the bus in 1 hour
9 550
Weight of 40 books =  40 kg =  110 km
72 5

360  Distance covered by the bus in 7 hours

= kg = 5 kg = 110  7 = 770 km
72
25. Diesel required for 594 km = 108 litres (ii) Here we need to find how much time the
bus will take to cover a distance of 3080
108 km. Therefore, first we need to find the
108 Diesel required for 1 km = litres time taken to cover unit distance (i.e. 1
594
km) and then the time taken to cover a
108 Diesel required for 1650 km distance of 3080 km.
Time taken to cover a distance of 550 km
108
= × 1650 litres = 5 hrs.
594
Time taken to cover a distance of 1 km
2 3300
  1650 litres  litres = 300 litres. 5
11 11 = hrs.
550
26. In case of Raju, Time taken to cover a distance of
Cost of 10 pens = Rs. 150 5
3080 km =  3080  28 hrs.
150 550
Cost of 1 pen = Rs. = Rs. 15
10 30. Distance covered in 6 hours = 300 km
In case of Manish, 300
Distance covered in 1 hour = km = 50 km
Cost of 7 pens = Rs. 84 6
 The distance covered in 9 hours
84
84 Cost of 1 pen = Rs. = Rs. 12 = 9  50 km = 450 km
7
31. 24 similar books weigh 15 kg
 Manish gets the pens cheaper..
27. In case of Anish, 15
1 such book weighs kg.
Runs made in 6 overs = 42 24

15
42 16 similar books weigh  16 kg = 10 kg
Runs made in 1 over = =7 24
6
32. In 45 days family will consume = 135 litres of
 Runs made per over = 7 milk
In case of Anup, Runs made in 7 overs = 63 In 1 day the family will consume
63 135
63 Runs made in 1 over = =9 =  3 litres of milk
7 45
Runs made per over = 9 In 18 days the family will consume = 3  18 litres
 Anup made more runs per over.. = 54 litres of milk
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6. Total number of students = 4320 Number of
CONCEPTIVE WORKSHEET girls
= 2300 Number of boys = 4320 – 2300 = 2020
1. 25 : 20 or 5 : 4
(a) Required ratio = Number of girls :
2. 2:1
Total number of students = 2300 : 4320
3. equivalent
4. (a) 30 minutes to 1.5 hours 2300 230  2 115
   = 115 : 216
4320 432  2 216
= 30 minutes : 1.5 hours
(b) Required ratio = Number of boys :
30 min utes 30 min utes Number of girls = 2020 : 2300
 
1.5 hours 1.5  60 min utes
202  2 101
=   101:115
[1 hour = 60 minutes] 230  2 115
30  10 2  1 2 1 (c) Required ratio = Number of boys : Total
     1: 3 number of students = 2020 : 4320
15  60 1 6 6 3
(b) 40 cm to 1.5 m 2020 202  2 101
=    101: 216
= 40 cm : 1.5 m 4320 432  2 216
7. Cost of a dozen pens = Rs. 180
40 cm 40 cm
= 1.5 m  1.5  100 cm 1m  100 cm 1 dozen = 12 items
Therefore, cost of 12 pens = Rs. 180
40  10 4
=   4 :15 180
15  100 15 Cost os 1 pen =  Rs. 15
12
(c) 55 paise to Re 1.
= 5 paise : Re 1 56
Therefore, cost of 1 ball pen = Rs. = Rs.7
8
55 paise 55 paise
  Required ratio = Cost of a pen : Cost of a ball
Re 1 100 paise pen = 15 : 7
[Re 1 = 100 paise] 8. Ratio = 3:2

11 The two parts are 3 and 2

  11: 20
20 Sum of parts = 3 + 2 = 5
(d) 500 ml to 2 litre It means, out of 5 parts, Sheela will get 3
parts and Sangeeta will get 2 parts.
= 500 ml : 2 litre
Total number of pens = 20
500 ml 500 ml Therefore, Sheela’s pens
 
2 litre 2  1000 ml
3
[1 litre = 1000] = 20  = 4 × 3 = 12 pens and,
5
1 1 2
   1: 4 Sangeeta’s pens = 20   4  2  8 pens
2 2 4 5
5. Number of teachers = 102 9. Total amount = Rs. 36
Number of students = 3300 Age of Shreya =15 years
Therefore, ratio of number of teachers to the Age of Bhoomika = 12 years
number of students = 102 : 3300
15  3 5
102  6 17 Ratio of ages = 15 : 12    5:4
   17 : 550 12  3 4
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Therefore’, Shreya’s share = Rs. = Rs. 4.80 : Rs. 14. 40
5 = 4.80 : 14.40
36   4  5  Rs. 20
9 = 48 : 144
Bhoomika’s share = = 4 : 12
4 =1:3
Rs. 36   4  4  Rs. 16
9
Since the ratio of the costs is equal to the ratio
10. A : B = 4 : 3 of the number of exercise books, therefore the
cost of the exercise books is proportional to the
 A : (A + B) = 4 : (4 + 3)
number of exercise books.
But A + B = 28,
15. 1 : 2
 A : 28 = 4 : 7 = 4 × 4 : 7 × 4
16. 12
A : 28 = 16 : 28
17. 3 : 5 : 7
 A = 16
18. 1 : 3
11. 19. The weight in kg No. of books
P Q R
15 24
(a) QR : PQ = 7 : 3
w 16
(b) PQ : PR = PQ : (PQ + QR)
Since the weight of the books is directly
= 3 : (3 + 7)
proportional to the number of books,
= 3 : 10
w : 15 = 16 : 24
(c) QR : QR – PQ = 7 : (7 – 3)
w 16
=7:4 =
15 24
12. Male teachers : female teachers = 2 : 5
= 10
Total number of teachers in the school : female
teachers = (2 + 5) : 5  16 such boxes weight 10 kg.
20. Volume of yellow paint : volume of blue paint
Total number of teachersin the school 7
  =5:3
25 5
So the number of teachers in the school Volume of the green paint

