ARITHMETIC ASSIGNMENT 1 RATIO & PROPORTION

Q1. In a certain box, the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 4 to 5, and the ratio of green to blue
marbles is 2 to 3. What is the least number of marbles that could be present in the box? A) 14 B) 15
C) 32 D) 37

Q2. Andy and Bob originally had pens in the ratio 3:7. Bob gave some of his pens to Andy. As a
result, the ratio of number of pens of Andy and Bob became 2:3. What fraction of his pens did Bob
gave to Andy? A. 1/5 B. 2/9 C. 1/7 D. 2/7 E. 1/6

Q3. Raju and Lalitha originally had marbles in the ratio 4 : 9. Then Lalitha gave some of her marbles
to Raju. As a result, the ratio of the number of marbles with Raju to that with Lalitha became 5 : 6.
What fraction of her original number of marbles was given by Lalitha to Raju? a) 1/4 b) 1/5 c) 6/19 d)
7/33

Q4. A sum of money is split among Amal, Sunil and Mita so that the ratio of the shares of Amal and
Sunil is 3:2, while the ratio of the shares of Sunil and Mita is 4:5. If the difference between the
largest and the smallest of these three shares is Rs 400, then Sunil’s share, in rupees, is

Q5. A merchant sells three different sizes of canned tomatoes. A large can costs as much as 5
medium cans or 7 small cans. If a customer buys an equal number of small and large cans of
tomatoes for the exact amount of money that would buy 200 medium cans, how many small cans
will she buy? A. 35 B. 45 C. 72 D. 199

Q6. Suppose, C1, C2, C3, C4, and C5 are five companies. The profits made by C1, C2, and C3 are in
the ratio 9 : 10 : 8 while the profits made by C2, C4, and C5 are in the ratio 18 : 19 : 20. If C5 has
made a profit of Rs 19 crore more than C1, then the total profit (in Rs) made by all five companies is:
a) 438 crore b) 435 crore c) 348 crore d) 345 crore

Q7. The scores of Amal and Bimal in an examination are in the ratio 11 : 14. After an appeal, their
scores increase by the same amount and their new scores are in the ratio 47 : 56. The ratio of
Bimal’s new score to that of his original score is a) 3:2 b) 4:3 c) 5:4 d) 8:5

Q8. Trucks of three different sizes - small, medium and large - are used to transport cargo to a
remote village. Four large trucks carry as much cargo as do seven small trucks. Three medium trucks
carry the same amount of cargo as do two large trucks and one small truck. Fifteen large, seven
medium and fourteen small trucks each made thirty-six journeys to transport supplies. In order to
transport the same amount of supplies, how many journeys would twelve large, fourteen medium
and twentyone small trucks need to make? (A) 25 (B) 29 (C) 32 (D) 49

Q9. A pet shop sells three pack-sizes of dog food of brand X. The 5-kg pack costs $16, the 10-kg pack
costs $26, and the 25-kg pack costs $55. If a customers wants to buy a minimum of 40 kg brand X
dog food, what is the minimum price he will have to pay? (A) $85 (B) $90 (C) $97 (D) $107

Q10. A stall sells popcorn and chips in packets of three sizes: large, super, and jumbo. The numbers
of large, super, and jumbo packets in its stock are in the ratio 7 : 17 : 16 for popcorn and 6 : 15 : 14
for chips. If the total number of popcorn packets in its stock is the same as that of chips packets,
then the numbers of jumbo popcorn packets and jumbo chips packets are in the ratio: a) 1 : 1 b) 8 : 7
c) 4 : 3 d) 6 : 5

Q11. In an examination, Rama's score was one-twelfth of the sum of the scores of Mohan and Anjali.
After a review, the score of each of them increased by 6. The revised scores of Anjali, Mohan, and
Rama were in the ratio 11:10:3. Then Anjali's score exceeded Rama's score by a) 24 b) 26 c) 32 d) 35
Q12. If a, b, c are three positive integers such that a and b are in the ratio 3 : 4 while b and c are in
the ratio 2 : 1, then which one of the following is a possible value of (a + b + c)? a) 201 b) 205 c) 207
d) 210

Q13. A mixture contains lemon juice and sugar syrup in equal proportion. If a new mixture is created
by adding this mixture and sugar syrup in the ratio 1 : 3, then the ratio of lemon juice and sugar
syrup in the new mixture is a) 1:4 b) 1:5 c) 1:6 d) 1:7

Q14. A person has some coins of Rs. 10, Rs. 5, and Rs. 2 denominations. The ratio of the products of
the numbers of Rs. 10 and Rs. 5 coins, the numbers of Rs. 5 and Rs. 2 coins, and the numbers of Rs. 2
and Rs. 10 coins is 3 ∶ 4 ∶ 2 respectively. What could be the minimum amount of money this person
has?

