CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS 8: END OF UNIT 12 TEST

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Stage 8 End of Unit 12 Test

1 Simplify these ratios.

a 6 : 12 : 30 _______________________________________________________

b 20 : 12 : 24 _______________________________________________________

c 8 weeks : 4 days _______________________________________________________

d 6 cm : 5 mm : 0.4 m _______________________________________________________ [4]

2 Giovanna is mixing paint.

She mixes 450 ml of yellow paint with 750 ml of blue paint and 1.8 litres of white paint.

Circle the correct ratio of yellow : blue : white paint. Show your working.

45 : 75 : 18 3 : 5 : 12 9 : 15 : 32 1 : 1.5 : 4

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3 Simplify the ratio 4.2 : 0.6 : 1.8.

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4 Share $45 between Ani, Bo and Caz in the ratios 1 : 3 : 5.

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5 The angles in a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 5 : 8.

Work out the size of the angles.

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6 A bag of nuts has brazil nuts and walnuts in the ratio 5 : 3.

Write down the fraction of the nuts that are

a brazil nuts _______ b walnuts _______ [2]

7 The ratio of men to women in an orchestra is 7 : 5.

The number of adults in the orchestra is greater than 40 but less than 50.
How many adults are in the orchestra?

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8 Ana mixes a fruit drink using grape juice and apple juice in the ratio 3 : 7.

Beth mixes a fruit drink using grape juice and apple juice in the ratio 8 : 17.

a What fraction of each fruit drink is grape juice?

Ana’s fruit drink: ___________ Beth’s fruit drink: ___________ [2]

b Whose fruit drink, Ana’s or Beth’s, has the higher proportion of grape juice?

Show all your working. Justify your choice.

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[TOTAL: 20 Marks]

END OF TEST

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