Difference in volume of the two paints
5
25
=7× = 35
5 53
=
53
13. p apples and m mangoes were sold.
p:m=4:5 Volume of the green paint 84
 =
500 ml 2
mp 54
mp = Volume of the green paint = 4 × 500 ml
54
= 2000 ml
But m + p = 36 (given)
= 2 litres
1
 m–p= × 36 = 4 21. PQ + QR + PR = 36 cm
9
PQ : QR : PR = 2 : 3 : 4
 The difference between the number of the
 PQ : (PQ + QR + PR) = 2 : (2 + 3 + 4)
two fruits sold = 4
14. The ratio of the number of exercise books PQ : 36 = 2 : 9 = 8 : 36

= 4 : 12  PQ = 8 cm

=1:3 QR : (PQ + QR + PR) = 3 : (2 + 3 + 4)

The ratio of the costs QR : 36 = 3 : 9 = 12 : 36

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 QR = 12 cm 33. Car runs 320 km on 5 litre petrol.
PR : (PQ + QR + PR) = 4 : (2 + 3 + 4) 320
on 1 litre petrol, car run = 64 km
PR : 36 = 4 : 9 = 16 : 36 5
 PR = 16 cm Petrol required for 160 km =
22. Rs. 91 160 160
=  2.5 litre
23. Rs. 36 The distance that can run 64
24. Rs. 144 the car on1litre petrol

25. Rs. 6 Required petrol = 2.5 litre

26. Rs. 80 34. 18 buckets hold 1728 glasses of water, so 1
27. Rs. 56 1728
bucket can hold  96 glasses of water..
18
28. Rs. 184
Required buckets for 1344 glasses
29. Rs. 27
30. Distance covered on 18 litres of diesel 1344
= No.of glasses of water in one bucket
= 495 km
Distance covered on 1 litre of diesel 1344
=
 495  96
=  km. = 14
 18 
Distance covered on 34 litres of diesel
SUMM ATIVE WORKSHEET
 495 
=  34  km = 935 km.
 18  1. 1 2. 1 3. 2 4. 1 5. 2

31. Clearly, less men will take more days. 6. 4 7. 1 8. 1 9. 3 10. 1

And, more men will take less days. 11. 4 12. 3 13. 2 14. 2 15. 4
Time taken by 12 men to reap the field 16. 1 17. 2 18. 1 19. 1 20. 2
= 25 days 21. 3 22. 1 23. 1 24. 4 25. 4
Time taken by 1 man to reap the field 26. 2 27. 3 28. 1 29. 2 30. 1
= 25  12 days [less men, more days] 31. 4 32. 1
Time taken by 20 men to reap the field
HOTS WORKSHEET
 25  12 
=  days = 15 days
 20  1. 4 : 3 2. 4 : 3 3. Rs. 120
Hence, 20 men can reap the same field in 15 4. 8 cm 5. 3 : 200 6. 2 : 3
days. 7. 25 cm 8. 8 : 12 : 9 9. Rs. 35
32. Less men will take more days to consume the 10. 960 11. B 12. C
same food.
13. B 14. D 15. A
More men will take less days to consume the
same food. 16. D 17. C 18. B
425 men have provisions for 30 days 19. B 20. D 21. B
22. A 23. D 24. D
1 man has provisions for (425  30) days
25. A 26. B 27. B
 425  30  28. C 29. B 30. C
375 men will have provisions for  
 375 
days = 34 days.

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38 6th Class Mathematics

IIT JEE WORKSHEET III. Paragraph Type

At a school day function there were 125 girls
I. Single Correct Answer Type and 100 boys present.
1. C 2. C 3. C Based on this information answer the
questions given below.
4. D 5. B 6. D
7. C 8. A 9. B 5 4
16. (B) 17. (A)
4 9
10. B
II. Multiple Correct Answer Type 5
18. (C) 8 : 10 19. (D)
9
11. B, C 12. B, C, D 13. B, C
IV. Integer Type
14. A, B 15. A, B, D
20. 5 21. 2 22. 2 23. 5
V. Matrix Matching (Match the following)
24. A: q, B: r , C: s, D: p

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