Aim

• Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

• Solve problems involving similar shapes where the scale factor is known or can be
found.

• Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions
and multiples.

• Solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities where missing values can
be found by using integer multiplication and division facts.

• Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages and the use of percentages for
comparison.
 Scaling a Rectangle
Here are a list of rectangle sizes and the ratio that they should be scaled up.
What is the new height and width of each rectangle?

• H = 3cm, L = 5cm, scaling ratio 1:5 H = 15cm L = 25cm

b) H = 4cm, L = 6cm, scaling ratio 2:3 H = 6cm L = 9cm

c) H = 6cm, L = 9cm, scaling ratio 3:7 H = 14cm L = 21cm

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 Scaling a Cube
Here are a list of cubes with the sizes of one of the sides and the ratio of which they
should be scaled up.
What is the new length of each cube?

• L = 14cm, scaling ratio 2:7 L = 49cm

b) L = 8cm, scaling ratio 2:5 L = 20cm

c) L = 3cm, scaling ratio 2:6 L = 9cm

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 Make One Whole
Here are a list of decimal fractions. As quickly as you can, work out the decimal
fraction needed to make one whole.

• 0.72 0.28 f) 0.37 0.63

b) 0.55 0.45 g) 0.48 0.52

c) 0.85 0.15 h) 0.23 0.77

d) 0.60 0.4 i) 0.05 0.95

e) 0.19 0.81 j) 0.09 0.91

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 What’s the Rest?
Here are some situation where you need to find out the missing part.

• In a class, there are 32 children. of5the class are boys.

How many are girls? 12 girls
8

b) Kathryn was on a 200 mile journey. She spent of the 2

journey listening to the radio and of the journey
3 listening
5
to her 80s CD. How many miles did she have10 left to listen to
60 miles
her MP3 player?

c) Adam spends 1of an hour doing his trumpet practice and

of an hour
5 doing6 his spelling practice. How long does he 25 minutes
have left
12 for computer gaming?

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 Paint Colours
Below are the ratios for making specific paint colours. How
much of each colour would you need to make 240 litres of paint?

• Purple = Red:Blue 3:2 Red 144 litres, Blue 96 litres

b) Pink = White:Red 5:3 White 150 litres, Red 90 litres

c) Green = Blue:Yellow 3:9 Blue 60 litres, Yellow 180 litres

d) Orange = Yellow:Red 8:7 Yellow 128 litres, Red 112 litres

e) Grey = Black:White 1:9 Black 24 litres, White 216 litres

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 Which Is Larger?
Find out which of each pair of amounts is the largest.

a) 25% of £500 or 75% of £200 75% of £200 (£150)

b) 20% of $650 or 70% of $250 70% of $250 ($175)

c) 5% of 60kg or 15% of 30kg 15% of 30kg (4.5kg)

d) 17% of 450km or 56% of 150km 56% of 150km (84km)

e) 34% of 480m or 23% of 350m 34% of 480m (163.2m)

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