Q15. P, Q and R together have 180 candies among them. P gives Q and R each as many candies as
they already have. After this, R gives Q half as many candies as Q already has, and R also gives P
twice as many candies as P already has. Now each of them has the same number of candies with
them. What is the ratio of the respective number of candies P and R had initially? A) 2:1 B) 3:2 C) 1:2
D) 5:3

Q16. Pinky is standing in a queue at a ticket counter. Suppose the ratio of the number of persons
standing ahead of Pinky to the number of persons standing behind her in the queue is 3 : 5. If the
total number of persons in the queue is less than 300, then the maximum possible number of
persons standing ahead of Pinky is

Q17. Yesterday, the ratio of males to females working at Gigacorp was 2:3. Today, Gigacorp hired an
additional 81 employees, and the ratio of males to females is now 6:5 (no employees left or were
fired). What is the least number of males that could have been working at Gigacorp yesterday? A) 16
B) 24 C) 39 D) 40 E) 42

Q18. The ratio of pens and students in the class is 34:9. When each student picks up 'y' pens, 'x'
pens still remain where x is less than the total number of students however greater than zero. What
is the value of y? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

Q19. In a village, the ratio of number of males to females is 5 : 4. The ratio of number of literate
males to literate females is 2 : 3. The ratio of the number of illiterate males to illiterate females is 4 :
3. If 3600 males in the village are literate, then the total number of females in the village is

Q20. The number of coins collected per week by two coin-collectors A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. If
the total number of coins collected by A in 5 weeks is a multiple of 7, and the total number of coins
collected by B in 3 weeks is a multiple of 24, then the minimum possible number of coins collected
by A in one week is

Q21. The cost of diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. Once, this diamond broke into
four pieces with weights in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. When the pieces were sold, the merchant got
Rs.70,000 less. Find the original price of the diamond.

Q22. A gold broke into three parts, the ratio of weight of three part is 3:4:5. The price of gold is
directly proportional to its square weight. If there is loss of Rs 23500 after breaking gold then what
was the starting price of gold?

Q23. The price of a precious stone is directly proportional to the square of its weight. Sita has a
precious stone weighing 18 units. If she breaks it into four pieces with each piece having distinct
integer weight, then the difference between the highest and lowest possible values of the total price
of the four pieces will be 288000. Then, the price of the original precious stone is 1296000 1944000
972000 1620000

Q24. A part of the total expenses of a hostel varies directly as the number of students and the
remaining expense remains constant. When there are 40 students in a hostel, the total expenditure
is Rs 4500 and for 48 students in a hostel total expenses are Rs 5300. Then find the total expenditure
when there are 55 students.

Q25. One part of a hostel's monthly expenses is fixed, and the other part is proportional to the
number of its boarders. The hostel collects ₹ 1600 per month from each boarder. When the number
of boarders is 50, the profit of the hostel is ₹ 200 per boarder, and when the number of boarders is
75, the profit of the hostel is ₹ 250 per boarder. When the number of boarders is 80, the total profit
of the hostel, in INR, will be

Ans 1) 37 Ans 2) 1/7 Ans 3) 7/33 Ans 4) 800 Ans 5) 35 Ans 6) 438 Cr Ans 7) 4:3 Ans 8) 29 Ans 9) 97
Ans 10) 1:1 Ans 11) 32 Ans 12) 207 Ans 13) 1:7 Ans 14) 68 Ans 15) 5:3 AAns 16) 111 Ans 17) 16 Ans
18) 3 Ans 19) 43200 Ans 20) 42 Ans 21) 100000 Ans 22) 36000 Ans 23) 1296000 Ans 24) 6000 Rs Ans
25) 20500 Rs