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Math Lecture Sheet – 05

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1 Basic Concepts 1
2 Class Practice: 3
• Ratio and Proportion
3 Homework 5
4 Next Lesson 5

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Prepared by Wasee Ahmed, BUP BBA General

Math & Analytical Instructor
 Basic Concepts:
Important Terms:
Ratio → অনুপাত Proportion → সমানুপাত Antecedent → পূর্পদ
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Consequent → উত্তরপদ

Ratio:
The ratio between two quantities is the quotient obtained by dividing the first quantity by the
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second. For example, the ratio between 3 and 12 is 4 and the ratio between 12 and 3 is 1. Ratio
is generally indicated by the sign ":", Thus, 12:3 indicates the ratio of 12 to 3. The first term of a
ratio is called antecedent and the second term is called consequent.

Proportion:
Proportion is the equality of ratios, thus,

6:3 = 10:5 or 6:3 :: 10:5

The first and last term is a proportion are called the extremes; the second and third, are called
the means. The product of the extremes is equal to the product of the means. Thus,

6:3 :: 10:5 and 6 x 5 = 3 × 10

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 Class Practice:
1) If x:y = y:z= 1.5 and z = 2, what is the value of x? (BBA 94-95)

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 4.5 (D) 2.5 (E) 5

2) A football team had a ratio of win to loss of 3:1. After winning 6 games in a row, the team's
ratio of win to loss became 5.1. How many games had the team won before it won the six
games? (BBA 96-97)

(A) 24 (B) 12 (C) 9 (D) 6 (E) 3

3) A cake weighing 750g has three ingredients: flour, sugar, and fruits. There is twice as much
flour as sugar and one and a half times as much sugar as fruits. What is the quantity of sugar
(in gram) in the cake? (BBA 97-98)

(A) 50g (B) 125g (C) 250g (D) 100g (E) none

4) The ratio of water and salt in a 16 kg of salt-water solution is 3:1. How much water in kg must
be added to make the ratio of water to salt 4:1? (BBA 01-02)

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) none

5) The ratio of green marbles to red marbles in a box is 3: 5. If there are 24 marbles in the box,
how many additional green marbles will be required to make the ratio of green marbles to
red marbles 1:1? (MBA 01-02)

(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 6 (D) 3 (E) none

6) Three friends - Anwar, Bobby and Dipu divided Tk. 1105 amongst them in such a way that if
Tk. 10, Tk. 20 and Tk. 15 were removed from the amount that Anwar, Bobby and Dipu
received respectively, then the share of the amount they got would be in the ratio of 11: 18:
24. How much did Dipu receive? (BBA 08-09)

(A) 495 (B) 510 (C) 480 (D) 375 (E) none

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7) Mr. Noman is in charge of a special snake farm in Gaibandha. The farm has two types of
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snakes; Cobras and Pythons. After a recent stock taking, he was surprised to find that 4 of the
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number of cobras in the farm was exactly equal to 6 of the total number of snakes in the farm.

What is the ratio of the number of Pythons to the number of Cobras in the farm? (BBA 09-10)

(A) 1:4 (B) 1:3 (C) 1:2 (D) 2:3 (E) cannot be determined

8) 1⁄4 of Arif's income and 1⁄3 of Babu's income equal Tk. 1,100. If 1⁄8 of Arif's income is equal

to 1⁄5 of Babu's income, what is Babu's income? (MBA 98-99)

(A) 1500 (B) 1450 (C) 1200 (D) 1100 (E) none

9) A box contains 24 balls, some red and some black. Each of the following could be the ratio of
red to black balls except. (MBA 02-03)

(A) 1:1 (B) 3:1 (C) 5:3 (D) 4:3 (E) 5:1

10) If a right-angled isosceles triangle is inscribed in a semi-circle, what is the ratio of the area of
the circle to the area of the triangle? (BBA 98-99)

(A) 1⁄4 (B) 1⁄2 (C) 𝜋/2 (D) 2π (E) π

11) In a sugar solution the ratio of water to sugar was 4: 1. If the total weight of the solution was
2 kg, how much more sugar should be added so that the ratio becomes 5: 2? (BBA 98-99)

(A) 0.3 kg (B) 0.2 kg (C) .24 Kg (D) .32 kg (E) none

12) In 24 kg of salt water, 8% is salt; of another mixture, 4% is salt. How many kg of 2nd solution
must be added to the first mixture to get a solution that is 5% salt? (BBA 99-00)

(A) 24 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 72 (E) 96

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13) Two friends, Rajib and Rahat, entered into a partnership investing Tk. 700 and Tk. 600
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respectively. After 3 months, Rajib withdrew his investment but after 3 months, he
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reinvested of what he had withdrawn. The profit at the end of the year was Tk. 726. If the
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profit was shared according to time weighted investment, then what was the difference
between the profits of those two friends? (BBA 09-10)

(A) Tk. 360 (B) Tk. 183 (C) Tk. 36 (D) Tk. 6 (E) None

14) The ratio of income of Kamran and Dolon is 3:4. The ratio of their expenditures is 4:5. Find
the ratio of their savings if the savings of Kamran is one fourth of his income? (MBA 09-10)

(A) 5:4 (B) 19:12 (C) 4:6 (D) 12:19 (E) 10:20

15) The cost of 1 kg. of cashew nut is Tk. 500 and the cost of 1 kg. of pistachio nut is Tk.580. At
what proportion should they be mixed so that the resultant mixture costs Tk 550 per kg?
(MBA 2013)

(A) 2:3 (B) 3:4 (C) 3:5 (D) 4:5 (E) none

16) In a club the ratio of men and women is 16:7. The ratio of married men and married women
is 4:3. Find the percentage of married men if 60% of the women are married. (MBA 2013)

(A) 35% (B) 42% (C) 45% (D) 52.5% (E) none

17) In a certain used-car lot, there are 4 times as many blue cars as green cars and 1/3 as many
green cars as red cars. If there are 4q red cars in the lot, how many blue cars are in the lot?
(BBA 2015-16)

(A) 12q (B) 3q (C) 4q/3 (D) 16q/3 (E) none

18) One year ago, the ratio of salary of Nasir and Gaurav was 5:8. Ratio between this year's and
last year's salary of Nasir is 28:25 and the same for Gaurav's is 23:20. If the sum of their
present salary is Tk. 1184, the difference between their present salary is: (MBA 17)

(A) Tk. 448 (B) Tk. 340 (C) Tk. 288 (D) Tk. 240 (E) none

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19) The ratio by weight, measured in pounds, of books to clothes to electronics in Jorge's suitcase
initially stands at 8 to 5 to 3. Raiad then removes 4 pounds of clothing from his suitcase,
thereby doubling the ratio of books to clothes. Approximately how much do the electronics
in the suitcase weigh, to the nearest pound?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

20) Raiad, Zafar, and Shyam invest money in the ratio 3:4:5 in fixed deposits having respective
annual interest rates in the ratio 6:5:4. What is their total interest income (in $) after a year,
if Zafar's interest income exceeds Raiad's by $250?

(A) 7250 (B) 7000 (C) 6350 (D) 6250 (E) 6000

Answer Keys:
Mentors Math Qbank:
Concept 19 Question: 3, 4, 9, 14, 17, 23, 25, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 44, 48, 51, 58, 59

Homework:
Practise all maths of concept 19 from Mentors Math Qbank

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