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Ralf and Susie share $57 in a 2:1 ratio. Ralf receives $38 and after giving $2 to Susie, their new ratio is 4:3. Pip and Ali share $785 in a 4:1 ratio. Pip's share is $628. Ahmed and Babar share 240g of sweets in a 7:3 ratio. Ahmed receives 112g. Ahmed, Batuk and Chand share $1000 in an 8:7:5 ratio. Ahmed receives $320, Batuk $280 and Chand $200. To find the actual distance BC on a map with a scale of 1cm:20m, measure the distance in

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Ratio

Ralf and Susie share $57 in a 2:1 ratio. Ralf receives $38 and after giving $2 to Susie, their new ratio is 4:3. Pip and Ali share $785 in a 4:1 ratio. Pip's share is $628. Ahmed and Babar share 240g of sweets in a 7:3 ratio. Ahmed receives 112g. Ahmed, Batuk and Chand share $1000 in an 8:7:5 ratio. Ahmed receives $320, Batuk $280 and Chand $200. To find the actual distance BC on a map with a scale of 1cm:20m, measure the distance in

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Ratio

Question 1

Ralf and Susie share $57 in the ratio 2:1.


(a) Calculate the amount Ralf receives. [2]

(b) Ralf gives $2 to Susie. Calculate the new ratio


Ralf’s money:Susie’s money. Give your answer in
its simplest form.
[2]

Question 2
Pip and Ali share $785 in the ratio Pip: Ali = 4:1. Work out
Pip’s share. [2]

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Question 3
Ahmed and Babar share 240 g of sweets in the ratio 7:3.
[2]
Calculate the amount Ahmed receives.

Question 4
Ahmed, Batuk and Chand share $1000 in the ratio 8: 7: 5. [3]
Calculate the amount each receives.

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Question 5
The diagram shows the plan, ABCD, of a
20
park. The scale is 1 centimetre represents 20
metres.

D
C

A B

Scale: 1 cm to 20 m

(a) Find the actual distance BC. [2]


Question 6
8 Hans draws a plan of a field using a scale of 1 centimetre
to represent 15 metres. The actual area of the field is 10800 m2.
Calculate the area of the field on the plan. [2]

Question 7
Pedro and Eva do their homework. Pedro takes 84
minutes to do his homework. The ratio Pedro’s
time:Eva’s time = 7:6. Work out the number of minutes
Eva takes to do her homework. [2]
Question 8
Jamie needs 300 g of flour to make 20
cakes. How much flour does he need to
make 12 cakes? [2]

Question 9
Martha divides $240 between spending and saving in
1 the ratio spending:saving = 7:8 . Calculate the amount
Martha has for spending.
[2]
Question 10
The scale on a map is 1:20 000.
1
3 (a) Calculate the actual distance between two points which are 2.7 cm apart on
the map. Give your answer in kilometres.
[2]

(b) A field has an area of 64 400 m2.


Calculate the area of the field on the map in cm. [2]
Question 11
The scale of a map is 1:250 000.
(a) The actual distance between two cities is 80 km.
Calculate this distance on the map. Give your answer in centimetres. [2]

(b) On the map a large forest has an area of 6 cm. [2]


Calculate the actual area of the forest. Give
your answer in square kilometres.
Question 12
A map is drawn to a scale of 1:1000000. A forest on the map [2]
has an area of 4.6 cm2. Calculate the actual area of the
forest in square kilometres.

Question 13
The scale on a map is 1:50000. The area of a field on [2]
the map is 1.2 square centimetres. Calculate the
actual area of the field in square kilometres.
Question 14 [3]
The volume of a child’s model plane is
1
1 1200cm3. The volume of the full-size plane
is 4050m3. Find the scale of the model in
the form 1: n.

Question 15
A model of a ship is made to a scale of [3]
1:200. The surface area of the model is 7500
cm2. Calculate the surface area of the ship,
giving your answer in square metres.
Question 16
The scale of a map is 1:500 000.
(a) The actual distance between two towns [2]
is 172 km.
Calculate the distance, in centimetres, between the towns on
the map.

(b) The area of a lake on the map is 12 cm 2


Calculate the actual area of the lake in km2. [2]
Question 17
A car company sells a scale model 1/10 of the size of one of its cars. Complete
the following table.

Scale Model Real Car [3]

Area of windscreen (cm2) 135

Volume of storage space (cm3) 408000


Question 18
A model of a car is made to a scale of 1:40. The
volume of the model is 45 cm3. Calculate the volume
of the car. Give your answer in m3. [3]

Question 19

A company makes two models of television.


Model A has a rectangular screen that measures 44 cm by 32 cm. [2]
Model B has a larger screen with these measurements increased in the
ratio 5:4. Work out the measurements of the larger screen.
.
Question 20
The ratios of teachers:male students:female students in a school are 2 : 17:18.
The total number of students is 665.Find the number of teachers. [2]

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